Guard troops to stay on DC streets through 2026

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Air Force Times

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National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The memo, signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and dated Wednesday, said "the conditions of the mission" warranted an extension past the end of next month to continue supporting President Donald Trump's "ongoing efforts to restore law and order."

Meanwhile, Trump has at least temporarily dropped his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, which had provoked legal challenges. He also backed off a bit Friday from his threat a day earlier to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to quell protests in Minnesota.

Since Washington is a congressionally established federal district, as president, Trump has much greater control over the police and D.C. National Guard, which he can control directly. This has enabled him to sidestep the legal challenges that he has faced in some states. Trump activated 800 members of the D.C. National Guard in August under an emergency order. Those numbers were quickly augmented by troops from states run by Republican governors.

There are currently about 2,600 National Guard troops in Washington, with about 700 from D.C. and the rest from 11 states, including Indiana, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/guard-troops-to-stay-on-dc-streets-through-2026/ar-AA1UnYqa

[underpants]

1. Total waste of money and people's time.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

2. Wonder what those troops will be doing on Nov 2026 voting day?

[orangecrush]

4. Beat me to it

[dutch777]

5. Still picking up the trash and maybe last of the leaf raking.

[IronLionZion]

9. DC license plates have "Taxation without representation"

because their representatives in Congress are nonvoting. Not sure there is much value in lowering voter turnout there for the November general election.

They may be planning to do it in swing districts and swing states if they want to influence the election.

[orangecrush]

3. To sieze ballot boxes?

[travelingthrulife]

6. What a waste of money. Where's DOGE?

[Jacson6]

7. Maybe we could take up a gofundme account to give Gift Cards to the DC Troops?

The DoD would have to approve it, but if they do then they could use them to buy food that is better than a salty MRE.

Just a thought.

[snot]

8. I wish journalists would dig into various statistics

Has crime really gone down? Which kinds? Have abuses by troops, police, et al. gone up? And as others mention above, how much is all this costing? Would it be as or more effective to give the same funds to local police to strengthen their own efforts?

It certainly seems like in MN, the more ICE & troops Trump sends, the greater the chaos.