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How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation's capital -- and could do so again
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How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation’s capital — and could do so again
By Aaron C. Davis
Oct. 1, 2020 at 7:13 p.m. EDT
The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation’s capital immediately to help control crowds outside the White House in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Presidents have routinely activated Guard troops to fight foreign enemies, and in extraordinary circumstances have federalized them to quell civil unrest, using the vast power of the commander in chief.
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Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who has covered local, state and federal government, as well as the aviation industry and law enforcement. Davis shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018. Follow https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis
How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation’s capital — and could do so again
By Aaron C. Davis
Oct. 1, 2020 at 7:13 p.m. EDT
The call that came into state capitals stunned governors and their National Guard commanders: The Pentagon wanted thousands of citizen soldiers airlifted to the nation’s capital immediately to help control crowds outside the White House in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
Presidents have routinely activated Guard troops to fight foreign enemies, and in extraordinary circumstances have federalized them to quell civil unrest, using the vast power of the commander in chief.
{snip}
Aaron Davis
Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who has covered local, state and federal government, as well as the aviation industry and law enforcement. Davis shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018. Follow https://twitter.com/byaaroncdavis
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