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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>How weird is it that one of the main Dem criticisms of Trump on Jan6 is that
>he refused to call in the national guard to put down the insurrection and how
>that makes him culpable for what the rioters did. But now that he *has* called
>in the national guard to put down an insurrection, those same Dems say it's
>needlessly provocative and only makes the situation worse.

>Which is it? Is calling the national guard appropriate to stop a riot or
>inappropriate? Pick a lane, lefties.

Washington D.C. is a federal enclave. The mayor is not the equivalent of
a governor and does not have command of a National Guard unit. Whenever
they need the Guard, they make the request to the president.

That's not the case in California.