Quote Originally Posted by Parkbandit View Post
I just knew you would get hung up here.

Sometimes.. you have to be smart enough to actually look at the law and not just stop at the name of the law....... which is exactly where you failed yet again.



He did call for the National Guard. It was refused.



It has literally nothing to do with DC not being a state. Literally nothing.

I'll put this as simply as I can for you:

The Insurrection Act gives the President of the United States the authority to deploy federal troops within the country in certain circumstances.. one of these is that law enforcement is either unable or unwilling to enforce the law.

Notice how it doesn't give Congress... or the Governor.. or the Mayor.... it gives the power to the President.



You keep saying this... and every time you have, it's been debunked.

Again.. you believe you somehow have a say in the matter. You literally don't.

Republicans hold the White House, the House and the Senate. They don't need to have any limp wristed liberals to agree with them.

Elections have consequences.
It was Pence who called. It took the department of defense 3 hours to approve it.