White House Considering Using Insurrection Act, But Prefers National Guard

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White House Considering Using Insurrection Act, But Prefers National Guard
By: The Presidential Wire - 06-04-20
Re: https://presidentialwire.com/white-h...ational-guard/

(PresidentialWire.com)- President Donald Trump is considering using the Insurrection Act of 1807 to quell the ongoing violence across the United States, according to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. The firebrand press secretary told the media on Monday that the president would be willing to invoke the act, which allows him to deploy U.S. troops onto American soil to stop the violence, though that he would rather use the national guard instead.

The announcement came on the same day that President Donald Trump gave a historic speech outside of the White House calling on governors across the country to request support from the National Guard. He told governors that if they are unwilling to request the support from the National Guard, he will send in the military instead.

“It’s one of the tools available, whether the president decides to do that, that is his prerogative,” McEnany said during the press conference, in reference to the 200-year-old legislation.

The law has been used in the past. President George H.W. Bush used the Insurrection Act to send in America troops during the 1992 Rodney King riots that destroyed much of Los Angeles.

McEnany also stressed to the media that under the Constitution, the governors have the power to police violent protests in their states and that the first port of call is ensuring that governors use that power to keep their residents safe. Governors can request support from the National Guard immediately and while some have, many Democratic governors are still refusing to request support.

“Right now we’re looking on a focus on the National Guard, that’s where it currently stands,” she explained.

After President Trump gave his speech calling on governors to do the right thing and protect the American people, he refused to take questions from the press and said he would go to pay his respects to somewhere very special. He then walked across the White House lawn to the “Church of the Presidents,” the 200-year-old St. John’s Church that was set on fire during the riots.

President Donald Trump held up a bible in front of the church.

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Personal note: He's trying anything to stop these marches. Good Luck the more he pressures the people the more they will retaliate. Trump has no compassion whatsoever. The picture is too big for him. These marches send signals by the People who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. The longer he threatens them - the more they will pursue their initiatives. Warning anyone else who gets hurt will just procrastinate the marches. Strong arm tactics will only increase their fury.

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DC mayor ends curfew, asks out-of-state National Guard troops to leave
By: Steve Nelson - New York Post - 06-04-20
Re: https://nypost.com/2020/06/04/dc-may...oops-to-leave/

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that she’s ending a curfew for residents protesting police brutality and that she wants National Guard troops from other states to leave.

Bowser announced the end of four nights of curfew at a press conference following two nights of relative peace despite thousands defying her earlier curfews to protest the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police.

The mayor said that she wants thousands of National Guard members from other states to return home as order is restored. Bowser said local authorities never requested guardsmen from elsewhere and are studying the legality of their deployment.

“We want troops from out of state out of Washington, DC,” Bowser said.

The local DC National Guard was deployed on Saturday to help protect the White House after initial skirmishes on Friday between Secret Service and protesters.

After street battles between protesters and police, along with arson and looting, federal officials accepted contributions of guardsmen from many states.

Tennessee sent to DC 1,000 guardsmen, Florida sent 500, Mississippi sent 400, South Carolina sent 445, Indiana sent 300, Utah sent 200 and Ohio contributed 100.

New Jersey and Missouri reportedly sent guardsmen, too, and neighboring Maryland sent 120. On Wednesday a large contingent of troops unloaded from a West Virginia National Guard plane at Joint Base Andrews outside DC.

Hundreds of officers from federal agencies are also on the streets, including from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosive, the FBI and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

DC Police Chief Peter Newsham said Thursday that a day earlier, officers made zero protest-related arrests, no police department equipment was destroyed and no police officers were injured — a sharp break from prior nights of torched cop cars.

The restoration of order has been dramatic in the nation’s capital, where violent clashes broke out on Saturday and Sunday. Much of downtown Washington is boarded up and increasingly militarized after scenes of lawlessness where officers did little to stop property damage and theft.

Initial protests over Floyd’s death occurred Friday outside the White House, prompting President Trump to enter a secure bunker. But on Saturday, initial skirmishes gave way to full-blown mayhem with fires, mass vandalism and battles in the streets.

On Saturday, DC police made just 19 arrests, followed by 90 on Sunday, Newsham said.

The mayor set curfews of 11 p.m. for Sunday and Wednesday and 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday, DC police mass-arrested 194 people on a quiet residential street for curfew violations and chased another protest march with flash-bang grenades, pepper spray and tear gas. A low-flying DC National Guard helicopter hovered over that group.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, DC authorities made no effort to enforce the curfew and facilitated large night marches.

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Personal note: Well tonight we should see what happens? The may march again? Or?
We will have to wait and see. Let's hope for calm!

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