West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey’s office said in a statement he was deploying 300 to 400 National Guard troops to D.C. in “a show of commitment to public safety and regional cooperation.” The statement said he also was providing equipment and specialized training.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster responded to a Pentagon request by announcing that 200 of his state’s National Guard troops would be sent.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said he would send 150 military police members in the coming days, adding none of them were “currently serving as law enforcement officers in the state.”

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    This is an act of war. Are the Dems still going to pretend the civil war hasn’t already begun?

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      When the Nazis seized power they didn’t kill the liberal nails that didn’t poke up.

      That’s how, for example, Adenauer survived. Famous and just critical enough to be useful after the war but not enough to get killed like all the ones that actually resisted…

      And more than willing to work with all the Nazis still in government. Aka most of them.

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    It’s insane that a state is sending troops to govern another state. Well not technically a state, but you get my meaning. This is already a civil war.

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      It’s dress rehearsal for invading what they see as other “blue” cities and to prove their fealty to the the king.

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        As with most of project2025, the idea is to largely force out the moral and ethical public servants and service members; the ones most likely to care about the rule of law and refuse illegal orders.

        Only the most desperate, and fascist bootlickers, will stay long after being treated like shit and made a pawn in these “dress rehearsals”.

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    Because some dude named big balls got in a scuffle.

    Why is this necessary again? Makes no damn sense. Imagine if Biden had deployed California’s national guard to Texas. You’d have a convoy of F-350s through the entire state of MAGA flag waving lunatics with ARs strapped to their chests.

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      Why is this necessary again?

      It’s the necessary next step in seizing control of the US. That’s why. Everything else is just an excuse to take power.

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      Maybe it was all planned: hire the most punchable kid in the country, wait about 10 minutes for him to get punched, send in the troops.