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Canada's military was sicked on protesters and had used the full force of the government to seize bank accounts. The fuck Canada has some nerve.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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... other than deflection, what does that have to do with armed military troops with M4A1 assault rifles patrolling the streets of the nation's capitol?
Who pays for this?
By all reports these troops seem to be standing around doing not much of anything becuase they are not trainned for this task.
In the end, this is all a symbolistic brain fart by Trump.Comment
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... now we are seeing images of military vehicles patrolling the streets of DC with weapons displayed.
... the Republic is turning Banana.Comment
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Maga cultists sure love seeing weakness disguised as strength coming from their fat orange MessiahComment
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Do you actually, really believe that (almost 'racist' in it's delivery) diatribe?
What about the vast majority of society that doesn't hold strong views about which 'party' they should always show allegiance to?
You know, the ones that can think for themselves without being indoctrinated by their parents (brain washing) or those that they associate with...
Just askin'.. not a dig...Comment
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While Trump has LEGAL authority to do something, it does not mean it SHOULD be done. HIs deployments, by law, are not to exceed 30 days, we shall see what happens in a few weeks, I guess.
Anyone who is still able to think critically and freely knows that this is the same scare tactic, fear mongering bullshit he pulled in California. Make up a problem, then pretend to solve it. Trump has done this over, over and over again. IF this were truly about crime, why not head to Springfield Ohio, I mean, they are eating people's pets for fucks sake? Why not head to Alabama, Lousanna, Mississippi or other southern states that have the highest murder rates in our nation?
The answer is simple; it is a distraction. All bluster and no substance, zero results. The best part of a made-up problem is it can easily be solved by SAYING it is solved. The sad part is those who are naive enough to fall for this cycle over and over again. Don't tell me you're the party of "law & order" then repeatedly do the exact opposite. We elected a traitor so actions such as these are no surprise to me, and they will continue to escalate.
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!Comment
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Vance derides protesters while visiting National Guard at Union Station
As Vice President JD Vance staged a lunch to thank the National Guard members that President Donald Trump has deployed to Washington, DC, he was frequently drowned out by protesters.
Vance entered Union Station’s Shake Shack to a mix of claps and boos, shaking hands and posing for photos with several people waiting to order lunch. As the boos grew louder, others in the crowd began chanting “USA, USA, USA” in response.
Blocked from the second floor of a Shake Shack in Union Station — where Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller were chatting with more than a dozen guards Wednesday afternoon — protesters loudly chanted “shame,” “this is our city,” and “we want the military out of our streets.”
Vance spoke to a small group of reporters, dismissing the growing chorus of protesters — whose chants briefly drowned out his press gaggle — by calling them “crazy” and “communists.” Miller dismissed them as “elderly white hippies,” saying without evidence that they’re “not part of the city.”
“But I’ll tell you, a couple of years ago, when I brought my kids here, they were being screamed at by violent vagrants, and it was scaring the hell out of my kids,” Vance added.
The visit illustrated the stark divide between the Trump administration and DC residents, who overwhelmingly voted against the president. Roughly eight in 10 DC residents oppose Trump ordering the federal government to take control of the city’s police department as well as his deployment of the National Guard and FBI to patrol the city, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Vance dismissed those figures Wednesday, saying he was “highly skeptical that a majority of DC residents don’t want their city to have better public safety and more reasonable safety standards.”
When asked about the vice president’s presence, Jay Swanson, a customer eating a burger, said: “It’s disgusting, I lost my appetite.”
Vance repeatedly claimed Union Station had been taken over by “drug addicts,” “vagrants” and the “chronically homeless” in recent years.
“We have changed so much in nine days, and I thought it important to highlight how great of a space this could be, how easy it could be to actually enjoy something like Union Station if you just had politicians who stopped prioritizing violent criminals over the public citizens who deserve public safety in their own communities,” Vance said.
Swanson offered a counterpoint: “I don’t think it’s a crackdown on crime, I think it’s setting the stage for Trump to try and stay in past his term,” he said, adding: “The resolute courage of the American people will win it.”
Many of the National Guard members at Shake Shack on Wednesday said they had come from South Carolina — one of six red states that have announced they have or will send guard members to DC. Others include West Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.
When asked about the National Guard presence in the city, a college student doing homework at Union Station who asked not to be named said it was “overwhelming.”
“I thought I had read that the crime rate in DC is actually going down?” she said.
Democrats and DC officials have frequently questioned why the Trump administration is taking over DC now, when local crime numbers have decreased over previous years. Vance argued Wednesday that he thinks crime statistics nationwide are “massively underreported.”
Asked if there were Department of Justice statistics to back that up, he replied: “You just got to look around. Obviously, DC has a terrible crime problem. The Department of Justice statistics back it up. The FBI statistics back it up. Just talk to a resident of this city.”
Two sources say that the Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data.
As Vance wrapped up his lunch upstairs and descended back to the main floor, one man loudly booed. “I heard you buddy,” Vance said, attempting to brush off the moment.
“This is the guy who thinks people don’t deserve law and order in their own community,” he said to Hegseth, gesturing toward the man. Hegseth chuckled.
Outside the station, a second, smaller group of protesters gathered near parked National Guard tanks. As Vance departed, they continued to shout and wave signs.
“Criminals out of DC? Start with the Epstein files,” read one sign.
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... the Trump Admin's assault on both democracy and Washington, DC is beginning to have a significant effect on both the FBI and the Justice Dept. Employees are quitting their jobs for more lucrative jobs in the private sector.
The foolish deployment of dwindling manpower resources to Washington, DC has left these gov't agencies even more unable to prosecute those real tasks they are assigned to do. Criminals are getting a pass thanks to Trump.Comment
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... foreign dignitaries have been the victim of crime in Washington, DC but they represent only a tiny fraction of the population.
... tourists are the victim of crime in every city in the world. The difference is no other city in the USA currently has armed troops in military vehicles patrolling the streets. Just today a military vehicle t-boned a civilian car. The occupant had to be removed with the aide of a jaws of life machine.
... the images of armed troops in DC are broadcast around the world resulting in an immediate, significant drop in tourism to this city.Comment
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