“This enduring requirement of having them around the city, I think it's completely inappropriate at best, illegal at worst,” Maj. Gen. McGuire told the Washington Examiner on Friday.
National Guard troops were deployed to DC following the January 6 riot at the US Capitol that led to five deaths, including that of a police officer. The continued presence of the soldiers, as well as extensive security measures, have become an increasingly hot topic as critics question what exact threat it is they are protecting against.
McGuire, who took over as the head of the national group representing and advocating for hundreds of thousands of citizen soldiers in February, has refused to authorize troops from his own state to be deployed to the Capitol.
“The National Guard specifically is the last line of defense for direct policing action only in the emergent period when it is life, limb, protection of property,” he explained.
The Department of Defense agreed this week to keep thousands of National Guard troops stationed in DC until late May based on a request from US Capitol Police. If not for the agreement, the Guard’s mission was to end at the end of this week.
Though he said he does not want to see the troop presence become “an enduring mission,” he neither confirmed nor denied whether an extension would be granted beyond the new May 23 deadline.
In a leaked internal memo, National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson also said he disagreed with the continued deployment of Guard troops, saying it may “impede our ability to man future missions.” He cited individual state needs that should be a priority for the Guard, including Covid-19 vaccine distribution, natural disasters, civil unrest, and national disaster emergencies.
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Help with Covid, Disaster, Civil unrest? Forget Covid help, half population don't, won't, ever get the shots IMO! Disaster? well isn't this why we have FEMA? Oh, that is right; FEMA is busy, they are going to be taking care of Biden's lured with freebie illegals bringing the Covid/Diseases galore through our borders, not big deal, Americans just know our Laws are broken on a regularly basis now, right? Wait, maybe National Guard can give them shots? You know the Shots for destroying humans immune system, IMO, so go for it! OK, next Civil Unrest? Wait! We had Civil Unrest for one year, if National Guard came as Constitutionally should have, this over-rode Unconstitutional Governor's in my opinion, maybe, just maybe, our riots, looting, burning, killings, racial pushed propaganda riots, crapping in streets,
compromising innocent Americans living in areas being desecrated, perhaps riots would have lasted two months versus a year??? National Guard, any Military near White House needs to be there only if arresting our crooks inside Gov. in my opinion! Otherwise, nothing makes sense, upside down world. If we had real Leadership, or if Trump enacted Insurrection Act, we could get on with lower gas prices, ALL Kids in school not just Hybrid or Zoom, NO MASK, shots if ya buy the snake oil pitch, jobs everywhere with Great Economy, and those Criminal Con Artists with money, wet dreams for NWO, can go back in the holes they crawled out of, or should be taken to Gitmo, in my opinion! One thing leads to another! Like the song: One Thing Leads To Another; Satire Opinion, because
after knowing about Military, Deceased Father was in thirty years Air Force, etc..My expectations are, and in my opinion, our Military should be protecting their Citizens...first! Police Force/Secret Service watches President's unless critical mass naturally!
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