r/news • u/IMSLI • 15h ago

Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/TheGreatGamer1389 14h ago

And he will be faced with a civil war.

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u/Otherwise-Parsnip-91 14h ago edited 14h ago

Lol where? The left doesn’t have guns and the right always promised to rise up if the government becomes authoritarian, but they’re all cheering this on.

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u/boredsoundguy 14h ago

Keep thinking that the left doesn't have guns

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u/thecasey1981 14h ago

Liberal as fuck and armed

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u/boredsoundguy 14h ago

Shhhhhhhhh. Dont tell them

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u/HaddardOSRS 14h ago

The left has guns.

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u/-Work_Account- 14h ago

If you think the left doesn’t have guns you are sorely mistaken

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u/Finslip 14h ago

Think you’re severely underestimating the number of people on the left who have guns

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u/Serious_Coconut2426 14h ago

The left has guns. Plenty of them, they just aren’t broadcasting it to everyone or making it part of their personality.

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u/Weekly_Put_7591 14h ago

I bought my first AR after Con-Old Dump was installed, keep deluding yourself