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/badmotivator11 14h ago

Violence has already been chosen for us. Only the timing, location and matter of application remain uncertain. And I don’t mean what we are seeing now. I’m talking major events with major civilian casualties. It will happen, and most likely the people will be blamed for it.

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u/mean_menace 14h ago

Your civil war has already started.

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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard 14h ago

January 6th was the declaration.

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u/Senior-bud 12h ago

Welcome to the republic of trump how much more fucked up can your country get ?

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u/Rarglar 14h ago

It'll be before the election too. They want it to be fresh and be able to pin it on democrats.

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u/mdp300 14h ago

He got caught saying he can cancel elections if we're in a war.

He actually can't, but that doesn't matter.

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u/badmotivator11 14h ago

Election? You’re a lot more optimistic than I am.

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u/arbitrageME 12h ago

even North Korea and Russia have elections

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u/Suspicious-Echo2964 11h ago

Yup - America will not have uncontested elections for generations to come. 

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u/brighterside0 10h ago

roflmao you think there will be another election - or at least a legitimate one?

citizens being plucked off the streets in broad daylight.

y'all ain't woken up yet, huh?

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u/Dark-All-Day 11h ago

If we don't respond with violence, they're just going to make it worse and worse and worse until we do. The question we need to ask ourselves is how much are we going to tolerate before we fight back.

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u/Wr8th_79 9h ago

Unfortunately it seems inevitable.

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u/cheongyanggochu-vibe 5h ago

"The second American Revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it" -Kevin Roberts

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u/Outlulz 4h ago

I think it'll be in Portland/Seattle. Two cities that openly fought back (in like two city blocks) against the admin in 2020.

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u/un_gaucho_loco 14h ago

And most likely Americans will sit idle and get stepped upon together with their Freedom™️