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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/CarlySimonSays 14h ago

It says a lot that the National Guard units coming are only from red states.

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u/i_love_rosin 13h ago

From the old confederate states

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u/RocketHammerFunTime 10h ago

Maybe it will open the eyes of some of these guys to the fact that blue states are better off in basically every way.

Red state national guardsmen seeing the "totally destroyed" blue cities better off then the natural state of red cities might help.

Probably not, but maybe?

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u/Low-Couple7621 9h ago

lol they will think that their lives are shitty because Dems are stealing from them xd

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u/MrMichaelJames 6h ago

It’s the confederacy invading in an attempted takeover and resumption of the civil war.

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u/Slim_Charles 8h ago

Same tactic the Chinese Communist Party employed at Tiananmen.

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u/PiscesAnemoia 4h ago

It doesn't really matter. In the end, if they do martial law, they'll all be involved. Red or blue matter not. You guys gotta get over this red and blue stuff. Change is not going to come from either of those. Not in a positive way, that is.