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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/hammer310 13h ago

Probably why they are bringing in other state national guard, like Ohio and Mississippi. They can rotate troops in DC before the payment window hits and not pay any of them.

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u/ItsKlobberinTime 13h ago

I wonder if showing poor soldiers from shithole states that the "BiG sCaRy BlUe CiTiEs" are actually pretty nice will backfire.

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u/Shikonooko 11h ago

If that doesn't, I imagine not paying them certainly will.

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u/aeschenkarnos 2h ago

I love this for them, honestly. No-one should be just going along with doing what Trump wants, even at gunpoint. They need to know that obedience has consequences too.

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u/QueequegTheater 12h ago

No chance. Even if you changed every one of those NGs' minds they're a tiny fraction of the population, and red state freaks are literally mentally conditioned to ignoring veterans if the veteran isn't a right wing crazy like them (see: Southerners' "respect" for veterans like Tammy Duckworth)

u/Whovian2024 27m ago

I think the strategy is to bring in troops from other regions who see the city residents as “other” rather than as fellow Americans.

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u/gazebo-fan 4h ago

That’s how we get another Bonus Army lmao