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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Ia this groundhog day? This point has been covered. Read back through the thread.  Or read the recent Vantiy Fair article about her reluctance to request Guard. Someone posted it in "Politics"[/quote]

You are the last one to talk about Groundhog Day. You simply ignore everything that contradicts your opinion that Bowser is to blame for things that are outside her control and repeatedly post the same thing over and over.

[b]Bowser was reluctant to have Federal forces come into the city without her request or coordination with the MPD[/b] and basically take over as happened the past summer. If you remember, there were federal officers without identification blocking off streets. Nobody knew who they were or what they were doing. This climaxed in an attack on peaceful protesters that included the use of tear gas to clear the way for Trump's photo op. Can you blame the Mayor for not wanting that to happen again?

Bowser's plan was to have MPD take responsibility with the National Guard backstopping them. This plan proved successful.

The lack of National Guard at the Capitol had nothing to do with Bowser. There is nothing that she could have done to change the lack of troops there. She has neither authority nor responsibility.

Of course, in true Groundhog Day fashion, you will now reply with some convoluted response explaining how Bowser either should have done something that she didn't have authority to do or she should have done something that would have made no difference to the outcome. As you have made clear by now, your conclusion is that Bowser is to blame. You have no logical way of arriving at that conclusion, yet that is your conclusion and nothing is going to change your mind.
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Yes, we finally agree. And so she did not, in fact, request them as needed.[/quote]

Not true. Bowser requested National Guard forces for the area over which she had authority. The number requested proved to be sufficient.

Again, I understand that you are wedded to your conclusion and nothing will change your mind about it. I have accepted that you cannot factually support your conclusion. You should accept this as well.
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I  agree to disagree. I am not going to accuse you of lacking facts. We interpret the same facts differently. I would change the above to "The number requested proved to be [b]in[/b]-sufficient": As well as the gear provided. If there is no role for DC National Guard in assisting with federal property, they why were they requested WITH riot gear by Mayor Bowser in coordination with other federal entities for the inauguration? 50/50 hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I'm very glad lessons were learned from an otherwise horrible event.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/ryan-mccarthy-no-national-guard-delay

"McCarthy said the Army does not have an intelligence or advisory role in deploying the D.C. National Guard, but he instead responded to requests from Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser to provide 340 crowd- and traffic-control Guard members from Tuesday to Thursday.

Asked by the Washington Examiner if he pushed back on the limited scope of advance preparation, McCarthy said it would have been unlawful for the Pentagon to take on such a role.

"We can't do domestic intelligence. We don't know. So, for us to look at the groups that participated in that we don't have, we can't do that," he said. "It's against the law."

McCarthy returned again to the pithy intelligence that was provided to the Army in the planning process and denied that the Army pushed back on Bowser's written request that explicitly called for an unarmed National Guard presence in the capital.

"They had no reason for us to do that. We were running a traffic control with the Metropolitan Police," he told the Washington Examiner. "We ask questions, but the DOD is a support function in civil unrest, and it's incredibly important that people understand that law enforcement is the lead."

[b]Bowser’s request letter specifically called for no weapons, and full riot gear was left at the National Guard Armory.[/b][b] As of Sunday, the Capitol Police told the Army they did not need additional support either. The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.[/b]

By early afternoon, rioters breached the Capitol grounds and overran the police, disrupting Congress’s electoral vote count."
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