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On January 6, did America’s highest-level military officers willfully disobey their Commander in Chi

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mystery-ak:
May 5, 2024
On January 6, did America’s highest-level military officers willfully disobey their Commander in Chief?
By Andrea Widburg

Even the January 6 committee eventually conceded that President Trump had authorized the National Guard to be deployed on January 6. However, as events unfolded at the Capitol, the National Guard was nowhere to be seen. It showed up hours later, only after the situation was such that Trump and his supporters were tarred as “insurrectionists” and targeted for arrests. Now, a whistleblower has come forward to allege that one of Trump’s problems was that military leadership, starting with Mark Milley, made the deliberate decision to ignore Trump’s order. That’s court-martial stuff, along with the possibility of domestic terrorism and, ironically, insurrection.

Whenever thousands of people descend on a city, there should be a large police force in place. And when hundreds of thousands come to D.C. to complain about an election outcome, the National Guard should be there. And yet the troops weren’t. Here’s what we know.

Despite being warned about potential agitators and violence, Nancy Pelosi and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser refused to put the National Guard on standby. We also know that even the improperly convened, hyper-partisan, and corrupt January 6 committee acknowledged that Trump approved deploying the National Guard days before the event, greenlighting its immediate deployment in case things got out of hand.

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PeteS in CA:
Ummmmmmm ... is there a source for this claim of a "whistleblower"? The OP article gives no link for this claim. Since the article is from American Thinker, the claim should be taken with a very large block of salt, until it is verified, with details, by an actual news site. American Thinker, sadly, has gotten as sloppy, slippery, and clickbaity as Gateway Pundit.

Maj. Bill Martin:
You're absolutely right, @PeteS in CA .  The article is garbage.

The President didn't have the authority to order NG troops to surround the Capitol, and in fact this article itself doesn't even  claim that Trump ever gave such an order.  And if he didn't give the order, then how could the generals have refused to obey it??

What is clear is that Trump offered troops, but that the political and civil leadership in D.C turned down that offer.  Hell, the article even admits that:


--- Quote ---Nancy Pelosi and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser refused to put the National Guard on standby.
--- End quote ---

So where the hell does this "generals disobeyed orders" schtick even come from?

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