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Seattle mass shooting leaves at least three people – including toddler – injured, police hunt for gunman
2021-04-12
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Re #5, The president doesn't need the permission of the Governor to nationalize the Guard. As has been noted before, he probably listened to advisors who told him being "heavy-handed" would blow his chances of re-election. Look how well that turned out.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-04-12 19:50  

#7  Trump used federal law enforcement to defend federal buildings, and the reaction to it was if he'd buggered Posse Comitatus on the White House lawn. My only criticism of him was not allowing officers to respond with deadly force when the mob tried to blind them or threw explosives.

But, in the end, his approach was the more politic.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-04-12 12:21  

#6  ^ yes. Refused, loudly, with insults and much posturing, by the incompetent left-wing governors of Oregon and Washington and the idiot left-wing mayors of Portland and Seattle.

By politicizing this issue during an election year, the Democrats caused innocent people to be killed. The Democrat mayors and governors have blood on their hands.
Posted by: Uneremp Gonque6014   2021-04-12 12:21  

#5   I don't remember him federalizing the National Guard to deal with Portland, Mpls, Seattle, etc.

President Trump offered, but his offers were scornfully rejected by various mayors and governors, as I recall.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-04-12 10:47  

#4  ^ This is a State issue. This was a job for a Governor. Blue states punted their responsibility.
Posted by: Warthog   2021-04-12 10:09  

#3  Contrarian view: this crap got normalized on Trump's watch and I don't remember him federalizing the National Guard to deal with Portland, Mpls, Seattle, etc.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-04-12 07:20  

#2  When Lawlessness prevails no one is safe; Biden lets this go on a CANCER for ALL of our SOCIETY is at hand, indict the leaders from Biden all the way down to the dogcatcher. Indict their inaction, their politics, their lawlessness, fight them with words, fight them with legal action, Don't let your country go down the hole of lawlessness, States must unite and fight the criminals.
Posted by: Butch Chigum1123   2021-04-12 02:36  

#1  "Mass shooting"... 3 people injured? Chicago sez, "Hold my beer!"
Posted by: SteveS   2021-04-12 01:33  

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