[ April 19, 2024 ]
Without consulting the White House. That’s mutiny. This tool has got to go.
OH MAN, THIS GUY IS SO FIRED – Without Consulting Trump White House — Defense Secretary Esper Orders National Guard NOT to Carry Guns or Ammunition in Washington DC https://t.co/4DLgXbF75E via @gatewaypundit
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) June 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/Calloutfortruth/status/1268642419635114000
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper Orders National Guard in D.C. to Disarm, Wear Soft Caps Instead of Helmets
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 06: Two members of the National Guard walk past at the World War II Memorial as protests against police brutality and racism take place on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. This is the 12th day of protests with thousands of people descending on the city …
By: Kristina Wong, Breitbart, 6 Jun 2020:
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets, an official told Breitbart News on Friday afternoon.
The official said the president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city, but Esper on his own told the D.C. National Guard leadership to take the weapons of National Guardsmen who were coming in from other states.
“He’s not really on board with what the president is trying to do,” the official said.
The official said Esper also on his own directed the National Guard in D.C. to wear soft caps instead of helmets. Breitbart News queried the Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman on Friday afternoon, but he did not respond by deadline.
Photos on social media showed National Guardsmen in D.C. wearing soft caps:
Just moments ago, here in DC. Florida National Guard Soldiers from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team swear in as temporary U.S. Marshals in support of citizens at the Nation’s Capital. pic.twitter.com/p81dz0WQPY
— GEORGE NEWS (@TheGeorgeHQ) June 6, 2020
The National Guard said in response to a query, “Guardsmen supporting the civil disturbance are unarmed.”
The move comes a day before there are expected to be hundreds of thousands of protesters taking part in demonstrations in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
Protests in recent days have been largely peaceful, but the president had fully-activated the National Guard in D.C. and requested help from other states after several days of looting, defacing national monuments, and the burning of a historic church just one block away from the White House. Dozens of Secret Service agents were also injured. Violence was also engulfing other major cities across the nation.
The Washington Post also reported that Esper disarmed National Guardsmen activated in D.C.:
“Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper made the decision to disarm the guard without consulting the White House, after President Trump ordered a militarized show of force on the streets on the streets of Washington to quell demonstrations that were punctured by an episode of looting Sunday, two senior administration officials said. Trump had encouraged the National Guard to be armed.”
A spokeswoman for Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said McCarthy “directed” the disarming of the National Guard in D.C., but did not dispute that the order came from Esper.
“Earlier this week, Mr. McCarthy directed the National Guard to disarm,” said Army Lt. Col. Audricia Harris.
She said only roughly a dozen in the district were previously armed, and that they carried unloaded weapons with ammunition on their body.
Esper is reportedly on thin ice with Trump after the Pentagon secretary announced during a press conference on Wednesday that he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow active-duty forces to act in law enforcement roles.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that Esper had not consulted the president before making the announcement, to her knowledge. She also said that the president has the “sole” authority to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Trump has reportedly asked advisers whether he should replace Esper. Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) name has been floated. He has advised the president to use military troops to restore order in cities that have seen riots in response to the death of George Floyd.
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54 Comments
3 years ago
This is as close to sedition as I can imagine. The question really is, WHY DID TRUMP NOT INSTANTLY FIRE HIM?
https://reallyrockin.com/2020/06/07/mr-president-fire-pos-seditionist-mark-esper-now/
3 years ago
Reply to
BanLiberals
WHY? I guarantee you Javaka is in agreement with Esper. Jared, Ivanka and Esper, ALL NEED TO GO! They are all LIBERALS sabotaging the Trump agenda! Trump’s instincts are right.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Javanka and Esper should go. If people had attacked and the National Guard had been hurt or killed and something had happened to the White House, the situation would have been worse. We are lucky(for the moment) that it didn’t get worse. Certainly Esper was not listening to the knuckle dragging mayor of DC, who wanted the White House burned down.
3 years ago
Reply to
Michael Goldman
As you know the problem is we can’t depend on luck. Esper is a lobbyist. He should never have been put in that position but the swamp was all for him. Esper was confirmed quickly with no issues now we know why….
3 years ago
While Trump was in Maine, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday ordered National Guard troops in Washington, DC, to disarm and wear soft caps instead of helmets
The president told Attorney General Bill Barr that he wanted the National Guard to be armed so that they could protect themselves from rioters and looters coming in to the city.
The National Guard said in response to a query, “Guardsmen supporting the civil disturbance are unarmed.”
( They are obligated to follow the Secretary of Defense unless Trump, the Commander in Chief, over rules him.)
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that Esper had not consulted the president before making the announcement, to her knowledge. She also said that the president has the “sole” authority to invoke the Insurrection Act.
(Some insubordination going on?)
Trump has reportedly asked advisers whether he should replace Esper. Sen. Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) name has been floated. He has advised the president to use military troops to restore order in cities that have seen riots in response to the death of George Floyd.
(Will Defense Secretary Esper order his armed Secret Service protection submit to being disarmed too? I don’t remember him objecting to his armed protection. Does Esper want to be defenseless too?)
3 years ago
The Dan Bongino video is a really good one.
The national guard didn’t need their weapons, did they? The Democrats would absolutely love to see the national guard or any other military forces used against civilians by federal order, but they don’t want to give that order themselves. They don’t even let the police do their job. They even appoint Democrat police leadership who help them advance a political agenda instead of protecting and serving the people.
We’re being coaxed into a military response to a bunch of useful idiots with their pants at their knees and useful idiots who don’t know the difference between their enemies and their allies. We elect people who turn cities into thug factories and then won’t let the police do their job. The people are part of this problem, so they have to have their noses rubbed in the mess that they got conned into supporting for many decades.
3 years ago
Reply to
spfoam1
Good points. The forces Trump organized were just right. Not too aggressive, and it got the job done. AND as always, rioting dies out by itself.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
The citizens of the USA need to get off their knees. We’ve been so focused on making a devalued dollar that we forgot to keep an eye out for the traitors in high places who made the dollar so much more important than anything else. We forgot to trust our own common sense instead of “expert” liars. We let our old enemy infiltrate every position of influence and boil us slowly so we didn’t realize we were being cooked.
3 years ago
Reply to
spfoam1
Yes [although science has proved that the ‘boiled frog’ story is false]. When it gets too hot, the frog jumps out. Of course they do. And we will jump out also. The Dems can see that, and they are cooking themselves, trying to stop their own catastrophic failures.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
IMO, nothing is absolute in a war because unpredictable or unexpected things can happen, and this is a war. We better realize we’re still in the pot and if we let the Democrats take the next election they’ll put a lid on the pot very quickly.
3 years ago
Reply to
spfoam1
sp: Oh I agree the situation is very fluid, and loaded with emotion on both sides. Emotions change quickly, and we need to stay on top of that.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
The “emotions” are why exposure before action is necessary. The left is an expert at steering the herd in the wrong directions by playing their emotions.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
I can’ be an apologist on this one. Why the appeasement? Have you seen the damage done? Did you miss the destruction, assaults and damage done? I can’t live in that imaginary world….
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Sorry Felix, I disagree [slightly] on this one. Trump knew the riots were fizzling, so he softened his approach. Maneuver warfare again, Trump style. Please remember that riots are mainly emotional, not rational.
In the Ukraine revolution, snipers shot 70 protesters in the main Kiev square, and that totaled the presidency. He fled to the airport the next day. Compared to Covid-19, 70 casualties are not many, but the people got really mad at that. Trump was avoiding such a mistake.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Very disappointing that you would side with the swamp. If Trump knew it was fizzling out, Trump would not have ORDERED the National Guard in there and he meant armed. Esper over ruled him while Trump was out of town.
It doesn’t matter to me whether riots are emotional of not. Would you cave to an emotional child too? Corporal punishment works well. Naughty children will escalate if they can get away with it. When there is a consequence they weigh that against the action to be taken.
I don’t care about Ukraine. We are not like Ukaine. What I do know is you can’t embolden these people and that is what is going on.
Here’s what a looter had to say. They do it bcause they can! You don’t understand people!
Looters who hit L.A. stores explain what they did:
‘Get my portion!’ (because they are allowed to.)
By Maya Lau, Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Matt Hamilton 6/6/20
The young man flanked the shattered entry of a ransacked CVS in Santa Monica, where people had swept the shelves clean of everything from diapers to detergent. The man, who did not cover his face, admitted he was a looter. He did not apologize.
“We’ve got no other way of showing people how angry we are,” he said.
Out of the store ran another young man, this one holding a carton of eggs. He grabbed a friend and started scanning the street for targets: police cars. “We’re doing it because we can,” he said.
Over in Van Nuys, a teenage boy standing outside a ravaged Skechers store held up a backpack. That was all he took. But it was enough, he said.
“We are just trying to provide and take up the opportunity that we are getting right now. That’s all.”
…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/looters-who-hit-la-stores-explain-what-they-did-get-my-portion/ar-BB155hRE
The same is TRUE of violent people!
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Sorry Felix, I disagree [slightly] on this one. Trump knew the riots were fizzling, so he softened his approach. Maneuver warfare again, Trump style. Please remember that riots are mainly emotional, not rational.
In the Ukraine revolution, snipers shot 70 protesters in the main Kiev square, and that totaled the presidency. He fled to the airport the next day. Compared to Covid-19, 70 casualties are not many, but the people got really mad at that. Trump was avoiding such a mistake.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
@F; In the 60s, I saw and felt the DemocRAT national communist party’s FEELINGS in Baltimore MD.
Those that can be PROVEN to destroy Others’ property MUST be PROSECUTED.
Those that can be PROVEN to assault Others’ MUST be PROSECUTED.
3 years ago
DRAIN THE DAM SWAMP!
You can at least FIRE
DEFENSE Secretary Esper who makes a mockery of our National Guard leaving them DEFENSELESS as well as contradicting YOUR order as Commander in Chief. Who is running the show? A swamp subordinate or you?
3 years ago
Reply to
CharlieSeattle
THIS has me really pissed off! Trump was out of town when DEFENSE Secretary Epser undermined him. Why didn’t someone tell him? If they did, why didn’t he over rule him? Why isn’t Esper fired. Trump can appoint a replacement till one is confirmed? I just can’t be a blind apologist. HE campaigned on being the President of “law and order”, what happened?
Pence is even worse. He is weak. He s useful for appeasing people where Trump clashes with DEMS and others like them. Pence hides at the first sign of trouble. He was practically on his knees for George Floyd.
Don’t confuse style over substance. Pence is an establishment type with no substance. I can only hope Trump gets back to substance even if his style is more brusque. I would sit home if Pence was dumb enough to run. He would be like another Bush and capitulate to the globalist agenda.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
One MUST NOT stay home and not vote. Even IF YOU HAVE TO WRITE-IN a name whom would be a GOOD LEADER! It is not only an American PRIVILEGE for Americans, but a RESPONSIBILITY and DUTY to vote. At the very least, Americans can vote AGAINST a particular person such as 0bama. I voted TWICE AGAINST the muslem jihadi GRIFTER.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Agreed. All I want to see of Esper is what we have seen of Sessions and Comey, a**holes and elbows.
3 years ago
YOU ARE FIRED, ESPER!
……We, the PEOPLE of the United States of America
What point is there to send in Military IF THEY ARE NOT ARMED? Like Kent State in Ohio in the 60s, when Gov. Rhodes sent in the Natl Guard (I WAS THERE!), IT WILL TAKE JUST 1 ROCK FOR A PROTESTOR TO THROW AT THEM AND THEN WHAT? Ask the protestors PLEASE DON’T DO THAT?
ARM THE NATIONAL GUARD AND PROTESTORS WILL EITHER BACK OFF AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, OR MOVE FORWARD AND GET SHOT.
3 years ago
Reply to
FemaleTRUMPFan
It’s insane to have them stand there unarmed and watch as “law enforcement”. You never know how out of control people will get in these situations. Up in NY, two lawyers had bombs in their cars! Thankfully they were arrested and the federal government stepped in to rescind their bail and incarcerate them. As lawyers they should know the price of what they are doing.
This is setting a bad precedent and next time they will up the violence knowing they can get away with that. Baltimore had law enforcement stand down and it was a mess. We can’t be alike the DEMS and appease them and give them a recess time for violence and mayhem or we are no better then DEMS. As a “law and order” President appeasement without at least firing DEFENSE Secretary Esper is not acceptable. I don’t want a mockery of law enforcement.
The keyword is peaceful. You shouldn’t compromise to appease savages.
3 years ago
Before he leaves, he should put in an urgent request for a bullet proof vest and helmet. He just might need these when he loses his Secret Service detail.
Now, will he be fired, ask to resign or be fired, or simply resign? Either way it will be him falling on his sword.
3 years ago
Reply to
stephen5970
DEFENSE Secretary Esper has ARMED Secret Service protection, will he be giving that up? Why shouldn’t our National Guard be armed when sent in to over see violent people? Police are being murdered and others assaulted as well as property damage.
DEFENSE (LOL) Secretary Esper needs to be fired!
No choice – FIRED!
This is outrageous!
3 years ago
It is getting very tiring to hear about these morons that are appointed to positions under President Trump and then believe that they are the President or CINC. Time to get rid of all of these treasonous bastards as soon as they show their true colors! Can’t fix STUPID with ignorant libturds!
3 years ago
He has to be fired when the President gets back. Is he an obozo appointee?
3 years ago
this nutjob can take a knee for obongo and service his real master, if big mike says its ok
3 years ago
Another ringer, as useful as teats on a boar.
3 years ago
We have a Secretary of Woke? Who knew?
3 years ago
Reply to
pennant8
Mark Esper, in solidarity with his now unprotected men, will wear crotchless pink panties instead of his usual Kevlar Jock Strap.
3 years ago
THAT SON OF A BITCH NEEDS TO BE FIRED NOW, NOT TOMORROW, NOT NEXT WEEK BUT NOW. YOU DON’T SEND TROOPS OUT INTO RIOTS AND URBAN COMBAT WITHOUT THEIR DAMNED EQUIPMENT. PERIOD. THE BATTALION COMMANDER SHOULD TELL THE PRICK TO “F” OFF.
3 years ago
Didn’t he resign? Why is he still there? Two reports better than Fake Drudge’s:
#1. Gellerreport.com
#2. Bonginoreport.com
Pamela was here first! Dan still gets points for trying.
3 years ago
How does a defense secretary claim to be non-partisan and a-political about defending America. Especially when a violent Internationsl terrorist organization like Antifa ius behind coincident insurection across the entire nation America for the past week?
This guy isn’t a Liberal …he is just plain stupid. Stupid doesnt cut it in a Defense secretary in any nation.
3 years ago
When is Pres. Trump going to fire this sorry SOB’s ass?!? He’s made a mockery of a position that should be a banner of pride and patriotism – not petty disagreements and, indeed, rebellion, like a bratty teenager?!? I never want to see the name or the face of Mark Esper AGAIN!! He’s a total disgrace to the uniform!! Your “best by” date, Mark, is LONG past!! Say “Good bye!!”
3 years ago
Put Esper at the head of the unarmed, helmetless troops…..Let him lead by example! Or fire him!
3 years ago
It was inconceivable that a cabinet officer – in this case Mark Esper – could go to the press and undermine the POTUS – and remain in his job – until now.
I can’t think of another president who wouldn’t have fired such a person immediately.
Then again, Trump hesitated endlessly about firing Sessions – and he got Rod Rosenstein and the Mueller witch hunt for his trouble.
Trump has got to pull himself together, and stop obsessing about the election.
The left will blame him for a rainy day, as will the media – so he might just as well LEAD.
He can start by firing Esper, and restoring order.
Unfortunately, I don’t think he has it in him.
3 years ago
Okay, so this a–hole is against using the Insurrection Act, which means he wants to rely on the National Guard instead of the military. And he wants to expose the National Guard and disarm them – and announces that they are vulnerable. Should he perhaps be investigated? Whose government and whose country does he serve?
3 years ago
Esper and the other 89 people including military that signed the letter against using the military NEED to be fired or prosecuted.
3 years ago
Coward!!!! Stonzo!!! How dare he tell them that. Protect our protectors from rocks, bottles and who knows what else is thrown at them, they have that right. They aren’t allowed to do their jobs, told to stand down. The terrorists know this. And now you, Esper, take away their protection. FIRE him.
3 years ago
Esper is an idiot.
3 years ago
All of this has NOTHING to do with George Floyd ….. it has to do with the destruction of the Republic and the American way of life.
It is High Treason for one who is “Sworn to uphold the Constitution”to work,openly, to destroy the Constitution andthe Republic ….. it is time to HANG THE TRAITORS who MAKE WAR against the Republic.
3 years ago
Boot Esper the traitor.
3 years ago
Esper should resign. He works for the President…not the other way around!
Bricks thrown by ANTIFA and others have been evident since the beginning of the BURN and LOOT RIOTS.
To order the replacement of helmets with soft caps musts our National Guard at risk. Just stupid!
3 years ago
People are throwing bricks and carrying sticks anf other weapons and he wants them to replace their helmet with a soft cap? I think he must have a soft skull with not much in it.
3 years ago
MARK ESPER IS A RINO MEMBER I BELIEVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GEORGE SOROS-IAN GLOBALIST BANKING CLIQUE! HE, LIKE WILLARD MITT ROMNEY NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM ASSOCIATION WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR THE SECURITY OF THE PRESIDENT, HIS FAMILY AND THE LOYAL MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION! SUPER SUMMER, RIGHTISTS!
3 years ago
This is a picture of a jerk — doesn’t Trump ever vet the misfits he appoints to high-ranking positions? There are so many wise, loyal and eager patriots willing to support the President, why not Alan West??? Or Clarke???
3 years ago
President Trump will make many changes after he is elected to his 2nd term, then the gloves come off.
3 years ago
When the Sheep dogs are fighting off the wolves, who is protecting the Sheep dogs? The Sheepherder with an AR, We hope, Esper put a muzzle on the sheep dogs.
