California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said California will sue the Trump administration Monday over its deployment of the National Guard to quell Los Angeles protests against federal immigration raids. …
was there a legit reason to send in the National Guard?
No. The protests were a few dozen people, but immediately ballooned more than tenfold after that announcement. I wouldn’t be surprised if the administrative costs of processing Trump’s order cost more than what damage had been done by that point.
This was just escalation: inciting further unrest to justify a crackdown.
Oh man, I was in the Army for 10 years - costs of activating and deploying reserve and non-active duty people is enormous, like the money we lost after Hurricane Katrina was like 50% of just sending in emergency people.
No. The protests were a few dozen people, but immediately ballooned more than tenfold after that announcement. I wouldn’t be surprised if the administrative costs of processing Trump’s order cost more than what damage had been done by that point.
This was just escalation: inciting further unrest to justify a crackdown.
Oh man, I was in the Army for 10 years - costs of activating and deploying reserve and non-active duty people is enormous, like the money we lost after Hurricane Katrina was like 50% of just sending in emergency people.