In DC , in particular areas of DC which are expressly federal, the President through the Secretary of Defense has total power to call in the National Guard. Check out EO 10030(?) In 1949 that had Truman delegating oo SecDef.

So yeah, I'm wrong in that Trump can call for it unilaterally but since SecDef works for him the Executive Branch has control of this call. Bowser cannot veto it. Pelosi does not have any say. So did Trump ask his boy at Defense to call up the guard and if not, why not?

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Posted by Warboo

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Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:38 am to KiwiHead

quote:
So yeah, I'm wrong in that Trump can call for it unilaterally but since SecDef works for him the Executive Branch has control of this call. Bowser cannot veto it. Pelosi does not have any say. So did Trump ask his boy at Defense to call up the guard and if not, why not?

Pelosi absolutely does have a say. She can allow ng on THE CAPITAL GROUNDS or in the CAPITAL or she can reject it. Why would Trump ask "his boy at defense" to call up the guard when Pelosi and Bowser turned them down? Going for the tri-fecta of ignorance on this one kiwi.

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Posted by BBONDS25

Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:45 am to KiwiHead

So let me understand your position. Trump, as proven in this thread, offered the National Guard to Pelosi and the DC mayor. They refused. Your contention is that they are in the clear, but Trump’s failure to override their refusal and “call his boy” in the defense department was a dereliction of duty? Am I summarizing your point correctly?

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