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Troops are there because POTUS wants them there. If anyone challenges this they need to present facts themselves showing how someone other than POTUS can authorize this.

So it's true that the President is directly in the chain of command for the DC National Guard, which currently has ~2700 soliders. However, from their webpage

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The D.C National Guard was formed in 1802 by President Thomas Jefferson to defend the newly created District of Columbia. As such, the Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard is subordinate solely to the President of the United States. This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army.

So there are 2 people that can call up the DC guard other than POTUS

As to all of the other troops in DC, the various states have sent troops based on calls from the Pentagon

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Army Gen. Dan Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, called adjutants general around the country, and others, such as Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, called governors to seek help. McCarthy praised the states, saying defense and military officials are keenly aware of the threats they also are facing.

DC Nat Guard Home

Link for State Troops

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Posted by BoarEd

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Posted on 1/18/21 at 12:30 pm to OldManRiver

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So it's true that the President is directly in the chain of command for the DC National Guard, which currently has ~2700 soliders.

Yes. Not the left. And my point is that even if someone else had called them up POTUS could shut it all down with a single phone call. The fact he has said absolutely nothing about it seems pretty good indication he is on board with what is going on.

Note that nobody from the left has the authority to do this. And even the states sending troops would have to okay it with POTUS. He is in charge in DC.

Actually, I think what has happened is he has handed this entire thing off to FEMA with his latest emergency declaration for DC. I think we may end up finding out that POTUS has already stepped aside.

My entire point was that this isn't a show of force from the left.

1. Nobody on the left has the authority.
2. Joe Biden wouldn't be claiming that the troops are there to kill him if it were.

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