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minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agodoes it count as ours if we can’t deploy them?
minus-squareroy_mustang76@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoGiven that we have a President who won’t be trying to conduct his own coup currently… Yes
minus-squareWoahWoah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 days agoUh, DC can deploy the national guard. You don’t have a governor, so, you know, the president of the united states is authorized to deploy them. The DC mayor can also request they be deployed, but it needs to be approved by the fed.
does it count as ours if we can’t deploy them?
Given that we have a President who won’t be trying to conduct his own coup currently… Yes
Uh, DC can deploy the national guard. You don’t have a governor, so, you know, the president of the united states is authorized to deploy them.
The DC mayor can also request they be deployed, but it needs to be approved by the fed.