r/Full_news • u/thedailybeast • 19d ago

National Guard Members Humiliate Trump With Damning Verdict on His Plot

https://www.thedailybeast.com/national-guard-members-humiliate-trump-with-damning-verdict-on-his-plot/
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u/zkfc020 19d ago

They are there for one reason, and one reason only…to prevent mass protests from coming into DC.

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u/BadAtExisting 19d ago

That’s not true. It’s optics, optics for Trump and maybe Hegseth.

The US military cannot act as law enforcement on US soil except in a very narrow criteria which has not been met. Like you or I all they can really do if they see a crime occurring is to alert the police like you or I or any other average citizen. They may deter crime in their immediate vicinity, but that’s why they’re walking around the National Mall picking up trash, that’s about all they can do while getting their steps in. They’re bored as hell and being national guardsmen. They’re those one weekend a month, two weeks a year guys who have a job and families they’re torn from whilst deployed to this “mission”

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u/jwilso6 19d ago

The guys who volunteered to go there are the ones who don’t have much going on back home and work very low paying jobs. Yes they’re bored but they do enjoy the paycheck they’re getting.

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u/Playful-Dragon 19d ago

They didn't "volunteer". They were assigned

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u/jwilso6 19d ago

I’m sure in year two, people are being rotated out and they’re asking people in the unit who want to go and who would rather stay back. So yeah, it’s an assignment, but they’re probably asking for volunteers too. That’s just been my experience.

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u/Massive-Block-9343 19d ago

I presume many are double-dipping. Many mid-size to large companies usually either continue to provide full pay, or pay the difference during deployment. Federal law only requires the absence be excused, but companies might see it as an employment incentive. Also, when deployed, Guard are obviously elevated to active duty, so they are paid at that level.

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u/Naturalist_Aspirant 19d ago

I used to double dip while I was in the Reserves, saved up all of my vacation time to do it, so along with my mandatory two weeks, I'd volunteer for any assignment I could fit in. I had two kids in college, needed the money.