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just a bunch of people having fun, watching cars burn

What is your point? That law enforcement should not attempt to stop either riot/
Law enforcement fine, NOT sending in the military.
I am also old enough to remember leftists complaining about so-called "whataboutisms".
LOL, YOU of all people complaining about the use of whataboutisms. But I agree, shouldn't be used. But keep THIS comment of yours in mind next time YOU use it.
 
Others weren't though, and even the violent offenders were pardoned, which is something Vance and others were not in favor of.
They were pardoned AFTER arrest, trial and lengthy incarceration. I can see an argument for the commutation of some of these people as opposed to pardons, but that is about it.
Now you can deflect and complain about whataboutisms, but what is very relevant here are the diametrically opposed reactions to two similar scenarios by the same person.
Not complaining about "whataboutisms"? So-called "whataboutisms" are often beneficial for providing often needed context to discussions. Just pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of those who often whine "whataboutism" while doing the exact same thing.
So why is Trump so quick to deploy the NG in this instance, but not during the civil unrest on J6?
As has been explained ad nauseam, this is simply NOT true.
 

Why didn’t Trump call out the National Guard after the attack on the Capitol?

Pelosi isn’t the commander of the Washington DC National Guard. That would be Trump. He could have ordered them out regardless. He didn’t. Because he supported the rioters.
 
Law enforcement fine, NOT sending in the military.

LOL, YOU of all people complaining about the use of whataboutisms. But I agree, shouldn't be used. But keep THIS comment of yours in mind next time YOU use it.
As I note above, I have no problem with so-called "whataboutisms". Therefore, NOT hypocritical.

What about THAT?
 
Do you remember when the discussion boards were filled with J6 discussions and EVERY RIGHTIE out there kept up a steady stream of.....................
Whatabout the BLM riots in 2020?
So when some Rightie now complains about the use of whataboutisms, it sure comes across as rich.
 
Why didn’t Trump call out the National Guard after the attack on the Capitol?
Didn't last as long and wasn't nearly as violent or lawless.
 
I, and others on the right, are NOT the ones that keep bringing up 1/6 in the discussion of these current riots.

So....
 
Didn't last as long and wasn't nearly as violent or lawless.

How exactly was the violent invasion of the Capitol to attempt to overturn the election not “lawless”?

It lasted multiple hours. More than enough time for the DC Guard to be called out.
 
Trump OFFERED the National Guard to DC in advance of the incident. The offer was turned down by two rat retards...Pelosi and Bowser.
Sure, and Trump could have also deployed the NG when things went sideways and it was clear the police was overwhelmed, but he didn't. Why?

And then of course there is the fact that the J6 protesters stayed for a few hours and then peacefully left without setting the joint on fire...unlike your martyrs in LA.
This has to be one of the more entertaining spin versions I've read on here.

In other words...you made a really really really stupid comparison thinking you would be zinging someone.....
Well, I guess when compared to your hilarious spin on what happened on J6, I can see how you reach such a ridiculous conclusion. It's an inconvenient comparison for anyone with such a warped sense of reality as you just posted.
 
Why did Mike Pence call them, and not Trump?
 

Take a look in the mirror...

Trump did not simply "offer" NG assistance to Newsom and the CA government, nor did he give Newsom the opportunity to decline the assistance.

Further:



NATIONAL GUARD RESPONSE​

CLAIM: Trump said he offered 10,000 National Guard troops to Pelosi and “she now admits that she turned it down.” Referring to a video Pelosi’s daughter took that day, Trump claimed that Pelosi said, “I take full responsibility for January 6.”

THE FACTS: Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that he offered National Guard troops to the Capitol and that his offer was rejected. He has previously said he signed an order for 20,000 troops to go to the Capitol.

While Trump was involved in discussions in the days prior to Jan. 6 about whether the National Guard would be called ahead of the joint session, he issued no such order or formal request before or during the rioting, and the guard’s arrival was delayed for hours as Pentagon officials deliberated over how to proceed.

In a 2022 interview with the Democratic-led House committee that investigated the attack, Christopher Miller, the acting Defense secretary at that time, confirmed that there was no order from the president.

The Capitol Police Board makes the decision on whether to call National Guard troops to the Capitol, and two members of that board — the House Sergeant at Arms and the Senate Sergeant at Arms — decided through informal discussions not to call the guard ahead of the joint session that was eventually interrupted by Trump’s supporters, despite a request from the Capitol Police.
The House Sergeant at Arms reports to the Speaker of the House, who was then Pelosi, and the Senate Sergeant at Arms reported to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. But Pelosi’s office has said she was never informed of the request.

The board eventually requested the guard’s assistance after the rioting was underway, and Pelosi and McConnell called the Pentagon and begged for military assistance. Pence, who was in a secure location inside the building, also called the Pentagon to demand reinforcements.

In a video recently released by House Republicans, Pelosi is seen in the back of a car on Jan. 6 and talking to an aide. In the raw video recorded by her daughter, Pelosi is angrily asking her aide why the National Guard wasn’t at the Capitol when the rioting started. “Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?” she asks.

“We did not have any accountability for what was going on there and we should have, this is ridiculous,” Pelosi says, while her aide responds that security officials thought they had sufficient resources. “They clearly didn’t know and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more,” Pelosi says in the video.

There is no mention of a request from Trump, and Pelosi never said that she took “full responsibility for Jan. 6.”

In a statement, Pelosi spokesman Ian Krager said Trump’s repeated comments about Pelosi are revisionist history.

“Numerous independent fact-checkers have confirmed again and again that Speaker Pelosi did not plan her own assassination on January 6th,” Krager said. “The Speaker of the House is not in charge of the security of the Capitol Complex — on January 6th or any other day of the week.”


 

Does this fall in the Webster dictionary as being "Peaceful protests"?
 
They were pardoned AFTER arrest, trial and lengthy incarceration. I can see an argument for the commutation of some of these people as opposed to pardons, but that is about it.
Incorrect. Many were released from prison as a result of the pardons.
 
Again...when things went sideways the 'J6 RIOT OMIGARSHWE"REALLGONNADIEE!!!!!" was already over. It ended...peaceful...with police officers literally asking protesters to leave and accompanying them out.

You made a really really really stupid comparison.
 
I, and others on the right, are NOT the ones that keep bringing up 1/6 in the discussion of these current riots.

So....
I can understand why, because not addressing the difference in responses between the two and the reasons why are tougher to defend.
 
How exactly was the violent invasion of the Capitol to attempt to overturn the election not “lawless”?
I said it wasn't nearly as lawless. These people are destroying business, burning cars, shutting down freeways, throwing rocks at civilians trying to leave, etc. etc. etc.

It lasted multiple hours.
Versus multiple days. Like I said, not nearly as long.
 

Did you ever figure out a way to stay on the thread topic?

 
I said it wasn't nearly as lawless. These people are destroying business, burning cars, throwing rocks at civilians trying to leave, etc. etc. etc.


Versus multiple days. Like I said, not nearly as long.

How is trying to overturn the US presidential election less lawless than burning a car?

Whats the minimum time a riot has to occur before the National Guard is called out?
 

Just a kegger that got out of hand, right?
 
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