Without Consulting Trump White House — Defense Secretary Esper Orders National Guard NOT to Carry Guns or Ammunition in Washington DC

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper broke with his superior, President Trump, this week saying he opposes using the US Military against the violent far left mobs in cities across the United States.

Via WGN — Esper told reporters the Insurrection Act, which would allow Trump to use active-duty military for law enforcement in containing street protests, should be invoked in the United States “only in the most urgent and dire of situations.” He declared, “We are not in one of those situations now.”

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty forces to quell civil unrest https://t.co/w6VGMKQs58 pic.twitter.com/0wNTx3onGw

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 3, 2020

For a week now leftists, looters, thugs and Black Lives Matter have destroyed and torched businesses and government buildings across the country.

LEFTIST RIOT PANDEMIC: 21 Courthouses Damaged, Lincoln Memorial Defaced, Korean War Memorial Defaced, WWII Monument Defaced, Tons of Trash in LA, Tens of Millions NYC Damage

Now this…
Secretary Esper ordered the National Guard troops sent to Washington DC to NOT carry any guns or ammunition.

Esper also ordered all active-duty troops out of Washington DC.

Esper reportedly made this order without consulting the White House.

Secretary Esper is now putting National Guardsmen in danger.

Esper now putting Guardsmen in dangerhttps://t.co/YsvX4HBEeO

— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) June 6, 2020

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