Daily Wire: The Oklahoma Army National Guard is activating up to 250 soldiers to help provide security during President Trump’s campaign rally Saturday in Tulsa, authorities said Wednesday.
The guardsmen will be used as a “force multiplier” to help state and local police secure safety zones around the downtown BOK Center, where the rally will be held, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said, according to The Washington Times.
“The guardsmen will be unarmed but will carry shields, batons and pepper spray in case they need to protect themselves, said Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Geoff Legler,” said The Times.
Trump had originally scheduled the campaign rally for Friday, June 19, which is known as Juneteenth, a day to commemorate the first time slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation. Trump moved the date after an outcry from critics.
But his rally will still coincide with a two-day Juneteenth celebration Friday and Saturday in the Greenwood District near downtown. Several anti-Trump protests are also planned for Saturday. more
Nobody is asking why the Trump rally should need National Guard protection. It’s just a given that the rally crowd will be attacked violently because they deserve it. This shit cannot continue.
Unarmed National Guardsmen? Of course.
They can help direct traffic.
I thought Antifa has been designated a terrorist organization? Since then…..crickets!
“The guardsmen will be unarmed but will carry shields, batons and pepper spray in case they need to protect themselves …. ”
Maybe they’re anticipating scenes like this:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/IfD6r08ZuNE?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
This governor is getting awfully close to replacing that first “t” in his name with an “h.”
Screw this “Juneteenth”
A moron word from morons.
Go Trump 🇺🇲
So the rally was originally scheduled for “Juneteenth” and the perpetually offended were offended, so president Trump moved his rally to the next day, and suddenly Juneteenth is now a TWO-DAY celebration? WTF? And why is a REPUBLICAN president holding a celebration on a day commemorating when a REPUBLICAN president freed the slaves, somehow offensive?
And by the way why are the National Guardsmen deployed with no means to defend themselves? Bad idea.
@Anonymous JUNE 19, 2020 AT 10:23 AM:
Was that Dijon mustard gas the police were using? 🙂
“The guardsmen will be unarmed ”
what the “F”????
arm them and let them do what they are trained to do, kill !!!!
So we’re all agreed, this is gonna’ be the official kick off for the civil war.