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| After Vetting 25,000 Guardsmen, No Extremists Were Found |
| 2021-01-29 |
| [The Federalist] In the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, an unprecedented step was taken: placing 25,000 National Guardsmen to protect the Capitol. Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen expressed concerned that with so many white Trump voters in the guard, there could be violent extremists among them. Politico shared these concerns in a piece arguing the military has a hate-group problem. The piece used entirely anecdotal evidence, so is there any real data? It turns out that thanks to concerns from people like Cohen, the National Guard and the FBI vetted the 25,000 grunts from across the nation to assure no extremists were among them. It was widely reported that 12 guardsmen were removed from the force as a result of the vetting. But now, The Federalist’s Jordan Davidson has gotten clarification from the National Guard about these 12 people. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 What will be the home-grown version of 'Gulenists'? I think they decided on MAGAs. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-01-29 16:34 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-01-29 15:38 |
| #6 What will be the home-grown version of 'Gulenists'? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-01-29 14:08 |
| #5 Exactly; the people calling for the vetting are the extremists. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-01-29 12:44 |
| #4 Yes, there were extremists found. It was the people conducting the vetting. Culling troops for political loyalty? Has it really come to this? |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2021-01-29 11:25 |
| #3 I expect a deluge of retractions/corrections from the MSM any millenium now. |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-01-29 09:11 |
| #2 In other news, Rep. Steve 'KFC' Cohen's full of shit once again. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-01-29 08:00 |
| #1 Someone didn't get the memo. The Constitution is a document of White Supremacy(tm), and thus anyone who took an oath to uphold and protect are by act white supremacists. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-01-29 06:37 |