Re: 25th Amendment after Trump supporters riot in the Capital

Considering there were not even any demonstrations, it is fair to say the 25,000 troop level was excessive.

No it's not. It's illogical to say that.

The point is to reduce the chances of anyone attempting anything to as close to 0 as possible, not have just enough soldiers to win a shoot out.

+1 to this.

Not sure why it even matters the amount of troops that are in DC (on a relative level) — We literally just had thousands of people overwhelm the Capitol police and storm into the Capitol building. It’s not like Joe Biden is personally ordering these people to arrest his political enemies — it’s just for protection of the Capitol and those inside.

It was actually hundreds of people that stormed the capital, not thousands.

Sure only part of the mob actually went into the capital, part of it remained outside assaulting journalists and fighting cops. There was also the guy with the molotov cocktails. The bombs outside the Capital. The bombs at RNC and DNC.

Imagine what your response would be if BLM or radicalized Muslims had done that instead of a group that supports the same politician as you.

Quote from: TwitchySeal on January 25, 2021, 06:40:51 AM

I believe the purpose of the military presence is to prevent protests in response to Biden's widely unpopular agenda.

To put things into perspective, there were several hundred national guard troops sent to DC in June to help with security when the riots were actually ongoing, and many times larger than the riot on January 6.

It was actually ~3,000 national guard troops, plus law enforcement from various federal agencies, another couple thousand active duty military troops stationed. Which reminds me, I don't remember you speaking out in defense of the right to protest when the President had hundreds of completely peaceful protesters gassed and hit with rubber bullets so he could walk across the street and take this picture:

Really it's not a fair comparison though. Even if you totally exaggerate the BLM riots and down play the White Supremacist terrorists, there's still only one group that wants to kill/kidnap elected officials and over throw the federal government.