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Bring the National Guard to Cleveland

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Posted By: Harlowe, 9/17/2025 4:43:14 PM

More than 80% of Americans say crime is a “major problem.” In Cleveland, the numbers are sobering. [Snip] As elected officials, we have a responsibility to protect our communities when local resources are overwhelmed or when local officials refuse to use them. [Snip] This is a temporary measure, but a necessary one. Allowing the situation to worsen is a dereliction of our responsibility as lawmakers to protect the law-abiding public. [Snip] The preamble of our Constitution reads: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare,...”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mc squared 9/17/2025 5:09:45 PM (No. 2005254)
The left/socialists don't want safety. They want a miserable, frightened, dependent, underclass who will bow to every 'freebee' they are promised. The best way to do that is divide by oppressors and oppressed.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: stablemoney 9/17/2025 5:40:26 PM (No. 2005274)
Bring the National Guard to Houston, Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 9/17/2025 7:35:14 PM (No. 2005326)
Given the horrific events this past week, bring the NG to everywhere.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: JHHolliday 9/17/2025 8:21:33 PM (No. 2005356)
Ike sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock in 1957 and federalized the National Guard to enforce integration and liberals cheered then. Now Trump does it to save lives (mostly black) and they accuse him of forming a Gestapo. Oh, and destroying democracy too.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 9/18/2025 3:41:09 AM (No. 2005472)
Used to be that people said that nothing ever happened in Cleveland. They even had a football team that followed that plan.
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