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If VA mobilizes their National Guard to disarm Virginians then Trump can simply tell them to stand down
posted ago by Farmerbob1 ago by Farmerbob1 +546 / -0

I am pretty certain that the President has the authority to override State Governments when it comes to the use of National Guard and Reserve units.

The federal government basically loans out Reserve and Guard units to States in return for help paying for maintaining them, but, in the end, the Federal government trumps (pun intended) the States in regards to Guard and Reserve units.

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– protoplast 6 points ago +6 / -0

technically 2 years into a 6 year single term. He is emboldened because the legislature just flipped to blue.

We have 4 years left of this POS

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– covert_genitalia 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fortunately, the VA Governor only serves a 4 year term. He's gone in 2022.

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