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popsdenver

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7. The REAL intended purpose of deploying

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 03:41 PM

23 hrs ago

the National Guard, ATF, FBI, Secret Service, ICE, Border Patrol etc to Washington was to make an armed FORTRESS for the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court, the White House, etc etc etc Mostly to protect the Politicians and Trump against a mob like the J6th crowd......a group of 5,000 that nearly overthrew the government......

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