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highplainsdem

(48,978 posts) Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:21 PM Jun 2020

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Arlington County VA County Board orders their police out of DC after they were misused for photo op

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We ordered @ArlingtonVaPD to immediately leave DC. Appalled mutual aid agreement abused to endanger their and others safety for a photo op.

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Arlington County VA County Board orders their police out of DC after they were misused for photo op (Original Post) highplainsdem Jun 2020 OP

Leadership! democrank Jun 2020 #1

K & R IllinoisBirdWatcher Jun 2020 #2

good...everyone needs to fight back against this shit... dhill926 Jun 2020 #3

Woo hoo! roamer65 Jun 2020 #4

Donnie, the faux tough guy, falls flat again.... paleotn Jun 2020 #5

Wow bdamomma Jun 2020 #6

Hot DAMN, a shaft of light shines through!!! Leghorn21 Jun 2020 #7

good handmade34 Jun 2020 #8

Good for them .. stillcool Jun 2020 #9

Backfire.. retweeted! Cha Jun 2020 #10

"My greatest wish.." Cha Jun 2020 #11

I'd have settled for him shitting his pants and see it leaking out of his trousers captain queeg Jun 2020 #16

I guess I missed something. wnylib Jun 2020 #12

Trump's photo op today, having peaceful protesters driven away before he waddled over to highplainsdem Jun 2020 #13

Thanks. After my post, I came across wnylib Jun 2020 #22

K&R, no text tnbadger Jun 2020 #14

fascist begone tnbadger Jun 2020 #15

If they even looked at him and said Boo he'd shit himself and cry captain queeg Jun 2020 #18

K&R spanone Jun 2020 #17

KNR Lucinda Jun 2020 #19

Who, what, where when and how. Scruffy1 Jun 2020 #20

Actually, if you just google "photo op" you'll turn up a number of the news stories highplainsdem Jun 2020 #21

K&R uponit7771 Jun 2020 #23

democrank

(11,094 posts)

1. Leadership!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:22 PM

Jun 2020

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)

2. K & R

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:22 PM

Jun 2020

dhill926

(16,339 posts)

3. good...everyone needs to fight back against this shit...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:22 PM

Jun 2020

NOW...or it might be too late...

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

4. Woo hoo!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:24 PM

Jun 2020

That’s leadership.

paleotn

(17,914 posts)

5. Donnie, the faux tough guy, falls flat again....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:29 PM

Jun 2020

Resolute leadership can't be faked. Most people see through the bullshit.

bdamomma

(63,849 posts)

6. Wow

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:34 PM

Jun 2020

tRump is making more enemies. He always shoots himself in the foot, open mouth insert leg. He is truly disgusting.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

7. Hot DAMN, a shaft of light shines through!!!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:37 PM

Jun 2020

Whewwwww, much needed, thanks for posting, dem

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

8. good

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:37 PM

Jun 2020

stillcool

(32,626 posts)

9. Good for them ..

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:39 PM

Jun 2020

he just takes, and takes.

Cha

(297,240 posts)

10. Backfire.. retweeted!

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:52 PM

Jun 2020

TY, hpd

Cha

(297,240 posts)

11. "My greatest wish.."

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:55 PM

Jun 2020

Link to tweet

captain queeg

(10,198 posts)

16. I'd have settled for him shitting his pants and see it leaking out of his trousers

Reply to Cha (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:02 AM

Jun 2020

wnylib

(21,466 posts)

12. I guess I missed something.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:23 PM

Jun 2020

What was the photo op that Arlington County objected to? Anyone have a link to the photo?

highplainsdem

(48,978 posts)

13. Trump's photo op today, having peaceful protesters driven away before he waddled over to

Reply to wnylib (Reply #12)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:29 PM

Jun 2020

St. John's Church to pose with a Bible as a prop.

Apparently some Arlington County police were among the officers at the park.

wnylib

(21,466 posts)

22. Thanks. After my post, I came across

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #13)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 02:00 AM

Jun 2020

the photo op info that I was missing.

Now Trump threatens to send the military into states where riots occur, claiming that governors can't handle it. In order to do that without a request from the governors, he would have to evoke the Insurrection Act.

I think there is a good chance that he will do that. Or try to.

tnbadger

(26 posts)

14. K&R, no text

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:42 PM

Jun 2020

tnbadger

(26 posts)

15. fascist begone

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:52 PM

Jun 2020

am longing for the day when the police force figures out what is going on and simultaneously turn on T-Rump and use their tasers, rubber bullets, & tear gas for good...

captain queeg

(10,198 posts)

18. If they even looked at him and said Boo he'd shit himself and cry

Reply to tnbadger (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:04 AM

Jun 2020

spanone

(135,833 posts)

17. K&R

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:03 AM

Jun 2020

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

19. KNR

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:12 AM

Jun 2020

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)

20. Who, what, where when and how.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:21 AM

Jun 2020

i am mystified and found nothing on the web.

highplainsdem

(48,978 posts)

21. Actually, if you just google "photo op" you'll turn up a number of the news stories

Reply to Scruffy1 (Reply #20)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 12:32 AM

Jun 2020

including these:

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/police-tear-gas-protesters-before-a-trump-photo-op-with-a-bible/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-push-to-tear-gas-protesters-ahead-of-a-trump-photo-op/2020/06/01/4b0f7b50-a46c-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-tear-gas-peaceful-protesters-before-trumps-rose-garden-remarks

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/06/02/mariann-budde-bishop-st-johns-trump-bible-photo-ac360-vpx.cnn

And there were so many OPs here about the photo op, after it happened early this evening, that it didn't seem necessary to explain. And as you can see from the replies, most people understood exactly what was meant.

uponit7771

(90,339 posts)

23. K&R

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2020, 06:42 AM

Jun 2020

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