Troops sent to LA have no food, water or places to sleep - Conway/Newsom via Bluesky

[mzmolly]

— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-06-10T00:26:51.360Z

[Kaleva]

1. Similar situation for the troops during Jan 6

Sleeping on the floor in hallways

[Attilatheblond]

2. Did ANYBODY think Trump would give a damn about keeping them alive? They are all just props to him.

Maybe he thinks it's OK for them to invade a grocery store, hotel, or Burger King?

[Lucky Luciano]

19. They should force themselves into people's homes to get rest.

Maybe they can try for a third amendment violation!

[Attilatheblond]

29. Or maybe GOP pols in LA County will house them and fix them supper

[SheltieLover]

3. Exceptionally shameful!

[dchill]

41. Exceptionally is the only kind of shameful he does, these days.

[SheltieLover]

45. Agreed

[perfessor]

4. Maybe TSF thought

That they could just commandeer quarters among the civilian population. He should read the document he’s got on display in his office.

[newdeal2]

5. He has a club in LA

He should host and feed them there. Cheap bastard won't help anyone on his dime.

[DENVERPOPS]

18. I am surprised he hasn't thought of that

opening up yet another way to Grift tax payer money charging each of their individual accommodations at Beverly Hilton rates, plus charging extra for meals, etc.........

Hope he doesn't read this...........

Cheney and Rumsfeld did it with Halliburton...............

[John1956PA]

6. Leave it up to him to put into play . . .

. . . the non-quartering-of-troops amendment which we all used to giggle at as being quaint.

[IronLionZion]

27. 3rd amendment does come into play in situations like this

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law

So douchebag might declare war on some unspecified domestic enemy first

[tanyev]

7. Oh, good grief.

Still, I guess they're doing better than the ICE agents trapped in a shipping container in Djbouti with the eight detainees they transported.




ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143472475

[malaise]

8. The kakistocracy will learn the hard way

Rec

[AntiFascist]

9. Provide more funding for the California State Guard and get them to switch sides n/t

[Hekate]

33. I don't understand who and what you mean

[AntiFascist]

43. The California State Guard...

is a militia group that is only under the command of the governor. They would normally assist the California National Guard when needed, however, in this case, my thinking is that Newsom could put them to use defending California residents from whatever unconstitutional actions are taken by the Federal forces.

[Nixie]

10. What a sad way to force armed forces into the trump reality

show. He is such a user con man.

[TomSlick]

11. The no food part is on commanders.

There is no excuse for sending troops without pallets of MREs. I'll grant you that MREs (Meals Rejected by Everyone) aren't good eating but they will fill the hole in the stomach.

[mzmolly]

13. Ultimately, his

military is responsible. Though given the chaos and inexperience in his cabinet, I'm not surprised.

[TomSlick]

15. Sure. Taco is ultimately responsible but any commander who sent troops anywhere without thought for the troop's food,

should resign their commission. It's second lieutenant stuff. Feeding the troops is a basic requirement.

[jmowreader]

24. There's actually a very good reason not to do that

The Army doesn't handle logistics on a "well, here ya go!" basis. They give your unit some money and you have to buy all the things you need out of it. If that fucking idiot didn't give them any more money for this mission, as you can figure that he didn't, they can't buy MREs.

[TomSlick]

26. I can't imagine that the battalion S-4 doesn't have a few pallets of MREs laying around.

If not Northern Command J-4 does.

It is a stain on the entire chain of command.

Send them. You can deal with the accounting later.

[Initech]

12. Everything Trump touches.

[MurrayDelph]

14. ICE had no problem violating other laws

How soon before they break the Third Amendment?

[AverageOldGuy]

16. They are Marines.

Why this pissing and moaning about no chow and no place to sleep?

WTF do they think we did in the bush in Vietnam? Need to take a shit? Use your entrenching tool, dig a cat hole and squat over it. Don't tall backward.

II thought Marines were the toughest of the tough?

[mzmolly]

21. I don't think they're complaining.

But Marines or not, they need food and water.

[Arazi]

25. Those aren't Marines (yet). They're National Guard

[ForgedCrank]

17. They won't

deploy with food. Logistics will handle that part (and probably already have). Sleeping on the ground is just something that comes with the job. The worst part will be eating freekin MRE's for however long they are there.

[DENVERPOPS]

20. LOL

Trump will probably have one of his brat pack spawn, buy up all the Military's expired MRE's at 10 cents apiece and then sell them back to the U.S. Government at full price, to use for all these soldiers............

[ForgedCrank]

22. Now that

actually wouldn't surprise me.

Edit: Trump would prob also pick over them and only send on those nasty Tuna or Veggie Burger ones.

[KentuckyWoman]

23. Maga is the sort

That is praying for soldiers to die so they can have martyrs.

[Cha]

28. And Doesn't that just sound like Putin's

puppet in the WH?

Mahalo, mzmilly

[Johonny]

30. Spare change, spare change . . .

[DBoon]

31. Maybe some kind taco truck owner could help them out

I'm sure they wouldn't mind some chicken taces

[Attilatheblond]

34. Wondering if the Cretin In Chief thinks the CA Guardsmen live in CA, so they can just go home for dinner & a nap?

It's not like he or Hogsbreath have any clue how things work.

[Norrrm]

32. The President of the United States serves as the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, ...

and he has Hegseth.

They will probably only send white, male, Christian troops as they feel the others are DEI and Trump/Hegseth do not trust them.

???

[underpants]

35. Their Commander is asking for illness BUT I have to say - there are at least 3 World Class (Army) sleepers here

[DallasNE]

36. Nothing New, I Faced The Identical Situation In 1968

George Wallace gave a speech that led to a small riot in Omaha before the Nebraska primary that year. The National Guard was activated, but rather than deploying to the riot area, we were sent to the then Omaha Civic Auditorium, where the convoy of trucks was parked in the basement. This was about 2 miles from the riot area. We never did deploy, so we spent the night mingling with the trucks and sleeping on the concrete floor. No food, no water, no sleeping gear nor pillow. As I recall, we were woke up around 6:30AM and transported to the Ak-Sar-Ben grounds, where we were served breakfast, went back to our unit, where we were discharged, sent home to change clothes, and then went to work. I remember calling my boss that I would be a little late getting to the office. We were not called up again the next night. This screw-up doesn't surprise me - been there, done that.

[Orrex]

37. I'm surprised he hasn't repealed the 3rd Amendment by EO already.

[BannonsLiver]

38. Odd to see people back door normalizing this based on their old war stories

Maybe it’s time to close the yearbook and let Newsom cook. Thanks.

[Figarosmom]

39. That takes planning.

This is where qualifications and experience count.

[PermatexNo.2]

40. If they really end up with no food, it wouldn't suprise me if the "woke lefties" of LA start feeding them, because......

......you know, that's what the good people of society would do. Or Jesus for that matter, right. I know that I would.

[Diraven]

42. They're expected to forage in the field

Confiscate, plunder, and commandeer the property of conquered Californians. Like manly soldiers did in the olden days before they were forced to be woke.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

44. Trump has no respect for our troops

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