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GOVERNOR PRITZKER ACTIVATES APPROXIMATELY 500 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FOR U.S. CAPITAL SECURITY AT DOD REQUEST

GOVERNOR PRITZKER ACTIVATES APPROXIMATELY 500 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FOR U.S. CAPITAL SECURITY AT DOD REQUEST

BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN Springfield, IL. (ECWd) – SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – At the request of the U.S. Department of Defense, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has activated approximately 500 Illinois National Guard members in support of the continued security mission in Washington, D.C. The mission in Washington, D.C. will not impact the Illinois National

BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN

Springfield, IL. (ECWd) –

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – At the request of the U.S. Department of Defense, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has activated approximately 500 Illinois National Guard members in support of the continued security mission in Washington, D.C. The mission in Washington, D.C. will not impact the Illinois National Guard’s ability to perform the vaccination distribution mission, with 325 members of the guard already activated to carry out that mission and hundreds more to come online in the coming weeks.

“The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Illinois to assist federal and local agencies in this continued effort, and Major General Neely and I are ready to ensure that the state of Illinois continues its proud legacy of protecting our democracy,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Ultimately, we must root out the dark forces of racism, white supremacy and disinformation that have created this moment, but until we do that, our extraordinary troops will deploy with honor.”

The Illinois Army National Guard soldiers, along with a small contingent of Illinois Air National Guard airmen, are expected to remain on duty in the nation’s capital until mid-March. While Illinois National Guard members who deployed for the Presidential Inauguration have since returned to Illinois, approximately 50 members of that mission have volunteered to return for this mission. The Illinois Army National Guard’s Chicago-based 108th Sustainment Brigade and its subordinate battalion, the North Riverside-based 198th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, will provide the bulk of the Illinois National Guard force for the Washington, D.C. mission.

“We are deploying these forces in support of civilian law enforcement based on threat-levels against the U.S. Capitol. These threats were assessed by the FBI and other federal agencies,” said Maj. Gen. Rich Neely, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard. “Our soldiers and airmen are committed to the defense of both our nation and our state. We have asked a lot of them in the last year and each time these men and women have answered the call and upheld their oath to defend and support the U.S. Constitution. I could not be more proud of these Soldiers and Airmen.”

The Illinois National Guard forces will join a force of approximately 7,000 National Guard members from throughout the United States in assisting federal and local agencies with safety and security throughout Washington, D.C. In February that force will draw down to 5,000, which will include the Illinois National Guard service members who will stay on until mid-March.

The Illinois National Guard members were activated under the provisions of U.S. Title 32, which leaves them under the authority of the Governor with all costs paid by the federal government. The Illinois National Guard members supporting the COVID-19 vaccine distribution mission in Illinois were also activated under the same provision of U.S. law.

The Illinois National Guard troops will be in Washington, D.C. by the beginning of next week.

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Governor Pritzker Activates Approximately 500 Illinois National Guard Troops for U.S. Capital Security at DOD Request

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  • Dave

    Posted at 13:22h, 30 January
    Reply

    We live in a country with a government like an immoral third world banana republic dictatorship

    • Robert J Murphy

      Posted at 14:41h, 30 January
      Reply

      We obviously do now …. SMH

  • Robert J Murphy

    Posted at 14:40h, 30 January
    Reply

    This is an absolute joke. The left pushing their narrative … “like the capital is in trouble of being overrun”. They have no problem spending whatever it takes to play it out. And of course Pritzker plays right along … the very same day as they announced the deployment of Illinois National Guards, our governor was awarded $43,000,000 to assist in passing out the vaccine. Considering how much of the vaccine we have received so far, that is very generous.

    The bailout of blue states has obviously begun.. In this case, we really need the money, so as far into the Feds pocket we can get is a good thing. I don’t want to pay for any of it through my taxes.

    • NMWTLS

      Posted at 21:48h, 30 January
      Reply

      Don’t want to pay for any if it through your taxes?? Where do you think the “Feds” get money?

  • jamie

    Posted at 15:06h, 30 January
    Reply

    thank you for not putting a giant photo of Pritzker to the right of this article. Every time you do that it scares my cat….and me.

  • jannie

    Posted at 19:06h, 30 January
    Reply

    The comments are just plain scary. I’m not sure if the one comment was ok with terrorist going into the Capital doing I last heard 800 Million in damages & the loss of life, or perhaps they don’t believe it happened? Then there’s the comment who is complaining that IL rec’d from FEMA 43 million to provide mobile vaccinations and easier access for people. Hey we’re a large (population & area – some of it rural & very small towns). Actually in our area the vaccination process has been very good. I’ve read stories (no, it’s not fake news – I’ found more than 2 sources) of what a mess it is (vaccination process) in Florida. Long lines, hours of phone waits.

    • JIMBO

      Posted at 21:38h, 31 January
      Reply

      Here’s a comment elicit to an ECWd article on a local government contracting with a company that subverts the FOIA.

      From commenter “Jannie:” “What I find interesting is this contract is almost a year old. It certainly has nothing to do with the Nov 2020 election. If this was an issue for someone: a. Why wasn’t this contract of January 2020 brought up before: b. Do all companies ask that contracts like this be signed or is it just this company?”

      The contract most certainly pertained to “the Nov 2020 election.” With that matter of fact established with a simple examination of the contract attached to the article, I’m upvoting Mr. Murphy’s comment here!

    • Tony

      Posted at 12:11h, 01 February
      Reply

      Little update to your “I’ve read stories”:

      When Legacy and Big Cable media carries a story, it’s usually 1 story. After whoever breaks it, the others take it and try to glean their own info on it, or re-write it or get their local contacts in on it. End of the day, it’s still one story with a few different bits of information.

      To get more than 1 story, you need to goto alternate media sources. ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, a few others and sometimes even FOX. Most of the time those run 1 story. Goto Newsmax, Oann, Breitbart, Vox, the Atlantic (assuming these latter 2 aren’t running with the Legacy narrative, cus they tend to), and there are more. And as it pertains to IL, Edgar County Watchdogs or IL Policy Institute. That’s how you really get verification. Cus you can end up having 2 very different stories, but you wouldn’t know that if you only watched (for instance) CNN and CBS. In that case, you didn’t get 2 stories, you only got the same story from 2 sources.

      In my search, Florida is doing a bang-up job. Areas with more dense population have the same problems as most other cities. However they’re not letting vaccine goto waste. Afterall, after you pull it of the freezer, gotta use it or lose it. And so while it can be spun as chaotic, they’re going to be at herd immunity levels long before IL.

  • Greg

    Posted at 10:54h, 31 January
    Reply

    Pritzker is sucking Bidens ass hopeing for a huge bail out from the feds, The guard should be sent to Chicago to clean up the gangs who are killing each other, black on black crime is out of control. Gov. Fattass should be recalled! He is making Dan Walker look like a good governor

  • Lara

    Posted at 15:49h, 31 January
    Reply

    Yet he let Chicago burn. PoS.

  • Anita Sweater

    Posted at 17:37h, 01 February
    Reply

    Just in the past few months I’ve noticed that Jannie is an idiot. Every single thing they say is Communist type rhetoric. If you are in Illinois, please leave so that we can have our state back from the tyranny of those that hate Freedom and Individual liberty..

  • GW ONE

    Posted at 18:37h, 01 February
    Reply

    Governor Pritzker’s biggest achievement is sending 500 guardsmen to DC?
    I was unaware that the Chinese are invading DC. Or, is it more likely our civil rights are being threatened?

  • Homer

    Posted at 19:28h, 01 February
    Reply

    Remember if trump would have conceded like a he should have we wouldn’t had any of this right wing crap that has cost lives and millions of dollars

  • Dave

    Posted at 13:22h, 30 January
    Reply

    We live in a country with a government like an immoral third world banana republic dictatorship

    • Robert J Murphy

      Posted at 14:41h, 30 January
      Reply

      We obviously do now …. SMH

  • Robert J Murphy

    Posted at 14:40h, 30 January
    Reply

    This is an absolute joke. The left pushing their narrative … “like the capital is in trouble of being overrun”. They have no problem spending whatever it takes to play it out. And of course Pritzker plays right along … the very same day as they announced the deployment of Illinois National Guards, our governor was awarded $43,000,000 to assist in passing out the vaccine. Considering how much of the vaccine we have received so far, that is very generous.

    The bailout of blue states has obviously begun.. In this case, we really need the money, so as far into the Feds pocket we can get is a good thing. I don’t want to pay for any of it through my taxes.

    • NMWTLS

      Posted at 21:48h, 30 January
      Reply

      Don’t want to pay for any if it through your taxes?? Where do you think the “Feds” get money?

  • jamie

    Posted at 15:06h, 30 January
    Reply

    thank you for not putting a giant photo of Pritzker to the right of this article. Every time you do that it scares my cat….and me.

  • jannie

    Posted at 19:06h, 30 January
    Reply

    The comments are just plain scary. I’m not sure if the one comment was ok with terrorist going into the Capital doing I last heard 800 Million in damages & the loss of life, or perhaps they don’t believe it happened? Then there’s the comment who is complaining that IL rec’d from FEMA 43 million to provide mobile vaccinations and easier access for people. Hey we’re a large (population & area – some of it rural & very small towns). Actually in our area the vaccination process has been very good. I’ve read stories (no, it’s not fake news – I’ found more than 2 sources) of what a mess it is (vaccination process) in Florida. Long lines, hours of phone waits.

    • JIMBO

      Posted at 21:38h, 31 January
      Reply

      Here’s a comment elicit to an ECWd article on a local government contracting with a company that subverts the FOIA.

      From commenter “Jannie:” “What I find interesting is this contract is almost a year old. It certainly has nothing to do with the Nov 2020 election. If this was an issue for someone: a. Why wasn’t this contract of January 2020 brought up before: b. Do all companies ask that contracts like this be signed or is it just this company?”

      The contract most certainly pertained to “the Nov 2020 election.” With that matter of fact established with a simple examination of the contract attached to the article, I’m upvoting Mr. Murphy’s comment here!

    • Tony

      Posted at 12:11h, 01 February
      Reply

      Little update to your “I’ve read stories”:

      When Legacy and Big Cable media carries a story, it’s usually 1 story. After whoever breaks it, the others take it and try to glean their own info on it, or re-write it or get their local contacts in on it. End of the day, it’s still one story with a few different bits of information.

      To get more than 1 story, you need to goto alternate media sources. ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, a few others and sometimes even FOX. Most of the time those run 1 story. Goto Newsmax, Oann, Breitbart, Vox, the Atlantic (assuming these latter 2 aren’t running with the Legacy narrative, cus they tend to), and there are more. And as it pertains to IL, Edgar County Watchdogs or IL Policy Institute. That’s how you really get verification. Cus you can end up having 2 very different stories, but you wouldn’t know that if you only watched (for instance) CNN and CBS. In that case, you didn’t get 2 stories, you only got the same story from 2 sources.

      In my search, Florida is doing a bang-up job. Areas with more dense population have the same problems as most other cities. However they’re not letting vaccine goto waste. Afterall, after you pull it of the freezer, gotta use it or lose it. And so while it can be spun as chaotic, they’re going to be at herd immunity levels long before IL.

  • Greg

    Posted at 10:54h, 31 January
    Reply

    Pritzker is sucking Bidens ass hopeing for a huge bail out from the feds, The guard should be sent to Chicago to clean up the gangs who are killing each other, black on black crime is out of control. Gov. Fattass should be recalled! He is making Dan Walker look like a good governor

  • Lara

    Posted at 15:49h, 31 January
    Reply

    Yet he let Chicago burn. PoS.

  • Anita Sweater

    Posted at 17:37h, 01 February
    Reply

    Just in the past few months I’ve noticed that Jannie is an idiot. Every single thing they say is Communist type rhetoric. If you are in Illinois, please leave so that we can have our state back from the tyranny of those that hate Freedom and Individual liberty..

  • GW ONE

    Posted at 18:37h, 01 February
    Reply

    Governor Pritzker’s biggest achievement is sending 500 guardsmen to DC?
    I was unaware that the Chinese are invading DC. Or, is it more likely our civil rights are being threatened?

  • Homer

    Posted at 19:28h, 01 February
    Reply

    Remember if trump would have conceded like a he should have we wouldn’t had any of this right wing crap that has cost lives and millions of dollars

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