When I look up who is responsible for calling on the National Guard for DC, it says the President, as Commander-In-Chief is the one who is responsible.
"The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President. "
The President of the United States has precedence over the Mayor of DC and the Speaker of the House.
If he wanted 10-20,000 National Guard there, why did he not order them there?
Why, if he was concerned, did he trust Bowser and Pelosi to handle this?
And while Bowser may request the NG, she can not issue the orders.
From the CNN article you linked above;
"Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Monday approved a request from the mayor of Washington to deploy DC National Guard forces to the city to support local authorities during pro-Trump demonstrations scheduled in the city this week, a defense official told CNN."
President Trump doesn't need to request the NG, he can order them himself.
No, Bowser does NOT have ultimate authority over the President of the United States. Seriously, where do you get the idea that the Mayor of DC outranks the President of the United States.
And you might want to re-read the link you just gave. Requests for the NG were being made to military officials and the Sergeant-at-Arms, not Bowser or Pelosi.
When I look up who is responsible for calling on the National Guard for DC, it says the President, as Commander-In-Chief is the one who is responsible.
"The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President. "
https://dc.ng.mil/About-Us/
So why didn't Trump call them in?
The President of the United States has precedence over the Mayor of DC and the Speaker of the House.
If he wanted 10-20,000 National Guard there, why did he not order them there?
Why, if he was concerned, did he trust Bowser and Pelosi to handle this?
And while Bowser may request the NG, she can not issue the orders.
From the CNN article you linked above;
"Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Monday approved a request from the mayor of Washington to deploy DC National Guard forces to the city to support local authorities during pro-Trump demonstrations scheduled in the city this week, a defense official told CNN."
President Trump doesn't need to request the NG, he can order them himself.
No, Bowser does NOT have ultimate authority over the President of the United States. Seriously, where do you get the idea that the Mayor of DC outranks the President of the United States.
And you might want to re-read the link you just gave. Requests for the NG were being made to military officials and the Sergeant-at-Arms, not Bowser or Pelosi.