Photos of Troops Sleeping on a Floor in L.A. Are Real

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

"The soldiers you saw in the photo were resting as they were not currently on mission and due to the fluid security situation, it was deemed too dangerous for them to travel to better accommodations," a Defense Department spokesperson told Snopes.

Posted by retort at 11:44 AM | 47 COMMENTS | permalink

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Third amendment enthusiasts might be about to have their moment in the sun.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-06-11 11:48 AM

Trump, the Liar, needs people to think that he MUST assume special powers in some sort of existential crisis.

But what we have in LA are bored soldiers.

There's nothing going on in Los Angeles.

It's all happening on Social Media as Deplorable Trumping MAGAts all froth at the mouth.

Idiots from Texas and Michigan have the inside scoop!

It's astonishing!

I've heard that accommodations were not provided for them because Hegseth was on a bender and forgot to approve the request.

Keep them agitated and pissed off, what can go wrong?

Hint: it's part of the plan.

Pelosi had the troops sleep in an unheated parking garage for months. No pictures.

Trump has always despised these suckers and losers.

They posted them in the federal buildings without coordinating with local emergency management and then were surrounded by angry protesters so no one could leave or enter without encountering an angry mob.

The LAPD finally came in and saved them from their own stupidity and cleared the area around the facilities.

It's a miracle not more citizens have been hurt. Probably mostly because the angry citizens were kept as far as they could be from federal agents by the LAPD.

The LAPD are showing Trumpy what compassionate professional law enforcement looks like.

Pelosi had the troops sleep in an unheated parking garage for months. No pictures.

Found pictures. Easy to do, apparently there were plenty at the time it happened.
Also it was for a few hours, not months.
It wasn't Pelosi that made that call, either.
It was also a mistake that was promptly fixed.

So the only thing you got right is that some guard members used a parking garage.

"Guard members ended up having to spend several hours Thursday night resting on the concrete in the parking garage before the mistake was fixed and they were moved back to the Capitol."

www.cnn.com

Have the marines fire a warning shot to the head, to warn the rest of the Communists.

the rest of the Communists.

#10 | POSTED BY VISITOR

I'm not sure there are any communists left even in the PRC.

Idiot.

Visitor had a psychotic break.
Not looking good that it's going to end.

"it was deemed too dangerous for them to travel to better accommodations," a Defense Department spokesperson told Snopes.

Translation: They might have been mistaken for peaceful protestors and shot.

Have the marines fire a warning shot to the head, to warn the rest of the Communists.

#10 | Posted by visitor_

Give em the ol ashley babbit?

"Hey Babbitt!" - Lou Costello, probably

"LA is burning to the ground!!"

These idiots have said the same thing about every Democrat run city when there's massive protests.

Do we really need to fact-check it together to see how true any of that was?

The Endless Torrent of -------- coming from this admin and amplified by his helpful morons makes me grateful every day I don't live in this ideological s**t-hole any longer.

You people STFU. NOW you are worried about where soldiers sleep? It's always like that for soldiers or troops.

When I was stationed in Korea, there were protests about the two little girls run over by an LMTV. Koreans think the road is theirs when they walk. Girls got killed. Koreans stuffed 30K "protesters" into the intersection at the front of Camp Red Cloud. The 2nd Infantry division rappelled into the camp in full view of the protesters. Shut them up real quick. For the next two weeks, the infantry slept on the parade field and golf course. No tents. No cover.

If you havent been in the infantry or military, please shut up about the subject of this post. You dont know what you are talking about.

Boaz is pro run over children with military vehicles

Major B defending the murder of children? Killed walking on roads that ARE theirs?

My, my.

@#18 ... You people STFU. NOW you are worried about where soldiers sleep? It's always like that for soldiers or troops. ...

I do not disagree.

That aside, my main concern here is ...

Why were these troops called up? Were they really needed?

If they were needed, have the Marines been deployed? If so, for what purpose?

Or is this yet another Pres Trump photo-op trying to distract attention away from something else?

#18

Reminds me of when I was on the Midway. When it was in home port Yokosuka, we went to MCAS Iwakuni. Every year the Japanese would protest outside the base. We were going back to the Midway and left a couple of personnel. One was a redneck from Texas. Our barracks was near a fence. The Texan put the Star Spangled Banner on his stereo and blasted it out the window during the protest. The natives were restless to say the least. The C.O. threatened to charge him with inciting a riot. Laughed my ass off.

You dont know what you are talking about.

POSTED BY BOAZ

GFY

No true marine wants to be involved in this.

There are more American soldiers deployed to LA than Syria and Iraq combined.

America is now attacking America.

"We have met the enemy and it is us."

@#23 ... No true marine wants to be involved in this. ...

So far, I have not seen the Marines actually used. They just seem to be ~standing by.~

Pentagon Gives Update on Marines Deployed To LA
www.newsweek.com

... The roughly 700 Marines deployed to the Los Angeles area Monday night remain in training as of Wednesday morning, according to a U.S. Northern Command spokesperson.

It's still unclear when or if they will be sent onto the streets to assist with the ongoing immigration protests, CNN's Natasha Bertrand initially reported Wednesday morning.

"Approximately 700 Marines have deployed to the greater Los Angeles Area," a U.S. Northern Command spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek Wednesday afternoon. "They are still conducting pre-mission training and they have not been employed by Task Force 51, the DoD command element in Los Angeles." ...

So, it is looking more and more like a photo op for Pres Trump.

If that is the case, then I have to ask, why is Pres Trump wasting such a valuable American asset?

...why is Pres Trump wasting such a valuable American asset?

Because Stephen Miller told him to.

@#25 ... Because Stephen Miller told him to. ...

Trump administration has ramped up deportations but is still far below pace it wants (May 28, 2025)
www.nbcnews.com

... The Trump administration has dramatically stepped up its pace of deportations, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by NBC News, and in April, for the first time this year, it deported more people than the Biden administration did during the same period last year.

In April, the latest month for which the data is available, ICE deported over 17,200 people, an increase of about 29% compared with April 2024, when over 13,300 were deported.

"President Trump is keeping his promise to remove illegal aliens from the United States and Americans are hugely supportive," said Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson. "The Trump Administration is committed to providing the resources needed for law enforcement conducting the deportations and we will continue pursuing policy -- like the one Big, Beautiful, Bill -- to solidify the success we're already seeing."

Even deporting more than 17,200 people in a single month does not put President Donald Trump on track to make good on his Inauguration Day promise to deport "millions and millions." In fact, 17,200 deportations per month is less than half the pace it would take to reach the record number of 430,000 deportations in a single year, set under former President Barack Obama in 2013. ...

In fact, 17,200 deportations per month is less than half the pace it would take to reach the record number of 430,000 deportations in a single year, set under former President Barack Obama in 2013. ...

@#26

Lemme see...

430,000 deportations in a single year, is about 35 thousand deportations per month.

So, how far will Pres Trump go in order to even meet how many fmr Pres Obama has deported per month?

Or even Pres Trump meeting his stated goal of 10 million deportations?

And, if I may ask ...

How many of those being currently deported under Mr Miller's dicta are the viscous criminals that Pres Trump has said he wants to deport?

How many of those being currently deported under Mr Miller's dicta are the viscous criminals

I don't think there is any way to know.

We don't even know how many of them are any kind of criminal at all.

So far, I have not seen the Marines actually used. They just seem to be ~standing by.~

Used for what ? To shoot civilians?

They are not allowed to participate in any arrests of citizens.

So far, I have not seen the Marines actually used. They just seem to be ~standing by.~

Oops. That was supposed to be quoted.

Trump says Los Angeles would be burning to the ground' if he hadn't deployed troops
www.washingtontimes.com

... President Trump doubled down Tuesday on his decision to deploy U.S. Marines and the California National Guard to Los Angeles to quell the anti-ICE riots, saying the destruction would have been far worse if he had not done that.

"If I didn't send in the troops' to Los Angeles the last three nights that once beautiful and great city would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A ...