If you live in Washington, let me give you more reasons to go out and vote:
They arrived on Thursday, they left on Tuesday. Meaning they were prepping for J25 and the SPD being hamstrung, expecting some trouble over the weekend. But the judge overturned the restrictions, the SPD broke out the old school riot batons and
smacked them down hard, and feds didn't have any trouble. So they left.
Pay attention to the wording in the article--the feds didn't coordinate or consult Durkin, Inslee, etc. Feds didn't ask for permission, didn't respond to their pissy complaints over the weekend, didn't even notify them of withdrawal. The mayor sent a letter asking for clarification after the fact
because she had no clue what was going on.
This is the most damning line in that article:
Durkan, Gov. Jay Inslee and other local leaders said in a joint news release that the Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol Tactical Unit had demobilized.
Notice anyone missing from that official news release? DHS, CBP, or any other feds. Usually these joint releases are between the locals and the feds, that's what makes it
joint. But the article specifically notes it's
local leaders talking up the withdrawal. The feds didn't hang around to do the usual diplomatic speak about "productive coordination with the local authorities".
They didn't even bother to send a quote blurb.
Here's the
actual press release (
archive). Take a read through it, other than the confirmation it's all one-way complaints that went unanswered. Best line:
The apparent swift departure of Trump’s uninvited and unneeded federal forces is a welcome turn of events.
Yeah, the
apparent departure. The sad sacks who can't control their own city don't know what's going on within it either. The mayor basically heard a rumor and had to ask where all the boogeymen went.
The feds didn't let them know they were coming or going, and they didn't care to officially tell the citizens either.
Durkan and her gang of Karens basically watched their enemy arrive, do as they please, then casually drive off into the sunset. Only once they're gone do they start bragging about how
brave they were to stand up and kick out those Bad Guys, all on their own!
