Posted on 05/23/2021 11:48:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
The National Guard's deployment in Washington, D.C. will end Sunday after troops were called to the Capitol following the Jan. 6 riot.
More than 2,000 National Guard troops are set to return to their home bases this week after the Department of Defense did not request an extended stay for the force to guard the nation’s capital.
Capt. Chelsi B. Johnson of the D.C. National Guard Public Affairs told WUSA 9 that operations will “return to normal.”
The Capitol Police have not requested the Guard to stay past May 23. Once the mission concludes, D.C. National Guard will return to normal operations and the out-of-state Guard members will return to their home station.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request in March to have nearly 2,300 National Guardsmen remain at the Capitol through May 23.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said following the extension that it had been made “after a thorough review of the request and after close consideration of its potential impact on readiness.”
He added during a Pentagon briefing that the extension was granted to “help bolster and support the Capitol Police and their capabilities, which may not be at the level where it needs to be given the fact that we’re in sort of a new environment in this country.”
The troops were deployed due to intelligence suggesting additional threats following the Capitol riot that saw attendees of a pro-Trump rally storm the building to delay the certification of Present Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election.
The U.S. Capitol Police previously told WUSA9:
The U.S. Capitol Police is extremely grateful for the Department of Defense’s continued commitment to support our critical mission to protect Congress. The National Guard has played a critical role in the Department’s enhanced security posture. We thank the Guard and the Department of Defense for their partnership.
The deployment of the Guard to the Capitol by the Biden administration has been criticized due primarily to the treatment of guardsmen. They were originally forced to take rest breaks and meals in a cold garage but later were permitted spaces within Congressional buildings.
They were also provided with low quality food, leading to about 50 Guard troops being treated for gastrointestinal issues.
Kirby said that Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, then visited the Guard several times a week to eat with them to make sure they were receiving quality food.
Maybe they’ll get to start eating wholesome, non-adulterated food again.
What bullcrap is this propaganda?
They could have been sent to watch the Southern border, it would have been better for the nation.
*PING*
It’s erased from the internet. I believe they were called in to oversee the usurpation of the White House. Certainly not on Jan 6 or as a result.
President Trump was the biggest loser because of the incursion into the Capitol building. It allowed the House of Representatives and the Senate to stop looking into the irregularities in the election. It allowed a second impeachment of President Trump. It allowed many investigations which continue to this day.
Most, especially the people near the front who pushed down the bicycle rack fences, climbed the scaffolding or were first into the building, of those who went into the Capitol on January 6 did not actually ATTEND the pro-Trump rally down at the Ellipse. This is like saying that the AntiFA types who hung out near Trump rallies to bother attendees as they departed to go to their cars had attended the Trump rally. The Capitol building was breached before Trump even finished speaking.
NOW can the BLM/Antifa assault corps rush the Capitol? Their tactics seemed to have worked in Portland and Seattle, and in the absence of any constraint, they are again free to burn, loot and murder.
NOW can the BLM/Antifa assault corps rush the Capitol? Their tactics seemed to have worked in Portland and Seattle, and in the absence of any constraint, they are again free to burn, loot and murder.
All misdirection to keep the narrative of the insurrection lie alive. Cover for their election coup and treason.
Democrats behave as deranged tantrum screaming Marxist children... scratching/clawing for ANY ludicrous invented/orchestrated crises they can invent and push it through their complicit propaganda organ... the MSM.
They use the tools of adults like sandbox toys; hello-kitty pencils, match-box cars and plastic GI Joe’s for their own selfish and controlling ends. They’re full of infant entitlement; pernicious juvenility and petulance.
I was thinking something similar.
I wonder what Nanzi and her minions are planning to blame Trump supporters for next
Another false flag operation, possibly with Antifa trolls.
Have they taken down the fences and razor wire around the White House yet?
When U.S. troops are used to protect Congress from the American people, they've both forgotten their purpose.
They no longer need the props?
You mean the kids wearing the masks, helmets and backpacks covered in Trump gear?
Those damned deplorables refuse to attack the Capitol! All we got since January 6 is one lousy Nation of Islam crazy. What a disappointment.
Analysis: The Dems made their point and the optics were getting really really bad.
Trump should announce another rally in DC now.
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