After Vetting 25,000 Guardsmen, No Extremists Were Found
Fears of extremists in the National Guard in D.C. were completely unfounded.
JANUARY 28, 2021 By David Marcus
In the wake of the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, an unprecedented step was taken: placing 25,000 National Guardsmen to protect the Capitol. Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen expressed concerned that with so many white Trump voters in the guard, there could be violent extremists among them. Politico shared these concerns in a piece arguing the military has a hate-group problem. The piece used entirely anecdotal evidence, so is there any real data?
It turns out that thanks to concerns from people like Cohen, the National Guard and the FBI vetted the 25,000 grunts from across the nation to assure no extremists were among them. It was widely reported that 12 guardsmen were removed from the force as a result of the vetting. But now, The Federalist’s Jordan Davidson has gotten clarification from the National Guard about these 12 people. ...SNIP...
https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/28/after-vetting-25000-guardsmen-no-extremists-were-found/
After Vetting 25,000 Guardsmen, No Extremists Were Found
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After vetting Republican voters I am pretty sure the same would be true.
But strangely it is already known that is not true of Democrats.