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Army: Up to 25,000 National Guard in DC for Biden inauguration
thehill.com ^ | 01/15/21 | Ellen Mitchell

Posted on 01/15/2021 4:28:55 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

As many as 25,000 National Guard troops will be in Washington, D.C., for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, the Army confirmed on Friday.

The Defense Department authorized up to 25,000 service members — an increase of 5,000 from numbers confirmed earlier this week — to support the “federal law enforcement mission and security preparations” in the inauguration, as led by the Secret Service, according to an Army statement.

“Our National Guard soldiers and airmen are set around the city to protect our nation's Capital,” National Guard Bureau Chief Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson said in the statement.

Every state and territory, as well as D.C. itself, will have Guardsmen deployed to the Beltway to support the Wednesday event following last week’s deadly attack on the Capitol, which forced a joint session of Congress to temporarily delay certifying Biden’s Electoral College victory.

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KEYWORDS: biden; inauguration; nicecountry; ridiculous; troops
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1 posted on 01/15/2021 4:28:55 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Makes absolutely zero sense for the supposed reason.


2 posted on 01/15/2021 4:29:49 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ok. This is getting silly now.


3 posted on 01/15/2021 4:30:02 PM PST by moovova
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Isn’t that normal after the last few inaugurations were rowdy?


4 posted on 01/15/2021 4:30:49 PM PST by madison10 (Democracy dies in darkness.)
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To: DouglasKC

It makes perfect sense. He’s showing the military and the country whose in charge now. It’s pure theater.


5 posted on 01/15/2021 4:31:05 PM PST by RC one (Lying, cheating, deceiving & manipulating are as natural to Democrats as swimming is to fish.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Defund the guard!!
(not really - i’m just channelling leftists from my old neighborhood)


6 posted on 01/15/2021 4:31:16 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Democrat drama queens. I guess it's to keep Shitavius and LaQueefa from mugging the VIPs.

7 posted on 01/15/2021 4:31:18 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Stop The Steal)
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To: DouglasKC

Unless President Trump is gonna bust Joe and Kameltoe...and send them to Gitmo.


8 posted on 01/15/2021 4:31:43 PM PST by moovova
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To: DouglasKC

Biteme better hope none of those horrible soldiers has an itchy trigger finger....


9 posted on 01/15/2021 4:32:06 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I posted this comment on other threads, but if you have to have thousands of armed guards at your inauguration, you probably were not elected by the people.


10 posted on 01/15/2021 4:32:18 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (We Must All Hang Together, or Most Assuredly, We Will All Hang Separately ~ Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
A Green Zone.

Baghdad on the Potomac.

11 posted on 01/15/2021 4:32:21 PM PST by KC_Lion
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To: RC one

He isn’t the one who called them in. POTUS did.


12 posted on 01/15/2021 4:32:39 PM PST by rickomatic ( )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Remember, Kameltoe said they will and should keep coming...


13 posted on 01/15/2021 4:32:45 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Thief in Chief.


14 posted on 01/15/2021 4:33:15 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I think a caravan of 500,000 illegals from Guatemala marched right into DC might be a good idea.


15 posted on 01/15/2021 4:33:17 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: Berlin_Freeper
What a joke - where was this deployment when PDJT was inaugurated in 2017 and we knew the loons would be out burning cars and limos?

This does set a precedent though, look for the same strength to be deployed when DT beats President Harris and is inaugurated in January 2025

16 posted on 01/15/2021 4:33:23 PM PST by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It makes perfect sense. People who want to disarm us want to be protected by armed forces.


17 posted on 01/15/2021 4:33:26 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Ridiculous agitprop


18 posted on 01/15/2021 4:33:50 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe they could have a couple of dozen F-22s circling DC airspace courtesy of various states’ Air National Guard.


19 posted on 01/15/2021 4:34:27 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

” Sigh, no one will show up for Joe’s inauguration. It’ll look pathetic.”

“Well boss, I know how we can get 25,000 to show up!”

LOL!


20 posted on 01/15/2021 4:34:32 PM PST by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
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