Posted on 01/21/2021 7:10:42 PM PST by 11th_VA
Thousands of National Guardsmen were forced to vacate congressional grounds on Thursday and are now taking their rest breaks outside and in nearby parking garages, after two weeks of sleepless nights protecting the nation’s capital in the wake of the violent assault on Jan. 6.
One unit, which had been resting in the Dirksen Senate Office building, was abruptly told to vacate the facility on Thursday, according to one Guardsman. The group was forced to rest in a nearby parking garage without internet reception, with just one electrical outlet, and one bathroom with two stalls for 5,000 troops, the person said.
“Yesterday dozens of senators and congressmen walked down our lines taking photos, shaking our hands and thanking us for our service. Within 24 hours, they had no further use for us and banished us to the corner of a parking garage. We feel incredibly betrayed,” the Guardsman said.
POLITICO obtained photos showing the Guard members packed together in the parking garage, sleeping on the ground.
All National Guard troops were told to vacate the Capitol and nearby congressional buildings on Thursday, and to set up mobile command centers outside or in nearby hotels, another Guardsman confirmed. They were told to take their rest breaks during their 12-hour shifts outside and in parking garages, the person said.
Prominent lawmakers from both parties took to Twitter to decry the decision and call for answers after POLITICO first reported the news Thursday night. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader, tweeted: "If this is true, it's outrageous. I will get to the bottom of this."
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), meanwhile, called the move "absolutely unacceptable and despicable treatment of our brave and dedicated National Guard who answered the call to serve."...
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I’m actually kind of glad that the Dems did this.
I work with vets. They lament how liberal the younger military people are.
Maybe this will be a wake up call.
Future voters of the Democratic party.
well, thank the LORD that all those NG troops were vetted supporters of Biden!
Biden/Harris needed 20,000 soldiers to keep Covid-19 away.
Next time the Commie-crats ask you for “protection,” hand them a condom, say “good luck” - then give them your back and walk away.
“got to the bottom of anything?”
Maybe to the bottom of a few interns....
Yep. Remember the flags at the DNC convention a few years ago?
I doubt it. They'll find a way to blame it on Republicans. Even if there's only one Republican left in Congress. They'll still blame it on that guy. Or if there's no Republican Congressman left, they will blame it on Joe the Plumber (responsible for maintenance) who's a Republican.
Kind of like when 2 dozen feds in swat gear pull up in fron of our houses at 4 in the morning because they have actionable intelligence that we are "white nationalist domestic terrorists."
The rat bastards don’t even try to hide it anymore. Maybe previously mentioned rat bastards, start wars, because they know it kills off patriots.
Nobody saw this coming - seriously? But we’re supposed to believe 90 percent of them voted for the Beijing Joe and his POS VP?
Back to democrat normalcy, where troops are treated like shit.
I hope they didn’t hunker down in a handicapped spot.
They were evicted from the Dirksen Senate Building today. Schumer became Majority Leader when? Yesterday or today?
I couldn’t think of a more putrid, dead and stinking place to be. Truly, a fate worse than death.
‘We feel incredibly betrayed’
Join the Club, we’ve got jackets!
“Why are they still there?”
To keep the rats in the cage.
I hope so. The military has been used as pawns for decades. Donald Trump tried to put an end to that. Just amazing — but not surprising — the media has NEVER, to my knowledge, even mentioned that Trump was one of the only Presidents in history that kept us out of war.
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