Posted on 02/18/2021 9:06:29 AM PST by Red Badger
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues to track threats against lawmakers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The police officials suggested that the fence remain in place until September, in part because investigators are tracking continuing threats against lawmakers and the Capitol complex, the person said. The threats range in specificity and credibility, but they include online chatter about extremist groups potentially returning to Washington and to the Capitol in the coming weeks, the person told AP.
The police officials said the fence is needed as a physical barrier to prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6 insurrection when thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s presidential win, the person said. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died as a result of the melee.
The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Keep it up as long as the Democrats are in office. It says a lot about them.
“can we make it so congress can’t leave”
D.C. is one of a few American cities that should be walled up and used to detain criminals.
Because investigators are tracking continuing threats.
Translation: The fence will stay up until the Harris transition is completed long delay expected.
It’s to discourage anyone from going there to find out what’s really happening!
Walls don’t work /s
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