Posted on 01/17/2021 2:57:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration scheduled for Sunday has been postponed due to security concerns in the nation’s capital, according to reports.
The rehearsal will be held Monday instead, Politico reported.
Security has been boosted across Washington, D.C. since the deadly riot earlier this month at the Capitol. The Capitol complex has been locked down, and more than 20,000 National Guard troops are expected to be deployed ahead of the inauguration on Wednesday. More than a dozen D.C. Metro stations will be closed to the public in the days leading up to and following January 20.
The FBI has warned that armed protesters could demonstrate in both Washington, D.C. and state capitals around the country. The agency has observed “extensive” talk online suggesting the possibility of violence around Biden’s inauguration, FBI director Christopher Wray said.
“We’re concerned about the potential for violence at multiple protests and rallies planned here in D.C. and at state capital buildings around the country in the days to come that could bring armed individuals within close proximity to government buildings and officials,” Wray said last week.
Biden’s team has also canceled an Amtrak trip Monday from Wilmington to Washington due to security concerns in the capital.
“In the week since the attack on Congress by a mob that included domestic terrorists and violent extremists, the nation has continued to learn more about the threat to our democracy and about the potential for additional violence in the coming days, both in the National Capital Region and in cities across the country. This is a challenge that the President-elect and his team take incredibly seriously,” the Biden transition team said in a statement.
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They are making up all the drama. Who is even IN DC? I am already tired of this administration and they are not even in office yet.
Quite a show we’re getting...not sure whose staging it tho
Life is hard when the people that cheated to give you the “Win” can’t be trusted in a public+ setting........
What rallies and demonstrations?
Indefinitely?
This is so boring...who reads National Review anyway? Thank You Iraq War sycophants
he cant fake mumble the words out anymore
or the stick up his butt to prop him up ain’t working anymore, the biden-tripod system is failing
Well, it is now 6pm east coast and where is all this unrest the FBI contrived would happen?
It looks like a handful of Deep State agent provocateurs will be making an appearance:
This is made for TV drama stuff—total nonsense from start to finish.
Any real patriots will be tossed in jail faster than they can yell “Where is the ACLU when I need them?”
They do a rehearsal of the inaugural? Who knew?
It seems so straight forward, when the president elect says “I, state your name, do solemnly swear” etc. The chief justice reads it and breaks it into smaller segments, so its not as if Joe has to memorize anything.
Where’s a stray MOAB when you’d like one?
Remember Inauguration Day 2017? - What rallies and demonstrations?
Heard from someone involved in the “festivities” that all the bridges into DC will be shut down as of 0600 on Tues. morning.
The FBI would piss their pants if huge numbers of armed protestors actually showed up.
Unless they were BLM / Antifa types....then they would be welcomed with open arms.
This is BS. Where is Biden? How long has it been since he’s been seen in public?
Can Slow Joe even find the Capitol Building?
So—they will have to get the rest of the phony demonstrators brought in by helicopter...
BLM/Antifa—the Feds would get on their knees and offer to re-supply them!
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