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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And they can always make up the parts that didn’t really happen.
Does anyone think a foreign power would be trying to attack Biteme?
I’m asking in seriousness. Who WOULDN’T want this guy as pres?
Am I missing something?
Oh come on! Joe Biden is a National Treasure........to CHINA. Must be protected at all cost.
Biden wanted a parade, but Tiananmen Square was already booked on the 20th.
Just pull up your depends and get it it. Quit making normal Americans suffer with this drivel.
Wasn’t that so he could swear on the Koran? Both times?
I’m surprised they trust the troops.
The most likely person to shoot up a couple of Democrat Senators strikes me as a pissed off National Guard soldier that Nancy called a jack booted thug last month when it was BLM burning down DC.
And they handed such guys rifles.
The white guy looks like it could be Mitt Romney. I think the bound and gagged women represent the ones who claimed Biden sexually harassed them. Are those cameras or canons on the stage?
Cameras. Unless the cannons now have windsocks covering up the microphones above the cannons.
Totally LOL.
So true in appearance.
If only it were fact....
I’d be interested in reading an analysis/review of that Fup.
Somebody pointed out after the initial oath wondering if that oath was actually legal.
So off they went to the White Hut and administered it again.
The media and the Dems are overdoing the fearmongering.
Tensions will be so frayed at the ‘ceremony’, if somebody has a prolonged sneezing spell, they are likely to be slammed to the sidewalk and hogtied by the National Guard.
More detail please...
Need to go back to the news cycle, when Fox was an actual news source and research.
Have at it.
A never ending “emergency” to keep the Bill of Rights suspended. It’s just beginning.
Do you really think Biden would have been at the rehearsal regardless of the circumstances? Do you also think Pence and all the Congressmen and Senators attending and all the former presidents will be there as well? Really?
Apparently Traitor Roberts screwed it up.
He’s such a dweeb.
What if they had an inauguration and nobody came?
If one of the trans protesters pulls out a black lipstick holder, that could be their final act on the planet. ;-)
(We thought it was a gun....)
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