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A top official just blew a major hole in the Democrats’ narrative about the January 6 mayhem that took place at the U.S. Capitol. While testifying before Congress, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, revealed the Capitol building was not “unprepared” for the chaos on Jan. 6th.

At least take down the razor wire: D.C. residents, lawmakers chafe at Capitol fence “It’s kind of like working in a minimum-security prison right now,” Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) told acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman during a Thursday hearing before the House Appropriations Committee. ,,Pittman and Timothy Blodgett, the House’s acting sergeant-at-arms, said they are awaiting several security reviews before making a decision about the fence, but that it would remain at least through President Biden’s first address to Congress because of threats of violence from militia groups,,, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-police-chief-congress-threat/2021/02/25/22bc0b78-779d-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_9 The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police warned lawmakers...

<p>The idea of troops in U.S. streets for an extended period of time -- an extreme measure even when temporary -- has now become close to a sacred consensus.</p><p>Washington, DC has been continuously militarized beginning the week leading up to Joe Biden’s inauguration, when 20,000 National Guard troops were deployed onto the streets of the nation’s capital. The original justification was that this show of massive force was necessary to secure the inauguration in light of the January 6 riot at the Capitol.</p>