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Pentagon approves 700 National Guardsmen and 50 tactical vehicles ahead of possible trucker convoys in DC

New normal: Fence is up, Guard on standby for State of Union​

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fencing around the U.S. Capitol is back up for the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Police cars with flashing lights are stationed at major intersections and highways. The U.S. National Guard is on standby.

It’s the new normal.

While there are no specific or credible threats related to President Joe Biden’s speech, law enforcement officials are taking no chances following the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when a violent mob caught the District of Columbia by surprise and successfully stormed the U.S. Capitol, briefly disrupting the certification of Biden’s 2020 presidential victory.

Since then, the U.S. Capitol Police, charged with protecting lawmakers and anyone else in and around the Capitol, has beefed up security for planned protests in the area. And this time, officials are also preparing for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning this week, though officials aren’t concerned about serious security issues with the possible protests.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/state-of...tional-guard-b1139b35cecaae3423aab5dce35e11af

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A security fence put in place in preparation for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address surrounds the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
 
They need a LOT more than fifty tactical vehicles, and they need at least one "tactical" helo...like an Apache, to take care of any trucks that wind up blocking essential access routes.
OTR tractor trailers are big and heavy but they don't hold up very well against a Hellfire missile.
Just evacuate the truck drivers from the rigs, light them up and bulldozers can scrape the remaining scrap metal off the highway.

Yes, sounds extreme, it's meant to. Maybe it will send the message that the Capitol is not a venue for Trump-Putin's overthrow attempts.
It would be helpful if both these people see us wipe out a few big rigs, while preserving the lives of the participants, who will be under arrest, of course.
But they will be alive, which is more than either Trump or Putin would allow.
 
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