Update (1208 ET): Moments ago, Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the National Guard is boosting the numbers of guardsmen around the Capitol complex to more than 20,000.
This is a substantial increase from over the weekend when 6,000 were deployed. The number was increased to a total of 15,000 on Monday.
Now, more than 20,000 guardsmen are expected to be armed and patrolling the Capitol grounds. It makes us wonder how large is the threat ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The AP Friday that the military could let guardsmen carry M-4 rifles or 9 mm Berettas in a few days.
As we come to find out, on Wednesday morning, CNN's Josh Replogle reports that "racks upon racks of rifles and pistols" were unloaded from military vehicles and distributed to troops.
Dozens of pictures of guardsmen sleeping inside the Capitol were armed with what appears to be M-4 rifles by their sides. This comes after days of unarmed guardsmen seen around the Capitol earlier this week.
Some of the pictures are stunning - with lawmakers walking halls of the Capitol with guardsmen asleep on the floor next to their assault rifles.
This means that the military has given the orders to arm guardsmen ahead of what could be chaos during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.
We noted this morning that the FBI is racing to track down hardcore insurrectionists that could be preparing for a fight next week.
1 comment:
Something is brewing, but, in my opinion, things are not what they seem. First off, our
sense is all the insanity going on inside our Government can't continue, consequences probably are around the corner!
The people, IN my opinion, should not fear Government, they are out of control, wacko's that the majority of American Citizen's do not want in there anymore, maybe this will change soon?
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