Fence being reinstalled around US Capitol for Biden speech

[discocrisco01]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fencing installed around the U.S. Capitol for months after the January 2021 insurrection will be put back up before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday as concern grows about potential demonstrations or truck convoys snarling traffic in the nation’s capital.

Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement Sunday that the fence will be erected around the Capitol building for the speech and is being put up “out of an abundance of caution,” in consultation with the Secret Service.

The move comes as officials in Washington prepare for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning this week. The Pentagon has already approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to be used to assist with traffic control during potential demonstrations

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/state-of-the-union-address-joe-biden-traffic-e7affb3c11c0aee3e74e1d3d6f0330fd

[DownriverDem]

1. Saddens me

Be ready. The crazies are still with us. Biden's poll numbers made me so sad. Wanting the repubs to be in charge with all the trumper crazies is very scary.

[blue-wave]

2. I was thinking the same thing. How sad for our country

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Perhaps when Republicans start seeing photos of Ukrainian parents holding dead children

will some of them come around? Will these ass-kissing, praising Putin monsters realize that all this time their support of TDFG and Putin were misplaced? TOO FUCKING LATE!!! They made their choices.

Anyone in a truck that break any barriers should be dealt with according to the law.

[agingdem]

7. doubt it...

they had no problem with babies in cages...

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. Heartless and Soulless bastards the lot of them.

But then, this is not happening to their families.

[samsingh]

4. if russia has no money, i wonder if the truckers will run out of funding

[Srkdqltr]

5. Are there a lot of the truckers protesting mandates that are being dropped?

Ukraine has pushed them off the news lately. Old news ild ideas.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. If those f*cking truckers for COVID show up in DC

I'm making a special trip to DC just to throw all those extra eggs my hens have laid at their f*cking trucks.

Bunch of cowardly whiney babies afraid of a shot and a mask. Go to Ukraine and face a real problem.

[abqtommy]

9. Fences are good. National Guard troops are better. Armed National Guard troops are

bestest!

[wnylib]

10. Agree. It is foolish to have the Guard unarmed

when we can be reasonably sure that the truckers will have guns.

Also, their goal is to block the Beltway instead of entering the city.

[electric_blue68]

11. It's baaaaack! Even though the truckers are blocking the Beltway...

some group may decide to head to the Capital.




It's truly sad they have to do that but caution dictates

[Evolve Dammit]

12. This is wise, and armed National Guard is also wise. These are times that call for it. Sadly.

[SouthernDem4ever]

13. I hope it's a better fence than the POS that the insurrectionists pushed over Jan 6

otherwise just line up the national guard and capital police.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Supposedly there's not that many truckers

But better safe than sorry.