As Twitchy reported earlier, the fence is going back up around the Capitol Building for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress. The Capitol Police chief also has reportedly requested support from outside law enforcement agencies and the National Guard.
The Capitol Police chief said he has requested support from outside law enforcement agencies and the National Guard to help with security precautions. https://t.co/UkHBZbkhjo
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 28, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis let us know via social media on Monday that he won’t be sending any troops from the Florida National Guard to the Capitol.
Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuard sent to D.C. for Biden’s State of the Union.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 28, 2022
You rock man!
— Greg McComb (@loonbro) February 28, 2022
Excellent! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤓
— Mike Sutton (@MKSuttonAuthor) February 28, 2022
Remember how well they were treated when they were called in to fortify the Capitol after January 6? They were sleeping in parking garages; CNN’s Jake Tapper even reached out to “whoever in D.C. is in charge of this National-Guard-sleeping-in-a-Senate-parking-lot mess” — folks with empty hotel rooms were contacting him.
Thank you, Governor. The National Guard isn't to be used as Regime's political pawns.
— Vadim Bichutskiy, DO NOT COMPLY, LET'S GO BRANDON! (@Stat4Real) February 28, 2022
Thank you for not wasting their time!! Our troops have better things to do!
— DawnB (@dawn_birth) February 28, 2022
Why not? Don't want to protect democracy?
— Shermsie L’amour (@Shermsielamour) February 28, 2022
From what, exactly?
— Matthew Barnes (@Matthew30024359) February 28, 2022
You are awesome thank you
— david nicol (@dgn58) February 28, 2022
On behalf of my husband (who is a federal police officer and in the army), we applaud your decision!
— SueM.Swank (@sueswank) February 28, 2022
Genius and comedian Dean Obeidallah says this is proof that DeSantis is FAR more dangerous than Donald Trump.
Wow Ron DeSantis seeks to make the National Guard his own political militia. He wants another Jan 6 attack and this time he wants it to succeed. I've said this before and will repeat: Ron DeSantis is FAR more dangerous than Donald Trump.
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) February 28, 2022
Most people in the replies are telling DeSantis not to expect any help from FEMA this hurricane season.
Related:
Painful: Jen Psaki squirms over question about illegal immigrants being put up in hotels after National Guard troops slept in parking garages https://t.co/2yH3apLw4I
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 23, 2021
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