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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Thousands of National Guardsmen deployed to the nation’s capital for the inauguration last Wednesday were forced to sleep outside after being ordered to leave the U.S. Capitol, with some subsequently contracting COVID-19.
The many thousands of troops brought in to protect President Joe Biden from any threats were also subjected to enhanced vetting from the FBI, to determine if they themselves posed a potential security threat by having espoused extremist views. However, shortly before the inauguration, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press that “he and other leaders say they have seen no evidence of any threats, and officials said the vetting hadn’t flagged any issues that they were aware of.”
Troops resting in the Capitol were “abruptly told to vacate the facility on Thursday” and “forced to rest in a nearby parking garage without internet reception, with just one electrical outlet, and one bathroom with two stalls for 5,000 troops,” Politico reported. Temperatures in D.C. ranged in the low 40s on Thursday night.
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