Republican Governors order National Guard troops out of DC

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Governors of New Hampshire, Florida, Texas, and Montana have said that they are calling back the National Guards from their states. 

Governors Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Ron DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Greg Gianforte of Montana have called the Guard members from their states home.

25,000 guards were been deployed in the US Capital after the Capitol insurrection and are still guarding the Capital targeting possible threats.

Politico reported on Thursday, Guards guarding the Dirksen Senate Office building were abruptly told to vacate the facility on Thursday. The report said they were "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, the person said. Temperatures in Washington were in the low 40s by nightfall.

COVID restrictions not being followed are the other concerns that create doubts over the safety of the guard members. 200 of the guards being positive without all of them being tested only adds to that.

Publish : 2021-01-23 21:59:00

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