The National Guard and Capitol Police remain on guard outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 28, 2021.
On Thursday (Jan. 28), acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman issued a statement calling for permanent fencing of the Capitol and a backup security presence to prevent another disturbance.
In a statement Thursday, Pittman said, “In light of recent events, I can say unequivocally that there must be massive improvements to the physical security infrastructure, including permanent fencing, and a ready backup force around the Capitol.”
However, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted the same day that she does not want “additional troops or a permanent fence to become a permanent fixture in Washington, D.C.”
In a follow-up tweet, she added that D.C. “must not only ensure continued public access to the Capitol, but also prevent any proposed security installations from intruding into our local communities.
Pittman was appointed acting chief of the Capitol Police Department two days after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. But the riot is highly suspect. There have been several videos of members of Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) groups posing as “Trump supporters” and breaking into Congress with the assistance of Capitol Police, including the Utah-based leftist radical group Insurgence USA. “(Insurgence USA), including John Sullivan, the leader of the Utah leftist radical group Insurgence USA.
Sullivan has also exposed himself to videos showing him inciting protesters to storm Congress at the Capitol and working with Jade Sacker, a female reporter for CNN, a left-wing media outlet that has always been anti-Trump. In Sullivan’s footage of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt being shot and killed in Congress, Sacker cheered with glee, “We did it! You guys were right! We did it!”
And the day after the riots, a 7-foot-high fence was erected around the perimeter of the Capitol, and it has not been removed.
On the eve of the inauguration of new President Joe Biden, Congressman-elect Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, has proposed a plan to revive the Capitol Gateway Plan in the form of a proposal “The Capitol Gateway Plan aims to surround the entire Capitol with a permanent security fence to protect lawmakers from harassment by “the people.
In fact, this security proposal has been rejected by Congress eight years ago, in 2013, then Senate security officer Terrance Gainer (Terrance Gainer) proposed a bill to build a wall around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol. But it was stopped by Congress because it was expensive and the wall itself was a barricade, heightening security concerns.
On the other hand, security at the Capitol is usually relatively lax, one reason being that the institution has to prioritize public access. Traditionally, the Capitol grounds were open to the public, and before the Communist virus (COVID-19) ravaged the United States, citizens were free to visit the building and were allowed to observe the proceedings.
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