WASHINGTON — About 1,000 members of the Michigan National Guard are deploying to Washington to help with security amid heightened concerns about further civil unrest in the capital city in the coming weeks. Perhaps companies like security guards calgary can also be employed during such dire situations.
In response, Republican members of Michigan’s congressional delegation are seeking an “immediate” intelligence briefing from federal officials to justify the state’s Guard returning to Washington.
The House lawmakers noted that nearly 700 of the Guard just returned to Michigan last week after serving at the U.S. Capitol during President Joe Biden’s inauguration and only had a short time with their families at home before redeploying.
“The men and the women of the Michigan National Guard will without question continue to answer the call to honorably serve both our state and our nation,” the lawmakers wrote in a Thursday letter.
“In recent weeks, they have sacrificed and put their own safety at risk to protect our nation’s capital. It is critical that there remains due justification to send members of Michigan’s National Guard back to Washington, D.C.”
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Led by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland, the letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was signed by Reps. Fred Upton of St. Joseph, Tim Walberg of Tipton, Lisa McClain of Bruce Township and Peter Meijer of Grand Rapids Township.
A copy also was sent to Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and Acting Sergeant at Arms for the U.S. House, Timothy Blodgett.
The Michigan delegation members from both sides of the aisle had met with the troops last week at FedEx Field, where the Washington Football Team plays, before the soldiers returned home.
About 25,000 National Guard troops from around the country were brought to the District of Columbia ahead of Biden’s inauguration to help maintain order after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that led to five deaths, including a Capitol Police officer and four rioters.
Now, a few thousand Guard members will be stationed in Washington for six more weeks over concerns about more unrest stemming from the impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump. Biden is also expected to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress in the coming weeks.
The number of Guard troops had fallen to 15,000 as of Monday and was expected to be reduced to 7,000 by Friday and to 5,000 by mid-March, Acting Secretary of the Army John Whitley said this week in a press briefing.
“There are several upcoming events — we don’t know what they are — over the next several weeks, and they’re concerned that there could be situations where there are lawful protests, First Amendment-protected protests that could either be used by malicious actors or other problems that could emerge,” Whitley said.
The Michigan National Guard received a request for 1,000 soldiers last week through the National Guard Bureau to assist the Capitol Police through mid-March with ongoing security needs at the Capitol, according to a memo that Steve Kozera, federal liaison for the Michigan National Guard, sent to members of Congress.
The Guard members are coming from units across Michigan, with about half deploying to Washington on Thursday and the rest on Sunday.
Whitley said the National Guard troops in Washington also will assist the U.S. Secret Service, the Park Police and the municipal Metropolitan Police Department, which covers the city of the District of Columbia.
Their role will include providing security, medical evacuation, communications and logistical support to law enforcement, Whitley said.
National Guard officials said they were concerned about an outbreak of COVID-19 among soldiers providing security at the Capitol complex, with at least 200 testing positive and quarantining in local hotels as of Monday.
Gen. Dan Hokanson, chief of the National Guard, noted that is less than 1% of the 25,000 troops who were in town.
City leaders have signaled that they understand the need for the extra security but don’t want to see troops occupying their streets long term.
“Based on conversations with federal partners, there are some potentially volatile events upcoming that will require extra security. Fencing and the presence of troops will be a part of that,” tweeted D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat.
“But we will not accept extra troops or permanent fencing as a long-term fixture in DC.”
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in the near future folks we will wake up and find the military on our street with tanks and apc’s under the democrat
regime under demntia joe biden and the scary part is the military may be chinese and russian.
I still wonder, HOW MANY folks STILL BELIEVE the military would be on our side, if the fit hit the shan???
Tyrants always surround themselves with their “military” when they fear their subjects…
Always have, always will!
The operable question of concern is just what illegal surprise do the political power grabbers have coming down the pike in the next 2-3 weeks that will require Federal Troops to protect the power grabbers? If they were sent to D.C. by whitmer, you can guess who they will be loyal to. Our politics is getting way too paranoid. Next Pelosi will demand her own SS Personal guard, to go along with her military jet, paid for again by you know who? Nancy Pelosi, first in deception, first in delusion, first Speaker of the house who could only stay in power with troops to protect her. Hers is the legacy of looney.
I wonder.. WE SAW DOZENS of headlines, about how crappy the troops were mistreated already..
SO I wonder, does Witchmer, even CARE about how THESE Thousands troops get mistreated??
AND DO THOSE troops ever get a say in the matter?
My waste of a Governor in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmore. The militarization of America, the Gestapo in our streets.
At least Trump only had a parade.
Hello, the problem is in the NW with the Democrats’ Blackshirt ANTIFA terrorists. That’s where the NG needs to be stationed.
Don’t worry folks, the Obama third term regime is busy creating future violent incidents to justify a BIG push to destroy our second amendment just as the capital building fiasco was planned, organized and executed by the evil priestess Pelosi. Right now this is a prelude dog & pony show to convey that they have reason/justification to be afraid for their safety so when their planned event occurs they can say “see, we told you.” Trust me, an “event” will happen soon. In the meantime, they don’t want anyone peeking into the oval office seeing the demented pedophile propped up in his chair, drooling on the oval office desk while his puppet masters plan the further destruction of America.
I just wonder.. ALL OF LAST YEAR, we didn’t hear of one mass shooting incident (that i can remember), all so the left could push their anti-gun agenda.. SO I WONDER when we’ll get the first one of this year!?
Remember look to The Book we(America) are not here in the end. We have to be gone for the ruler of this world to take over. Russia is having their own problems right now look to China and the people that will let them in.
Well, we already had the unofficial Storm Troopers in the streets last year — BLM and Antifa, who were praised by the Democrats as being angels of social justice. So now we’re moving into more official Storm Troopers with the National Guard of blue-state supporters of the Party. And eventually the regular Armed Forces will be called into play. Together with the court-packing, the normalization of “mail-in” (aka fraudulent) ballots, and the silencing of the opposition, the permanency of one-Party (aka left-wing and/or globalist) dictatorship is all but guaranteed. This is all starting to sound depressingly familiar. We even had our Reichstag Fire incident on 6 January.
AND just like storm troopers ala the empire (Starwars) all these goons have their faces COVERED UP!
The dems are scared because they know true Americans are tired of their corruption and socialists agenda and they “think” the military has their backs! hahaha