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Joined December 2008
Some Trump supporters now claim the intense security around the capitol is only needed because Biden is an illegitimate president, less than two weeks after the building was violently occupied by people who sought to prevent Biden from becoming president.
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DC Traffic update:
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Alex Trebek is Canadian (he became a naturalized US citizen in 1998)
Trump just signed an executive order building on one from last summer to create a National Garden of American Heroes. It calls for status of a long and varied list of people, including Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Alex Trebek, Kobe Bryant, Milton Friedman, Soujourner Truth.
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Two stories told by the earlier security scare at the capitol: the incredibly tense security situation, and the crisis of homelessness in the U.S. capital.
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Secret Service update: No threat to the public:
BREAKING: Smoke rising behind Capitol building. Inauguration rehearsal appears to be evacuating. Emergency announcement playing at Capitol grounds.
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Further update, from what appears to have been the source of the smoke/fire a few blocks from the capitol. The fact that this what likely resulted in the lockdown speaks to how high tensions are right now.
All of this homeless person’s belongings just went up in flames under the 695 bridge near H and 2nd SE. Extremely unfortunate... @WTOPtraffic @nbcwashington
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UPDATE: Confirmed, no fire in capitol or on the campus:
Replying to @frankthorp
CAPITOL POLICE: “There are currently no fires on or within the Capitol campus.”
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Further update from the Secret Service
Public safety and law enforcement responded to a small fire in the area of 1st and F streets SE, Washington, D.C. that has been extinguished. Out of an abundance of caution the U.S. Capitol complex was temporarily shutdown. There is no threat to the public.
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