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🚨 Attention all media 🚨

Thank you for coming to Washington, DC to cover this historic #Inauguration just days after the #Jan6 #insurrection

The security perimeter is approximately 4.6 square miles out of DC’s 68 square miles total. By area, that is less than 7% of DC.
DC has 8 Wards with the perimeter stretching over a portion of just two of those Wards (namely, 2 & 6)

We are 712,000 residents strong who pay more in federal taxes per capita than residents in any other state

DC Govt has functions of a state, county, city and school district
Our Mayor: @MurielBowser
Congresswoman (albeit non-voting until #DCStatehood): @EleanorNorton
Our state legislature: @councilofdc
Our AG (who prosecutes some crimes; most adults crimes are prosecuted by @USAO_DC): @KarlRacineDC

@DCPoliceDept is the Metropolitan Police Department
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