NEW: Looks like the exterior fencing around the Capitol is going to go back up ahead of potential unrest over the Chauvin trial verdict and Joe Biden's April 28 address to Congress.
Details w/ @sarahnferris and @nicholaswu12
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Details w/ @sarahnferris and @nicholaswu12
politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
@sarahnferris @nicholaswu12 We're told the $2 million fencing proposal was slated to come before the Capitol Police Board today. It won't be quite as extensive as previous fencing, but it comes amid lawmakers' anxiety about the security situation on the hill.
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@sarahnferris @nicholaswu12 BLUNT (via @jeremyherb):
"I'm certainly not aware of the particular threat to the Capitol, nor do I think that every time there's some incident somewhere in the country that could possibly create a public response that we should fence off the US Capitol." politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
"I'm certainly not aware of the particular threat to the Capitol, nor do I think that every time there's some incident somewhere in the country that could possibly create a public response that we should fence off the US Capitol." politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
UPDATE: Just minutes after the plan was announced — and after the verdict in the Chauvin trial was delivered — Capitol Police abandoned plans to rebuild some of the exterior security fence. politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
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