A criminal waste of our money.

National Guard Presence in Capital to Cost American Taxpayers $483 Million

The Pentagon revealed Monday that the cost to American taxpayers of having thousands of National Guard members in the nation’s capital is an estimated $483 million.

That figure covers the National Guard troop presence from January 6, 2020, when federal authorities first requested them, through mid-March, when 5,000 National Guard members are slated to be in Washington, D.C.

The Pentagon authorized 7,000 on January 6, and then 19,000 more for the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20. The number reduced to 7,000 by the end of January, and is further expected to reduce to 5,000 by mid-March.

Army leaders said last month that the National Guard presence through mid-March was requested by the Capitol Police. The request came after the breach of the Capitol building and violence by some pro-Trump supporters on January 6.

Two National Guard sources told Breitbart News that the National Guard presence is tied to the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The impeachment trial is slated to begin on Tuesday.

Republican lawmakers have demanded to know why the National Guard is still in Washington.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has said, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he is not aware of any threats necessitating their continued presence in the capital region, and that it was time to send them home.

The National Guard troop presence caused a scandal after a National Guard unit protecting the Capitol building was reportedly told to take their breaks in a parking garage.

Photos circulated online of National Guard members reclining on the parking garage’s cement floors under bright florescent lighting, reportedly sharing one power outlet among 5,000 troops, as well as one bathroom with two toilets.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...-to-cost-american-taxpayers-483-million/

That truly is a waste of money! Disgusting. The cost of the National Guard presence should come directly out of the pocket of the man that spread the lies and rumors that in turn created the Capitol breach and unease at our Nation's Capital. This could all have easily been avoided with some truth, integrity, and honor from one man.

Congress could care less on how they spend our money. If you have not noticed there is a double standard when it come to the Government. There spend hundreds of millions dollars to make sure they are kept safe. But the Dem. want to take our right to protect ourselves and it cost the Government nothing. JMO

Just a show of force they never really needed to begin with.

Smoke another one.

Ease up y'all, he is talking about Biden!
At least he SHOULD be...

Exactly, sheesh. Haha

I can only imagine the uproar from some folks on this site if the glove would have been on the other hand and it was a liberal president that caused the Capitol breach and hundreds of millions of your tax dollars being wasted on defense. But it wasn't. So, carry on with the hippocratic blind eye.

Guy on Fox business said the left doesn't want you to believe what you see or what you hear. His example, they want college loans forgiven because these almost adults can't make correct decisions because of their youth yet an 8 year old can decide what sex they are.

Too much extremism on both sides. People need to live their own life and not be so influenced by the news, social media, etc. Unfortunately I'm not sure we live in an age that will let us do that. We (the folks on this site) were born about 150 years too late. The trapline is our only escape.

It wasn’t because of a President, it was because of the criminal members of Congress, both sides.

They think they are above the law and they need to be proven otherwise. Quick, fast and in a hurry!

I say we were born at the right time. We’d already be full blown communism without us here now.

What I hate about the entire mess is that these troops are really needed in places like Oregon, Washington, 99% of Commiefornia and all of Chicago. Instead, they are protecting politicians from their own paranoia. The same politicians by the way that want your guns so you cannot protect yourself because you don't need too, it's just a farce. There has never been such a show of hypocrisy and that's really saying something.

I don’t think they are paranoid. Imagine you are in the restroom at a restaurant and in walks Adam Schiff or Chuck Schumer by themselves, could you really hold back?

5th

I think he's referring to Joe Biden.

We have plenty of extra ones here in Illinois.
I like seeing them there.

I didn't see the liberals concern when protesters were running the halls during the Kavanaugh hearing???

They were even following republican congressmen into the elevators. I guess the republicans don't whine like the dems.
Then to top it off, Schumer went to the supreme court building stirring the crowd up.


Yep its Trumps fault.

Trying to keep politics out of this as much as possible and looking at the waste of our money, where the resources could be better used and how they want to abolish the 2nd while surrounding themselves with armed men.

Oh, sorry.

Hard to explain it any other way.

How about......Schumer and the protesters turned a blind eye while protesting the nomination of a pro second amendment judge.

I don’t think they are paranoid. Imagine you are in the restroom at a restaurant and in walks Adam Schiff or Chuck Schumer by themselves, could you really hold back?


Not me,.I'd be up in their face like a Maxine wannabe!