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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 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
Details w/ @sarahnferris and @nicholaswu12 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
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. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
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." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
"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." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
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. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/20/capitol-fence-dc-protests-483500
