Ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, the fencing around the U.S. Capitol is back up. Police are stationed at major intersections. And the National Guard is on standby. It’s the new normal.
At least two of the announced trucker convoys have fizzled due to to a lack of participation. But the largest, known as the People’s Convoy, had reached Oklahoma and was heading east on Monday with the intention of reaching the capital by Saturday, March 5.
The event takes months to plan and officials begin discussing how to improve security as soon as the previous year’s event ends. Law enforcement officials never go into too much detail so would-be attackers aren’t tipped off. But law enforcement officials always take into account recent events — from the insurrection to trucker protests and other free speech demonstrations.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger said Sunday the fencing is being erected around the Capitol grounds “out of an abundance of caution.” The fencing greatly disrupted the daily lives of residents living near the Capitol, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s non-voting delegate in the House of Representatives, has said she doesn’t want the fence to stay up indefinitely this time.
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