National Guard May Deploy Against DC Trucker Convoy

Politico reports:

The Pentagon said Tuesday it is considering a request to deploy the National Guard to provide assistance ahead of trucker protests that could halt traffic around the nation’s capital as soon as this week. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the department received a request for Guard support from the U.S. Capitol Police and the D.C. government, but had not yet decided to approve the request.

“The Department is analyzing a request for assistance from the US Capitol Police and the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency,” Kirby said in a statement. Several trucker convoys protesting coronavirus restrictions are slated to begin arriving in the D.C. area this week and continue into early March. The Pentagon statement did not specify the number of Guard troops that had been requested.

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The Pentagon is considering a request to deploy the National Guard to provide assistance ahead of trucker protests that could halt traffic around the nation’s capital
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