{"id":118931,"date":"2021-02-05T14:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118931"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:33:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:33:40","slug":"republicans-call-on-pelosi-to-remove-military-style-fencing-around-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-on-pelosi-to-remove-military-style-fencing-around-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Call on Pelosi to Remove \u2018Military-Style Fencing\u2019 Around Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-call-on-pelosi-to-remove-military-style-fencing-around-capitol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Forty-two House Republicans have sent a letter to House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-Calif.) urging her to remove the barricades surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-capitol\">Capitol<\/a> in Washington, erected in the days after the building was stormed on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the primary signatory of the letter\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/budd.house.gov\/UploadedFiles\/Budd_-_Capitol_Fence_Letter.pdf\">pdf<\/a>), said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/budd.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1041\">statement<\/a> that the request is for Pelosi to remove what some fear is poised to become \u201cpermanent military-style fencing around the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The undersigned representatives said they are concerned about the presence of \u201cenhanced fencing\u201d surrounding the Capitol even though the presidential inauguration and related high profile events that led to its erection have since passed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn particular, we are concerned with recent reports that the fencing surrounding the Capitol may become permanent,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3686742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capitol-fencing-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Riot fencing and razor wire reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are willing to have an honest debate about providing Capitol Hill Police with the resources they need to be better prepared without turning the Capitol into a permanent fortress,\u201d they wrote, and urged Pelosi to take down the barbed wire fencing and send the National Guard troops home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for healing and it\u2019s time for the removal of the fencing so the nation may move forward,\u201d they said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the events that happened on Jan. 6 \u201chorrific,\u201d the lawmakers expressed understanding for why enhanced security was adopted in their wake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is time for Congress and its representatives to stop hiding,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3686741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Capitol-fencing-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Members of the National Guard work outside the U.S Capitol building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p>Calling the Capitol a \u201csymbol of freedom both at home and abroad,\u201d the lawmakers argued the \u201cfortress-like security\u201d sends the wrong message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the top of the Capitol building stands the Statue of Freedom,\u201d they wrote. \u201cMuch like the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the statue symbolizes why so many people from around the world come to America. They come to start anew, unshackled by tyranny and oppression, to be free from political and religious persecution, and to live in freedom and peace. The current state of the Capitol Complex fundamentally undermines that message, and we urge an end to it,\u201d they said in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3682223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1299318550-e1612296825558-1200x716-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An eight-foot-tall steel fence topped with concertina razor wire circles the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Capitol police force\u2019s acting chief said permanent fences around the Capitol complex should be part of the \u201cvast improvements\u201d in security needed to protect the building and the lawmakers who work inside.<\/p>\n<p>This drew the ire of members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, along with local lawmakers and neighborhood residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDC does not support it,\u201d said Councilmember Charles Allen, whose district includes the Capitol Hill neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) said on Twitter, \u201cI believe we can keep Members, press, staff, my constituents, and all those who work here safe without walling off the symbol of our democracy. It\u2019s the People\u2019s House\u2014let\u2019s keep it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/united-states-citizens-don-t-allow-a-permanent-security-fence-to-be-built-around-the-u-s-capitol?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_27084413_en-US%3A3&amp;recruiter=11106278&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=copylink&amp;utm_campaign=share_petition\">being circulated online<\/a>\u00a0against making permanent the temporary fencing around the Capitol had roughly 9,000 signatures by mid-afternoon Friday. \u201cVisitors and residents of DC would be punished by a permanent fence, a permanent scar on our beautiful city, and would lose access to this beautiful beacon of democracy,\u201d the petition reads.<\/p>\n<p>The grounds of the Capitol attract crowds for public events, daily exercise, as well as rest and relaxation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-two House Republicans have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging her to remove the barricades surrounding the Capitol in Washington, erected in the days after the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4711,3676,5492,3928,4987,3756],"class_list":["post-118931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-around","tag-call","tag-fencing","tag-pelosi","tag-remove","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}