{"id":189286,"date":"2021-03-04T17:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=189286"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:13:53","slug":"pelosi-national-guard-to-stay-at-capitol-as-long-as-they-are-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-national-guard-to-stay-at-capitol-as-long-as-they-are-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi: National Guard to Stay at Capitol \u2018As Long as They Are Needed\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fpelosi-national-guard-to-stay-at-capitol-as-long-as-they-are-needed%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=189286&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Pelosi-Epoch_Times510A1483-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> (D-Calif.) said thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-national-guard\">National Guard<\/a> troops deployed at the U.S. Capitol may remain \u201cas long as they are needed,\u201d following a report that said the Capitol Police requested the Guard to stay in place for two more months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to have what we need when we need it, and in the numbers that we need,\u201d the California Democrat said in a news conference on March 4. She then deferred to Capitol Police leadership, saying \u201cthat\u2019s a security decision,\u201d not her\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis issue of the National Guard is one that will be made by the Capitol Police, and the Police Board and the rest,\u201d she added. \u201cBut I\u2019m not in a position to respond to that [question]. But we should have them here as long as they are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of National Guard members remain stationed at the Capitol. They were deployed after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, and more than 20,000 were reportedly on hand during the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, officials also set up a non-scalable fence topped with razor wire around the Capitol facility.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi, however, downplayed claims that the House changed its schedule and wouldn\u2019t hold votes on March 4 due to an alleged threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody should take any encouragement that, because some trouble-makers might show up, that we changed our whole schedule,\u201d Pelosi told reporters. \u201cNo, we just moved it a few hours, and it largely will accommodate the Republicans going to their own [conference].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Senate remained in session on March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a former CIA official, wrote she had heard that National Guard members were asked by Capitol Police to extend their mission for 60 days. Capitol Police officials didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one likes seeing the fortress-like security around the Capitol. And no one wants to again have a security problem in and around this symbolic place,\u201d Slotkin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSlotkin\/status\/1367502934796345350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1367502934796345350%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Fdefense%2F541627-capitol-police-ask-national-guard-to-stay-for-2-more-months\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cBut whether an extension has been requested or the mission is indeed terminating on March 12, it\u2019s critical that members of Congress get a briefing on what\u2019s behind these decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Republican lawmakers have been critical of the continued deployment of the National Guard troops, while there have been bipartisan concerns about how Guard members have been treated in the nation\u2019s capital. Earlier this week, the National Guard confirmed that some troops in Washington were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/michigan-national-guard-reports-of-undercooked-food-served-to-troops-in-dc-concerning_3717554.html\">served<\/a> undercooked food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been no cases of food-borne illness reported. We\u2019re working with our contractors to address concerns. We go to their places of business and spot-check meals for cooking temperature and overall quality. We examine the kitchens for safety and cleanliness. Vendor facilities have been inspected multiple times, and no substantial issues have been recorded. Contracting personnel visit the D.C. Armory daily during the delivery of meals. We observe the deliveries, take pictures of the meals and talk to soldiers on the line about the food they get,\u201d Col. Robert Carver, director of the DC Joint Information Center, told The Epoch Times via email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said thousands of National Guard troops deployed at the U.S. Capitol may remain \u201cas long as they are needed,\u201d following a report that said the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274727,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Pelosi-Epoch_Times510A1483-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi: National Guard to Stay at Capitol \u2018As Long as They Are Needed\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Pelosi-Epoch_Times510A1483-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Pelosi: National Guard to Stay at Capitol \u2018As Long as They Are Needed\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189286","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=189286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}