{"id":2195065,"date":"2024-03-07T20:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-fence-placed-around-u-s-capitol-ahead-of-sotu-address\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:17:24","slug":"security-fence-placed-around-u-s-capitol-ahead-of-sotu-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/security-fence-placed-around-u-s-capitol-ahead-of-sotu-address\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Capitol Secured with Fence for SOTU Address"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsecurity-fence-placed-around-u-s-capitol-ahead-of-sotu-address%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=2195065&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eight-feet-tall steel fencing \u200cis put up around the U.S. \u200bCapitol \u200bthe day\u200b before President Joe \u2064Biden\u200c is to deliver the State of the Union address on March 06, 2024 in\u2064 Washington, DC. The security\u2063 fence has been erected during \u2064each of \u2062the president\u2019s annual addresses \u200bsince the attacks of January 06, 2021.  (Photo by Chip \u200cSomodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia \u200bFlores<\/a><br \/>4:20 PM \u2013 Thursday, March\u200b 7, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A tall fence has been installed to wrap around the U.S. Capitol building in order\u2062 to prepare for Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union \u200caddress and due to \u201csafety concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The fencing was put up after it was recommended \u200cby the U.S. Capitol Police and Secret Service as \u200ba safety precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans pointed out the hypocrisy of the Biden administration, specifically how\u2062 the administration was quick to erect a security fence around the Capitol building for Biden\u2019s speech, while neglecting to address necessary security measures at the Southern border.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, border crossings reached \u2064a new \u2064record. \u2062The U.S. Border Patrol recorded approximately 250,000 instances of encounters with migrants \u200battempting to cross into the United States during that month. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Remember this when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> talks about the border tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Biden doesn\u2019t hesitate to put a barrier up for his speech in\u200c Washington but refuses to build a wall and secure the southern\u200d border. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QHnHWmEl2G\">https:\/\/t.co\/QHnHWmEl2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott\/status\/1765730999856496889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They claim\u2062 a border wall to protect America is racist &#038; immoral <\/p>\n<p>But it took them \u200cless\u2062 than 12 hours to put up a fence around the Capitol to protect themselves at tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU2024?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e6VMqnRM6v\">pic.twitter.com\/e6VMqnRM6v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1765750345970446715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kimberly Fletcher<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Karoline Leavitt<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Bill Wells<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Tim Burchett<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Investors have piled into Nvidia-focused ETFs this year\u200c on the frenzy around AI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn for the first time disclosed sales for its premium subscription business as \u200cthe company sees an uptick in adoption of new AI tools.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Over the past several years, social media \u200dcompanies have developed\u2063 the practice of curbing the free speech of \u2062users who don\u2019t fall in line\u200c with Silicon \u200cValley\u2019s\u200d narratives.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple has terminated Epic Games\u2019 \u200cdeveloper account, the Fortnite video game maker said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200drnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Will the Biden administration take significant action to\u200d address the crisis at the Southern border\u2062 and address the \u2064contrasting priorities between Capitol security and border security<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ht&#8217;s speech.\u200b \ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude44 #DoubleStandards<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1764321131015221760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>These \u200btweets from Senator \u2062Rick Scott and Representative Lauren\u200c Boebert highlight the discrepancy between the measures taken to protect the U.S. Capitol and those taken to secure the \u200dSouthern border.<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden \u200cadministration has\u2063 been vocal about their\u2062 opposition to a border\u2063 wall, citing\u200d reasons of morality and racism, they seem\u2063 to have no issue implementing security measures when it comes to their own safety. This has raised concerns among Republicans\u2064 who argue that the safety of American citizens should be prioritized over political convenience.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c situation at the Southern border has become increasingly dire. Border crossings have reached record numbers, putting a strain on Border Patrol resources and \u2063compromising national\u200d security. The crisis has\u2062 been fueled by a combination of factors, including economic struggles in neighboring countries and the perception\u2062 that the Biden administration is more lenient\u2062 towards illegal immigration compared to its\u200d predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>The installation of the fence around the U.S.\u200c Capitol has only \u2062amplified the frustration of those who believe that the administration&#8217;s\u2062 priorities are misplaced. While it is important to ensure the safety of high-profile events such as the State of the Union address, it should not come at the expense of addressing urgent \u200cissues affecting \u200cthe country as a \u2063whole.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue that the same level of urgency and resources should be \u200callocated to securing the Southern border and deterring illegal crossings. They believe that neglecting this issue not only puts American citizens at risk but also undermines the integrity of the \u200ccountry&#8217;s \u200dimmigration system.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, it remains to be seen whether the Biden administration will take significant action to address \u2064the crisis at the Southern border. The installation of the\u2064 fence around the U.S. Capitol serves as a stark\u200b reminder of \u2062the contrasting priorities and the impact these decisions have on the perception of the administration&#8217;s commitment\u2062 to \u200bnational security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight-foot-tall steel fencing encloses the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address on March 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. Erected annually since the January 06, 2021 attacks, this security measure ensures safety during the event. 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