Listening to the National Guard briefing now
There are still 13,000 National Guard members in DC, conducting "security missions" according to the brass
There are still 13,000 National Guard members in DC, conducting "security missions" according to the brass
This is decreasing down to "only" 7,000 by the end of this week
Press is asking about how many Guardsmen had COVID
No questions yet about why on earth they were all stuck in a parking garage with access to only a single bathroom
No questions yet about why on earth they were all stuck in a parking garage with access to only a single bathroom
Finally a foreign correspondent asks about the National Guard in the parking garage
Head of the DC Guard said - every guardsman has a hotel, they aren't sleeping there, they were just taking a break
Neither member of the brass explained how that happened
Head of the DC Guard said - every guardsman has a hotel, they aren't sleeping there, they were just taking a break
Neither member of the brass explained how that happened
Now a journalist is saying "you're not supposed to talk against your employer" and is asking for an investigation into the troops that leaked that they were in the parking garage
Enemy of the people
Enemy of the people
Head of the DC Guard sounds annoyed by this whole thing, suggesting that the guardsmen should have gone up the chain of command while they were stuck in a parking garage with one bathroom and one power outlet for 5,000 people
30 minute press briefing and it's still not clear why 5,000 National Guardsmen were put in a parking garage
Embarrassing
Embarrassing