Striking Photos Show 100's Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. Capitol

By artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:11pm |

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— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

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Stunned. Just stunned. pic.twitter.com/iNeUTp8AWC
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:18pm

“One for the history books. We haven’t seen this in over 160 years, since the Civil War,” a National Guard soldier says to his buddy
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

There are at least a thousand, probably more, National Guard troops all over the Capitol Visitor Center, Emancipation Hall, and surrounding hallways. They’re sleeping in reception areas, the cafeteria, the entrance to the building. Everywhere. pic.twitter.com/EFvofT8fqx
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

After I commented on the fact they’re sleeping on cold marble floors, and that they could some cots, one National Guard soldier politely declined.

He was afraid they would “destroy the floors of one of the coolest buildings in the world.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

Reps Michael Waltz and Vicky Hartzler handing out We The Pizza to some troops pic.twitter.com/ckjXRStnMD
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:27pm

Some of the many military vehicles and buses parked near the Armory and RFK Stadium pic.twitter.com/LGelmWeXaO
— Sea Shanty TikTok Backlash Account (@kristoncapps) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:36pm

an art historian's twitter thread on the statue of Freedom in the lead photo:

The statue of Freedom we're seeing in so many interior Capitol scenes today is itself a relic of a divided nation: completed in midst of the Civil War, its iconography was shaped by Southern pressure to eliminate references to slavery https://t.co/wREIC9UNFH pic.twitter.com/cK1foEY5Y0
— Michael Lobel (@mlobelart) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:43pm

SUPPORT THE TROOPS YOU FRIGGING HYPOCRITES AND PUT YOUR MASKS ON WHILE THEY ARE AROUND PROTECTING YOUR SORRY ASSES:

A Guard leader currently at the Capitol sent me this note saying they're tired of lawmakers talking with their soldiers while not respecting COVID precautions: pic.twitter.com/Qfw2qtrAjK
— Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:53pm

The U.S. Military is staunchly opposed to the Trumpist insurrection. It will be willing and able to defeat anything the Trumpists throw at it.

The Trumpists will not succeed in becoming an American Hezbollah.https://t.co/WhVJ0g9mbn
— Noahtogolpe (@Noahpinion) January 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 6:35pm

another striking one on the print edition front page of Thursday's NYTimes:

thursday's @nytimes front page: IMPEACHED: trump, after inciting rampage in the capitol, is first president to face 2nd senate trial pic.twitter.com/2OoUhdB2zD
— Josh Crutchmer (@jcrutchmer) January 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:34pm

Wasn't it obvious troops weren't quartered on the floor, that this was just a rest?

Propaganda and idiots everywhere.

https://t.co/J5CMXyADyz

They were just on a break. Not where they're being quartered.
— Mudpuppy (@1mudpuppy1) January 14, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 2:25am

Striking Photos Show 100's Of National Guard Troops Sleeping Inside U.S. Capitol

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