POLITICS
‘Transparently Security Theater’: Onlookers, Members Of Congress Call Bullsh*t On Capitol Police ‘Security Threat’
HENRY RODGERS
SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT
March 04, 2021
4:01 PM ET
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Republican members of Congress, aides and onlookers have expressed their frustration with Capitol Police and Democratic leadership for canceling votes Thursday due to an unknown security threat.
The Daily Caller spoke with a number of Republican members, including Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, Georgia Rep. Jody Hice, and Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson, who all slammed Democratic leadership for calling off votes Wednesday night after Capitol Police announced that a militia group possibly posed a threat to the Capitol’s security on March 4. The Senate is still in session.
United States Capitol Police (USCP) announced Wednesday that it would increase security around the Capitol building following reports of a threat on March 4, citing intelligence that a militia group, which it did not name, was possibly plotting actions against the Capitol.
March 4 is a day considered important by some QAnon conspiracy theorists. Followers of the conspiracy theory believe that former President Donald Trump will be sworn into his second term of office on March 4, since presidents were inaugurated on March 4 before Franklin Roosevelt’s second inauguration in 1933, according to USA Today.
The House’s acting Sergeant at Arms later circulated an email to all members of Congress in which he recommended that members “consider telework options through Saturday for staff who don’t need to be onsite.” The email, obtained by the Daily Caller, explains that Capitol Police will be sending extra officers to the Capitol due to “additional interest in the Capitol for the dates of March 4-6 by a militia group.”
The Daily Caller contacted Capitol Police and USCP chief of staff Salley Wood about the possible “security threat” they mentioned in their press release, to which they did not respond after multiple inquiries.
The members of Congress the Caller spoke with shared their frustrations with Democratic leadership and wondered why the Senate was still in session.