Washington-SANA
Security concerns and concerns are increasing in the United States over acts of violence and riots that supporters of the outgoing US President Donald Trump are expected to commit on the day of the inauguration of the elected Joe Biden on the 20th of this month.
In this context, the American "News Week" magazine reported that the concerns extend to even close circles, where the US Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy warned the leaders of the National Guard to be alert to any potential internal threats that might be posed by elements of the guard in charge of security operations during Biden's inauguration, thousands of whom were deployed in the capital. Washington.
The magazine pointed out that about 25 thousand members of the National Guard were summoned to the capital before Biden’s inauguration, at least twice the number found in previous inaugurations.
The magazine added that several other US states, including Texas, California, Illinois and Pennsylvania, had reinforced their security forces or closed their Capitol buildings in anticipation of potential violence in the days leading up to Biden's inauguration and possibly after.
In turn, General Daniel Hukanson, head of the National Guard Office, said that if the FBI finds any indication that any of our soldiers or pilots are expressing things that represent extremist views, they will either be handed over to law enforcement authorities or dealt with according to the chain of command.
In another article, News Week reported that pro-gun extremist groups are taking part in the demonstrations by supporters of Trump, where the far-right Bogallo movement has emerged, which its critics say is seeking to incite a second American civil war in several cities.
For its part, the British Guardian newspaper stated that Biden's inauguration as President of the United States next Wednesday will be accompanied by security measures at a level not seen in the country since the civil war, as thousands of soldiers and armored cars guard the green and red areas and the security fence is still standing around the Capitol building.
The newspaper pointed out that social media finds itself constantly obliged to monitor the content of its users' posts in order to remove any material deemed inflammatory or calling for riots before the inauguration ceremony, as Twitter temporarily suspended the account of Margory Taylor Green, a member of the US Republican Party from Georgia, because she wrote comments In it, it declares its support for the theory of election fraud, and that includes further incitement to demonstrate.
"We now have more forces in Washington than there are American forces in Afghanistan and they are here to protect us from the president and his mongering," Democratic congressman Seth Moulton said in an interview with The Guardian.
And American media reported yesterday that dozens of people gathered in front of the Congress building in Lansing, Michigan, carrying licensed light weapons in conjunction with the police and National Guard forces surrounding the building with armored armored vehicles, as well as a number of armed demonstrators gathered in front of the Capitol building in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with A state of alert and preparedness, in addition to about fifty armed people gathered in front of the Ohio Capitol building yesterday as well.