Posts Referring To Events Set For January 16-20, 2021, Including Inauguration Day
A Telegram channel shared on January 9 a Parler post that claims Many of Us will return on January 19, 2021 carrying Our weapons, in support of Our nation s revolve, to which the world will never forget!!! We will come in numbers that no standing army or police agency can match. However, the police are NOT Our enemy unless they choose to be! The channel adds: Buckle your belts fellas; this dude was responsible for organizing the Capitol riots and is now calling for all out Civil War on Jan 19.
On January 8, a 4chan user wrote: So many are ready and willing to spill leftist blood. Not all will he successful. But many will succeed. 1/20/21 will forever be known as Kill As Many Leftists As You Can Day (KAMLAYCD). Never forget.
18 Jan 2021
Officials in charge of securing the District of Columbia and the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are vetting National Guard troops because of fears some could be supportive of protests against the results of the 2020 election.
That is a considerable task considering an estimated 25,000 National Guard will be stationed in the District for days before and after the event.
The Associated Press interviewed Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy about the development:
The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. And it underscores fears that some of the very people assigned to protect the city over the next several days could present a threat to the incoming president and other VIPs in attendance.
Man Who Threatened To Kill Biden Found In Bucks Co. Woods: Police - Doylestown, PA - A man who police say threatened to kill President-elect Joe Biden and Gov. Tom Wolf was arrested in a wooded area of Bucks County.