National Guard To Help Control Truck Convoy Protests Planned In D.C.

The Pentagon has approved deployment of 700 National Guard members in D.C. to help with traffic at expected protests against pandemic restrictions.

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as it prepares for trucker convoys that are planning protests against pandemic restrictions beginning next week.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the request Tuesday from the District of Columbia government and the U.S. Capitol Police, the Pentagon said in a statement Tuesday night.