National Guard deployment at U.S. Capitol becomes COVID-19 superspreader event
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- Nearly 200 National Guard members have tested positive for the coronavirus after they deployed to Washington, D.C., for Joe Biden’s inauguration, following the deadly failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
Guard members say they did not receive COVID-19 tests on their arrival in Washington and were left “packed like sardines” in cramped spaces in and around the Capitol — including in an unheated parking garage.
The National Guard says troops will remain in Washington, D.C. to protect the Capitol through Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
