Washington, DC mayor wants tighter security at Biden inauguration
3 years, 11 months ago

Washington, DC mayor wants tighter security at Biden inauguration

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Request comes as US lawmakers raise concerns about ongoing threat of violence from hardline groups after deadly Capitol Hill riot. The mayor of Washington, DC has asked for security to be bolstered during United States President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration in the US capital after deadly violence on Capitol Hill last week. In a letter to the US Department of Homeland Security dated January 9 and shared on Twitter on Sunday, Muriel Bowser said that “a very different” approach must be taken during Biden’s inauguration “given the chaos, injury, and death experienced” at the Capitol on January 6. On Sunday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said, “The threat from violent extremist groups remains high and the next few weeks are critical in our democratic process” with Biden’s inauguration looming. Trump not attending Meanwhile, Trump has said he would not attend Biden’s inauguration – a decision the US president-elect welcomed last week as “one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on”.

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