Small groups of right-wing protesters some of them carrying rifles gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in…
Statehouses, Washington, D.C. Brace For Potentially Violent Week
Some 25,000 National Guard troops from around the country were due in the District of Columbia in the coming days.
David A. Lieb and Adam Geller
Police and National Guard troops stood sentry at newly fortified statehouses Sunday ahead of demonstrations planned for the leadup to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, as authorities worked to deter a repeat of the recent riot that overran the U.S. Capitol. A few protesters were starting to gather in some cities, but streets in many others remained empty.
About two dozen people, several carrying long guns, protested outside the Ohio Statehouse, observed by several of the dozens of state troopers positioned around the building. Several dozen people some carrying American flags gathered at South Carolina’s Statehouse. And at Michigan’s Capitol, a small group of demonstrators, some armed, stood near a chain-link fence surrounding the building as state police