Rep. Norton: Razor Wire Fencing Around Capitol Makes It Look Like a ‘Concentration Camp’
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NORTON: "Actually, I'm now being joined by Republicans. 40 Republicans have sent a letter to the Speaker to remove the fence, and to remove the fence and arrange for the National Guard to go home. So, yes, there are fewer and fewer credible threats. Keeping it up until September shows that the Capitol Police, who could have prevented much that happened on January the 6th simply by calling in reinforcements from the dozen or so police forces, are now doubling down and obviously, however, hearing fewer threats. The mob that came was summoned virtually by the president. He's gone. They have now seen that even if a fence isn't up, that the police forces know what to do. I regret that it is until September, but I have never called for taking it down prematurely. I've always said, when it becomes clear that there are not threats sufficient to keep this fence, that I'd take it down. Now that we're already seeing calls to take down the wire, the wiring around it, which makes it look like a concentration camp, certainly that can be done now. What are we afraid of, our own shadow? And even if my Republican friends are saying take it down, I think you now see a bipartisan call for getting the Capitol looking once again like the Capitol.”
