At least 24 states have said they are willing to send their National Guard units to Washington DC if backup is requested in the weeks after the presidential election and during preparations for the inauguration ceremony of the new president, the Associated Press reported, citing a statement from the Guard.
The authorities in the US capital have not yet made an official request for reinforcements, but they are preparing for the possibility that the Congress will again become the target of violence during the verification of the results of the vote, like the violence that happened on January 6, 2021. The authorities they also fear possible violence during the inauguration ceremony of the president, which traditionally takes place two weeks later.
About 25,000 National Guardsmen were deployed to Washington in the days following the deadly storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to prevent the validation of Joe Biden's victory. in the presidential elections.