‘Capitol Hill supermax’? Make DC security fence PERMANENT, Dem congressman pleads in bill

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With the US Capitol walled off behind security fencing for Joe Biden’s inauguration, one Democratic congressman wants to seal lawmakers off from the masses forever, moving to make the seven-foot, barbed wire enclosure permanent.

Washington, DC is locked down: 25,000 National Guardsmen are patrolling its streets, and a razor wire fence has been installed to keep the public away from the US Capitol ahead of Joe Biden’s high-security inauguration on Wednesday. Security around the building was beefed up following the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol earlier this month, but if one Democrat lawmaker gets his way, some of the changes are here to stay.

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