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'No more cold marble': National Guard in DC to get cots so they don't have to sleep on the floor
January 16, 2021
Additional steps are for the massive deployment of National Guard troops to defend the inauguration following the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
"The National Guardsmen providing security in the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration are soon getting cots, after images went viral last week of troops sleeping on the floor in the halls of Congress," Politico reported Saturday, citing "four people familiar with the decision."
<p>"The Army is coordinating the effort with FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security and the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, said a Guardsman familiar with the planning. Officials will collect cots from National Guard armories in Maryland and Virginia and transport them to the Capitol, the person said. Many officials believe the cots are unnecessary, but the photos of Guardsmen resting on the floor of the Capitol quickly became a 'PR issue,' the person said — particularly after more than a dozen House Democrats <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/democrats-urge-army-to-send-cots-for-troops-sleeping-in-capitol-459433" target="_blank"><u>called Thursday</u></a> on the Army Secretary to send cots, bedding, shower facilities and other resources," Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2021/01/16/national-guard-cots-capitol-1526359" target="_blank">reported</a>.</p>
<p>"The cots will arrive Saturday and Sunday, the person said, adding that no costs should be incurred aside from the time and transportation," Politico reported. "A Jan. 15 memo obtained by POLITICO cited guidance from Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville that Guardsmen 'who are resting inside the U.S. Capitol Building are to lay on a cot, and not on the ground.'"</p><p>"No more cold marble!" a D.C. National Guardsman told Politico.</p>
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Trump aide returning to school and driving for Uber after being shut out of job interviews: report
January 16, 2021
On MSNBC Saturday, former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman said that some of the aides still working in the administration are crippled by the inability to find work — and that one staffer she knows will be forced to go back to grad school and drive for Uber on the side to get by.
"This same report that I was citing earlier, it also details how no one on the White House staff has any fight left in them," said anchor Alex Witt. "I mean, it's just gone. What are you hearing about the mood there these final days?"
<p>"Yeah, they're certainly demoralized," said Omarosa. "I've done a couple of references for these really young kids who started as interns under us during the campaign, and now they're trying to go to grad school because they can't find a job. One of them told me he's going back home to New York City and probably going to Uber while he tries to get into grad school."</p><p>
"Wait, what?" said Witt. "Somebody who worked in the White House — they're not able to get jobs. Some of them going to grad school, nothing wrong with that, that's always a good investment. But really? They're having trouble getting jobs? Because they were associated with this administration?"</p><p>
"Yeah," said Omarosa. "Right now, Donald Trump has made everyone in that White House, in that administration, radioactive, no one wants to touch them. So yes, he's going to Uber until he finds something else. But no one has been biting. He's been putting in resumes for about three and a half months and can't find anything."</p><p>
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Aide cites insurrection as he quits as Rep. Lauren Boebert's communications director: report
January 16, 2021
Republicans who pushed the conspiracy theory of election fraud continue to lose political support as the backlash agains the insurrection they incited continues to mount.
"The communications director for Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a firebrand Republican freshman who boasts about carrying a gun to work, has quit after less than two weeks on the job," Axios reported Saturday.
<p>"Ben Goldey's resignation cited last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, which followed efforts by Boebert and lawmakers to block certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. The Hill veteran's departure highlights the deep divide among Republicans over President Trump's conduct," Axios noted.</p><p>Goldey used to work for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).</p><p>"Boebert is a strident Trump supporter firmly on the right flank of the House GOP caucus. She was clear about her views during her campaign, but they have suddenly become politically toxic following last week's attack," Axios noted. "Boebert's quickly become a lightning rod by railing against 'fraudulent' votes for Biden in a floor speech ahead of the attack, and by making a show — including in an ad filmed on the Hill — of her desire to carry a handgun in the Capitol."</p>
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