Mario Bowser signed a letter on January 5th wanting the National Guard troops to be on traffic duty in DC. Now, here's the funny thing about January 5, 2021, is that nobody was in DC because DC's rules around COVID-19 had the entire city shut down. The streets were empty during this time. So the National Guard that was authorized by Donald Trump were on traffic duty when there was no traffic, when they could have been at the Capitol. (10:34–10:46)
CLAIM
Asserts that COVID-19 restrictions left DC streets empty on January 5, 2021.
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