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A locked-down and transformed Washington braces for Biden’s inauguration
A few weeks before the election, President Trump dodged a question about whether he would support a peaceful transition of power should he lose.

“Well, we’ll have to see what happens,” he said.

We saw.

One decisive electoral loss and one failed insurrection later, the Capitol has been transformed into a fortress, guarded by thousands of troops, surrounded by miles of razor-wire-topped fences, and monitored by drones and buzzing helicopters.

The “peaceful transition of power” will now happen under the watchful gaze of up to 25,000 National Guardsmen who have been deployed to Washington, several times more troops than are currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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