The fencing was previously erected in the wake of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and during last year's State of the Union address.
of Colorado, two of the most outspoken far-right members of the House, called out Biden on Monday for the protective fencing that was put up around the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The barricades were set in place on Sunday evening, as they have been several times in the last few years during times of elevated security risks.
Fencing around the U.S. Capitol building is seen. Inset, GOP Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado. Boebert and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, were critical of the decision to erect fencing in advance of Tuesday's State of the Union address."The fence is back up around the Capitol for SOTU because Biden knows walls work on the ground," Greene wrote in a Monday tweet.
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