NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE NOT PILOSI'S SERVANTS

   Following the strange inauguration of Joe Biden, some 25,000 to 65,000 National Guard troops brought in to guard the Capitol were in for a string of insults. First, their loyalty was questioned. Then their professionalism was questioned. And with no clear purpose for so many of them to protect the Capitol, it was clear they were being used for photo op props, not the service they were sworn to. They found themselves there not to chase off rioters, but to bolster Democrats in their political purpose of smearing Republicans as insurgents. 

    The final insult came when someone ordered them to get lost from the Capitol. Like discarded props, or no longer welcome valets, more than a thousand were ordered into an icy underground parking garage to stay out of sight, out of mind. They had no heat, just one bathroom for 5,000 personnel, and only one outlet. They had no internet and no beds, forcing them to sleep on hard ground in 38-degree cold. COVID was present, making the harsh conditions a potential superspreader event.
   Four governors called their National Guardsmen back, with Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis summing it up with this: "They are soldiers. They're not Nancy Pelosi's servants."