Question: Have we ever had an occupying force in D.C. for Inauguration Day?

The need for over 20,000 troops to occupy Washington D.C. and thousands more to secure 50 state capitols, for a peaceful transition of power on Inauguration Day, should tell you something is wrong with our election process.

An estimated 20,000 troops are expected to be deployed to #DC – roughly three times the total number of American troops deployed abroad in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Syria. Here, troops got ready on the #CapitolHill grounds. pic.twitter.com/IWBB06H7U0
— Kent Nishimura (@kentnish) January 14, 2021