Florida National Guard soldiers ordered home by governors amid outrage over being moved to Capitol parking garage | Fox News

Scoop Publisher Francesco Abbruzzino

 

 

Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott announced that they are bringing their National Guard troops back from Washington, D.C., after reports they were posted up in a parking garage near the Capitol to rest during their shifts, a move that caused outrage at the treatment of the servicemembers.

 

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) ordered the troops to move their rest area during their 12-hour shifts from inside the Capitol to the Thurgood Marshall Judicial Center parking garage, the National Guard said Friday.

 

But Acting USCP Chief Yogananda Pittman pushed back on that assertion in a statement.

 

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