Rich Lowry: Washington, D.C., shouldn’t be an armed camp

Keeping National Guard troops around the Capitol is bad policy and bad symbolism.

Members of the National Guard work outside the U.S Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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