{"id":54641,"date":"2021-03-03T07:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54641"},"modified":"2021-03-03T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:02:10","slug":"even-the-msm-says-the-national-guardsmen-stationed-at-the-u-s-capitol-are-being-grossly-mistreated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=54641","title":{"rendered":"Even the MSM says the national guardsmen stationed at the U.S Capitol are being grossly mistreated"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Michigan lawmakers slam &#8220;highly inadequate&#8221; food given to National Guardsmen still protecting the Capitol<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->BY VICTORIA ALBERT<br \/>\nCBS News<\/p>\n<p>Michigan National Guardsmen tasked with\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-update-on-dc-watch-live-stream-today-2021-01-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">continuing to protect<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the U.S. Capitol have said they&#8217;re being provided food that&#8217;s &#8220;badly undercooked, raw, moldy, and even filled with metal shavings,&#8221; according to a letter from the state&#8217;s House delegation obtained by CBS News on Tuesday. Some guardsmen have been hospitalized after eating the food, the letter said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mpu-plus-top-right-rail\" class=\"ad-mpu-plus-top-right-rail ad-wrapper \" data-ad=\"mpu-plus-top-right-rail\" data-ad-unit=\"&quot;mpu-plus-top-right-rail&quot;\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It is clear that these contracted meals are poorly prepared, oftentimes inedible, and highly inadequate to support our soldiers,&#8221; the 14 lawmakers said in the letter, which was sent to the chief of the National Guard Bureau at the Pentagon. &#8220;It is completely unacceptable that our men and women serving in Washington, D.C., are being hospitalized due to the food they are being provided.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyloaded\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1366889610215841792&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnational-guard-michigan-lawmakers-slam-highly-inadequate-food-given-to-guardsmen-still-protecting-capitol%2F&amp;siteScreenName=CBSNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=889aa01%3A1612811843556&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1366889610215841792\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The letter asks that the National Guard end its contract with its current food provider and either find a new provider or give the guardsmen a per diem for the remainder of their time at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenGaryPeters\/status\/1366780344742076416\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his own letter<\/a>, Michigan Senator Gary Peters said the guardsmen were &#8220;being fed chicken with the feathers still attached and raw ground beef.&#8221; As a result, he said, the 983 members of the state&#8217;s National Guard still protecting the Capitol were often forced to purchase food with their own money.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{&quot;wordCount&quot;:50}\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said he was not aware of the reports when asked on Tuesday, but said the Pentagon aims to ensure that all guardsmen get &#8220;the support they deserve.&#8221; The National Guard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rephuizenga\/videos\/710040522963848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook Live broadcast<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday night, Representative Bill Huizenga \u2014 one of the signees of the House letter \u2014 said he has been fighting for weeks to get the guardsmen adequate food after concerned friends and family members called his office. He said there were issues with &#8220;freshness,&#8221; as well as &#8220;instances of mold and other critters in the food.&#8221; He also said guardsmen were receiving raw and undercooked food.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirculation recirculation--type-collection\">\n<div class=\"recirculation__wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"recirculation__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/assault-on-the-us-capitol\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Assault On The U.S. Capitol<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"recirculation__item recirculation__item--2ca65b51-89cc-4a7d-98e6-42c4dbe8a312\"><a class=\"recirculation__anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-michigan-lawmakers-slam-highly-inadequate-food-given-to-guardsmen-still-protecting-capitol\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><span class=\"recirculation__hed\">Lawmakers slam &#8220;highly inadequate&#8221; food given to Guardsmen<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"recirculation__item recirculation__item--e7aa3e11-5bc8-4b2d-9ef5-7d76479efb15\"><a class=\"recirculation__anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/capitol-riot-arrests-2021-03-02\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><span class=\"recirculation__hed\">Over 300 charged so far: What we know about the Capitol riot arrests<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"recirculation__item recirculation__item--68851ee0-a22e-4ad5-ad78-657a821b3de9\"><a class=\"recirculation__anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/christopher-wray-fbi-director-capitol-riot-senate-testimomy-watch-live-stream-today-2021-03-02\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><span class=\"recirculation__hed\">FBI director says Capitol attack was &#8220;domestic terrorism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"recirculation__item recirculation__item--8c85bbed-3ae7-43ab-af47-5ccb4f8f423c\"><a class=\"recirculation__anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brian-sicknick-death-one-possible-suspect-fbi-focus\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><span class=\"recirculation__hed\">FBI focusing on one possible suspect in Capitol officer&#8217;s death<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Huizenga, a Republican, said he thought the issue had been resolved. But in recent days, he said, he received reports of metal shavings in food \u2014 potentially from steel wool pads \u2014 as well as more instances of raw, undercooked and &#8220;inedible&#8221; food.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not acceptable. It&#8217;s completely not acceptable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately one-fifth of the National Guard troops still working within the Capitol perimeter are from Michigan,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/national\/capitol-riots\/national-guard-in-dc-hospitalized-substandard-food\/65-f231f75f-2206-4403-9d19-645eef5f302e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate WUSA9<\/a>\u00a0reported. All National Guard troops will leave Capitol grounds by March 12, the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time lawmakers have taken issue with the treatment of guardsmen at the Capitol. In late January, lawmakers\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-members-allowed-back-into-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">expressed outrage<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after guardsmen were asked to leave the Capitol building and instead rest in a parking garage during their shifts. The guardsmen were quickly allowed back inside.<\/p>\n<div id=\"leader-middle-plus-content\" class=\"ad-leader-middle-plus-content ad-wrapper \" data-ad=\"leader-middle-plus-content\" data-ad-unit=\"&quot;leader-middle-plus-content&quot;\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Eleanor Watson contributed reporting.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-michigan-lawmakers-slam-highly-inadequate-food-given-to-guardsmen-still-protecting-capitol\/\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/national-guard-michigan-lawmakers-slam-highly-inadequate-food-given-to-guardsmen-still-protecting-capitol\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan lawmakers slam &#8220;highly inadequate&#8221; food given to National Guardsmen still protecting the Capitol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}