I am not here to dispute that the DC National Guard is used regularly to offer assistance to Capitol Police and to maintain traffic control and security. It is.  What is NOT normal is calling in the troops pre-emptively to squelch public dissent.  It is also not normal to put up security fencing around the Capital Building.  And most especially, it is NOT normal to deputize outside law enforcement officers as United States Capital Police Special Officers.  Yet all of these actions are taking place ahead of a rally virtually no-one has even heard of.  While Congress is out of session.  Pure theater ginned up to offer one more squirrel to the realization that Biden brought anything BUT normalcy to the Presidency post Trump.