Does a Video Show National Guard Troops Turning Their Back on Joe Biden?

There is no evidence to support the claim.

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Since President Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, there have been a number of social media posts and articles circulating, alleging that National Guard troops “turned their backs” on President Joe Biden’s motorcade as a way to protest his inauguration. 

One YouTube video, featuring a 21-second clip taken from inside a vehicle along the parade route, shows members of the National Guard facing away from the vehicle.

https://youtu.be/E1EtgHvXvKU

There’s no evidence to support claims that National Guard troops were protesting Joe Biden.  

Nahaku McFadden, a spokesperson for the National Guard, said in an email to The Dispatch Fact Check: “These National Guardsmen were on duty with a mission to protect the president against potential threats. Some are facing out to ensure the safety of all.”

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  1. John Cheyney

    Ok. so I am not a former SpecOps warrior, nor law enforcement SWAT officer, nor great tactician. However, I would have expected people providing security to be looking outward to assess threats. So, kind of exactly what they were doing.

    That's how all the keyboard warriors on YouTube tell you to do it.

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    1. P Satter

      Exactly. Who comes up with this stuff?
      (Probably what the fact checkers ask themselves regularly.)

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      1. Mark

        It’s all over the Qanon message boards as “proof” that bide isn’t officially President.

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    Victor Clairmont

    Thanks for the fact cheeeeeeeeck.

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