Seriously. There are pictures of National Guardspeople sleeping and resting on the floors of the capitol building.

https://twitter.com/DaniellaMicaela/status/13493525298685788...

They're there to protect the building and the people in it from people who would stay at an AirBnB the night before an attack.

I agree the threats are real. When you say "it's not their own decision", do you mean because there are orders/laws banning short-term rentals in D.C. during inauguration? Or do you mean the situation "forced their hand" out of a lack of better options? Because the latter is still their decision, even if it is an obvious one.