The speaker of the house is in charge of protecting the Capitol. Why didn't she ask Trump to send the national guard in for Jan 6th?

[SnackTime]

It was her job to protect the Capitol and the transition of power on that day. She failed. Nancy and the mayor, Muriel Bowser, chose to not protect the Capitol on that day. They both didn't want the National Guard protecting the Capitol on that day. Why? This wasn't their first rodeo. They knew how volatile that day always is. All Nancy had to do was pick up the phone and ask Trump to send her 10,000 troops. Done deal. She chose not to. Why do you suppose that is?

I've talked to some pretty sharp cookies on here, but holy sheep shit, there are also the "orange man bad" crowd. LOL What is wrong with them? I would get it if they were 12 years old, but they're 50! Beavis and Butt-head! LOL

Smart people ONLY! I don't care if you hate me or Trump, but BRING IT! Dazzle me with your brilliance. We've all had enough of people trying to baffle us with bullshit.

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That’s what I thought.

[Surely]

Since the FBI and Secret Services won’t admit to how many of their people were planted in the crowd. People like Ray Ebbs never got arrested. The security cameras showing insurrection people coming from behind the police lines. I agree that Nancy and company had planned this just to make Trump look bad!

[Dongie]

This is the smarts of the devil, who by the way, instructs them. Now anybody questioning that bogus election gets labeled an insurrectionist.

[SnackTime]

Trump offered 10,000 National Guard troops for that day, and Nancy Pelosi and Muriel Bowser rejected them.

[Dongie]

Yeah she did and ordered doors kept unlocked.

[Dongie]

Thanks

[SnackTime]

Thanks for being who you are. Keep up the good work.

[Dongie]

Back at you. We need more at your age.

[DryGermanGuy]

I am probably wasting my time, but can try to explain it anyway: Nancy Pelosi is not in charge of the actual protection of the Capitol, the same way that the Commander-in-Chief is not in charge of an actual military operation. In the latter case, it's a general reporting to the president, in the former case it's the Sergeant at Arms and the Capitol Police Board, reporting to the speaker (s).

With regard to the decisions happening on January 6th., it seems that Paul Irving choose to ignore and delay the pleas for more support, including National Guard, by Police chief Steven Sund.

Quote: "On January 4, Capitol Police chief Steven Sund requested additional National Guard support from Irving and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael C. Stenger. That request was denied. Sund claims Irving's refusal cited concerns about "optics", though Irving disputes this claim.

On January 6 at around 1:00 p. m., hundreds of Trump supporters clashed with officers and pushed through barriers along the perimeter of the Capitol. The crowd swept past barriers and officers, with some members of the mob spraying officers with chemical agents or hitting them with lead pipes. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D–CA), aware that rioters had reached the Capitol steps, was unable to reach Capitol police chief Steven Sund by phone; Irving told Lofgren the doors to the Capitol were locked and "nobody can get in".

At 1:09, Sund called Irving and Stenger and asked them for an emergency declaration required to call in the National Guard; they both told Sund they would "run it up the chain". Irving called back with formal approval an hour later. Irving would later deny the 1:09 p. m. conversation took place, though the call was substantiated by phone records."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_D._Irving

[AviatorTom]

The National Guard is not controlled by the President, it's controlled by each state governor. In times of disaster, for example, often the President will ask the state governor to activate the National Guard. Since DC is not a state, I don't believe it has a National Guard. The best that could have happened is the DC mayor could have called in DC police.

[SnackTime]

Trump offered to send 10,000 National Guard troops to DC to protect the capital on that day. The speaker of the house turned him down. The mayor of DC turned him down. They didn’t want the capital protected on that day.

[SnackTime]

And the fact that Nancy Pelosi never even asked for help, speaks volumes, and what her intentions were.

[chrissykerdock]

it was a trap set up by the dems who control all

[SnackTime]

That's 100% correct. It's a scary thought to think there are people so stupid that they can't see this.

[worldscolide]

Because they wanted it to happen. Did you see the videos of police officers taking people on tours of the place? It screams inside job.

[SnackTime]

I saw the videos. It’s disgusting that they tried to hide camera footage for all that time. Remember that guy with the horns? They threw them in prison. The only reason he’s out is because Tucker Carlson sued to see the footage. He was the mastermind terrorist, and yet they gave him that guided tour.