Is that why Nancy Pelosi refused the National Guard in the days leading up to January 6th and delayed their deployment long after the incident began? It was the job of the Capitol Police to quell the riot, right? And a fine job they did…
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world...1-capitol-riot"Ma’am, it is long past time to be honest with the American people," he wrote in a lengthy post on X. "On January 3, I requested National Guard assistance, but your Sergeant at Arms denied it. Under federal law (2 U.S.C. 1970), I was prohibited from calling them in without specific approval. That same day, Carol Corbin at the Pentagon offered National Guard support, but I was forced to decline because I lacked the legal authority.
And on the day of the riots, Sund said Pelosi delayed his requests to deploy the National Guard for "over 70 agonizing minutes.