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Shithead Keven McCarthy owes Speaker Pelosi and Fox News viewers an apology and a correction. Of course he won't do that.https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/nancy-pelosi-role-in-deploying-the-national-guard-capitol-january-6-kevin-mccarthy/65-056da916-4233-4c69-8e4d-4152800d1554
The politicization of the events that day continued on "The Ingraham Angle" where House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) implied that the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), had some role in keeping the National Guard from protecting the U.S. Capitol.
A clip posted to Twitter with more than 350,000 views shows Rep. McCarthy questioning, "was there a decision by the Speaker not to have the National Guard at the Capitol that day?"
We're verifying if his implication that Rep. Pelosi chose not to deploy the National Guard is rooted in fact.
THE QUESTION
Did Nancy Pelosi have a role in deploying the National Guard to the U.S. Capitol on January 6?
THE SOURCE
District of Columbia National Guard
THE ANSWER
No. The D.C. National Guard is controlled solely by the President and is sometimes delegated to the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the Army.
WHAT WE FOUND
Out of 54 National Guard units in the United States, the D.C. National Guard is the only one which reports solely to the President of the United States; at the time of the Capitol riots, that was Donald J. Trump. The president can authorize the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the Army to activate the guard; that was Christopher Miller (acting) and Ryan McCarthy.
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's implication that the Speaker of the House had any power over the activation of the D.C. National Guard is not rooted in fact. Simply put, she does not hold the power to activate them.
The District of Columbia's lack of statehood meant that Mayor Muriel Bowser needed to request that the federal government activate the National Guard to assist Capitol Police and D.C. Police in protecting the U.S. Capitol from rioters. A National Guard press release says Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller activated troops.
That afternoon, the D.C. Council said in a statement on Twitter that the mayor's request to activate the National Guard had been denied by the Department of Defense.
It took hours for Department of Defense officials to deploy the National Guard, and even longer for the 1,000+ troops to arrive.
In the days ahead of January 6th, the U.S. Capitol Police said they would not be requesting extra assistance from the National Guard. But, there's no evidence that any elected officials had a say in the Capitol Police decision.
Bettie
(16,089 posts)except him to double down on the lie. That's what they do.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why didn't he call out the Guard instead of skittering back to the White House to watch the unfolding riot and tell the lawless mob that he loved them?
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)in his mind he was watching a "Love-Fest!"
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)CousinIT
(9,239 posts)Link to tweet
Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)... he is deplorable. Kevin McCarthy wants to investigate the intended victims of 1/6. This means he believes they were the villains... making he, Crooked Donald, and his MAGA terrorists the heroes.
brush
(53,764 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 24, 2021, 08:31 PM - Edit history (1)
But he wants to be Speaker so bad he'll lie his ass off every time he thinks it'll help him reach that goal.
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:12 PM - Edit history (1)
THAT is what keeps Kevin going........
ShazzieB
(16,368 posts)At this point in time, the truth about the insurrection is not something KM is concerned with. The only thing he cares about is keeping his lord and master TFG happy, and keeping TFG happy is antithetical to getting to the bottom of what happened on 1/6.
Ever since that "ring" kissing trip to Mar-a-Lago in January, KM has been making a disgustingly pathetic spectacle of himself and showing all of us what a weak, corrupt, spineless jellyfish he is. The man has no principles, morals, ethics, or scruples, just blind allegiahce to the worst potus in the nation's history.
I have more respect for pond scum than I do for Kevin McCarthy right now. Pond scum can't help being pond scum; it doesn't have a choice. Humans (supposedly) do have a choice, and we are responsible for the choices we make.
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)Simple, no?
brush
(53,764 posts)intentionally if you ask me. Both Schumer and Pelosi desperately tried to get the Nat'l Guard deployed but trump appointees denied and delayed approval. Perhaps they wanted the insurrectionists to have more time for their dirty deeds?
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)Unless, just plain ol damn fucking STUPIDITY!
Brother Buzz
(36,416 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)Response to brush (Reply #10)
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CentralMass
(15,265 posts)They along with their propaganda machine at Fox News are a pack pack of lying scumbags.
grumpyduck
(6,232 posts)If the people going to the Capitol that day were tourists, and the whole thing was peaceful, why would the Capitol need protection?
Kevin, get your fucking head out of your fucking ass.
Or not. Maybe that's where it belongs.
calimary
(81,220 posts)brush
(53,764 posts)YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)Not!
Bakajanaiyo!!!
ancianita
(36,023 posts)knowing they're stupid enough to believe what he says, whether he knows what he's talking about or not.
If he says anything bad about Pelosi, they believe it no matter the facts.
Trump's got him grooming them to see Pelosi and Harris as the new targets of their "lock her up!" chanting. Pelosi this year, then Harris in 2024.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)They hate Liz Cheney now. There are no prominent women in the republican party are there? So they think going after vice president Harris is it soft target. Or that Nancy Pelosi is a soft target. They are about to get their asses handed to them, just watch.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)I can't wait to see that.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,815 posts)He intentionally lied to continue spreading fascist propaganda for an specific audience, (MAGAts.)
Sugarcoated
(7,722 posts)The traitorous right have many more...just read these on a social media post on PBS's fb page:
".....there were groups posing a threat Congress a.k.a. Nancy Pelosi is in charge of the security of the capital.
Congress a.k.a. Nancy Pelosi did not allow the National Guard to be at the capital instead they were down the street at a parking lot. they were not allowed to be armed? and all there gear was in a trailer 5 miles away
Fact they found IUDs on capital properties that morning and Congress a.k.a. Nancy Pelosi did nothing to protect the capital or his people there are many more facts that you need to look at and maybe youll come to a reasonable idea of what really could have happened things arent always as they appear when you have corruption running the show"
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)What does IUDs have to do with Jan 6th? Was it a truck load of new ones, or some used ones that fell out?
Sugarcoated
(7,722 posts)as is the frequently the case with right wing lying.
PBS has an open forum where anyone can comment on the articles they post, just like what many media sites offer after articles posted on their official websites.
niyad
(113,259 posts)how to spell.)
ShazzieB
(16,368 posts)Pretty hilarious mistake, imnsho!
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)That is all
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)... in such situations, then who and with what authority were they called in the end?
William Seger
(10,778 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)Instead, he wants to muddy the waters and delegitimatize the investigation before it begins.
Same thing Bill Barr did with the Mueller report. Get out ahead of it.
It's an old bureaucrat's trick, and it still works on many people.
calimary
(81,220 posts)Very simple. Just like his mind is.
panader0
(25,816 posts)To me, this hints that trump and Miller both knew what was coming and were actively supporting it.
crickets
(25,962 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)I cannot believe how stupid the other side is.
I almost fell on the floor when I heard some knuckle dragger on TV, yowling that the Biden administration was at fault for January 6th. One of the talking heads did immediately point out that - um - excuse me - there WAS NO Biden administration on January 6th! The Biden administration didn't even exist until Joe Biden was sworn on - on January 20th. Two weeks later.
Un-fucking-believable...
With opponents THAT stupid, I'm frankly surprised they win any elections at all.