Pelosi did not block the National Guard from the Capitol on J*** 6
CLAIM: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked the National Guard from coming to the Capitol during the J*** 6 i**********n.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. As Speaker of the House, Pelosi does not direct the National Guard. Further, as the Capitol came under attack, she and the Senate Majority leader called for military assistance, including the National Guard.
THE FACTS: On Tuesday, a false claim about the deadly J*** 6 r**t at the Capitol resurfaced suggesting that Pelosi blocked the National Guard from coming to lawmakers’ defense during the i**********n at the Capitol.
The answer is no.
“On J****** 6th, the Speaker, a target of an assassination attempt that day, was no more in charge of Capitol security than Mitch McConnell was. This is a clear attempt to whitewash what happened on J****** 6th and divert blame,” Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Pelosi told The Associated Press in an email.
The decision on whether to call National Guard troops to the Capitol is made by what is known as the C*****l P****e Board, which is made up of the House Sergeant at Arms, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the Architect of the Capitol. The board decided not to call the guard ahead of the i**********n but did eventually request assistance after the r**ting had already begun, and the troops arrived several hours later.
The House Sergeant at Arms reports to Pelosi and the Senate Sergeant at Arms reported to McConnell, a Republican who was then Senate Majority Leader. There is no evidence that either directed the security officials not to call the guard beforehand, and Hammill said after the i**********n that Pelosi was never informed of such a request.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-order-national-guard-156055113284Trump did not sign an order to deploy 20,000 troops on J*** 6
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/i**********n-pelosi-claims-fact-check.htmlRepublicans are blaming Nancy Pelosi for the J*** 6 attack. Their claims don’t add up.
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