Animal Doc. Lady wrote:
Thatâs BS. First off , The Capital Police let those people in. Second, there IS protocol for the police to use BEFORE DEADLY FORCE ! She was barely 5 & something & a 100lbs.!!! She wasnât even in the window ! She had NO weapons! She had a flag draped around her . She was a vet that fought for this country and for your rights , even your right to slander her name !! Did you even see the video of her before & after the shooting ? Did you watch the documentary about her , her life In her husbandâs words ? The fight he goes through each day to get justice for her ? How dare you say she basically deserves to be dead ! Also do some research! Donât you think itâs Odd that 5 of the Capital Police are dead by Suicide , 5 !! They weâre gonna talk & then ALL of a SUDDEN, they decided to kill themselves ? I would suggest that you watch whatâs going to happen NOW w the republicans in the House & watch & listen to the OTHER SIDE of the story . You might just be surprised at what really was happening there & why POLOSI didnât want the National Guard brought in , and against the advice of TRUMP. Why would Trump ask them to be present if he wanted that building compromised? You got to ask questions, you have to get the whole story & then make your mind up . But one thing for sure is , Ashli did not deserve to die that day .
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AP fact check rates GOP claim Pelosi blocked National Guard on Jan. 6 âfalseâ
BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO - 07/28/21
A recent fact check by The Associated Press found that an assertion being made by members of the House Republican Conference that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol due to security reasons is not true.
âAs Speaker of the House, Pelosi does not direct the National Guard,â the AP reported in its fact check. âFurther, as the Capitol came under attack, she and the Senate Majority leader called for military assistance, including the National Guard.â
As a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection questioned four members of law enforcement who responded to the attack on Tuesday, several members of the House GOP during media interviews attempted to pin the violence that broke out on Pelosi, saying the Capitol Complex was not properly secured.
âOn Jan. 6 these brave officers were put into a vulnerable and impossible position because the leadership at the top failed,â said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), whose appointment by McCarthy to the special committee was rejected by Pelosi, said Republicans are looking to launch their own investigation into the police response in the days leading up to and during the attack.
Pelosi did not want Jordan on the committee because she knew he would question her response to the attack, the Republican from Ohio said.
âWhy donât they want to answer the fundamental question, which is why wasnât there a better security posture on that day?â Jordan said.
Rep. Jim Banks (Ind.), another Republican whom Pelosi rejected from the panel, suggested over the weekend Pelosi was responsible for the âbreakdown of securityâ at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
âDue to the rules of the United States Capitol, the power structure of the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, has more control and authority and responsibility over the leadership of the Capitol Police than anyone else in the United States Capitol,â Banks said.
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Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Pelosi, told the AP, âOn January 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 January 6th and divert blame.â
Hammill said after the insurrection that Pelosi was never informed of a request from the House sergeant at arms not to call the guard before the attack, as her GOP critics have claimed.
âRepublicans have falsely laid the blame on Pelosi without mentioning that GOP Leader McConnell had similar authority over the security officials that day,â the AP wrote in its fact check. âBut there is no evidence that either was involved in any effort to block the National Guard before or during the insurrection.â