Again, the actual "plan" that was getting communicated amongst the insurrectionists involved the NG being used by the POS under the Insurrection Act.old salt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:25 pmTheir Sergeants-at-Arms denied the CPB's advance request for NG support, on their behalf.Kismet wrote: ↑Mon Oct 17, 2022 11:49 am
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/politics ... index.html
There is clarification about the National Guard and how it can be used that confirms Salty's assertion that it needs to be activated but not deployed. It also indicates that neither McConnell nor Pelosi declined to activate the NG (and Miller should know as he was at NYPD on that day).
DoD offered, in advance, carte blanche NG support, to both the CPB & DC Mayor.
All they had to do was go on record requesting it.
Trump may have wanted the cover of having been requested to have them in place...he certainly didn't 'need' that 'request' 'on record' the prior summer.
I'm also not sure, though less sure, that anyone declined, much less did so with McConnell or Pelosi's knowledge, or even "on their behalf" without their knowledge.
If we believe Sund entirely, the SA's didn't request NG (not their or Sund's job really) but they did ask how fast the response could be...but their view was that no one was actually expecting a violent assault on the Capitol itself...not knowing what Trump was going to do to egg them on...
Mistake to not suspect Trump and the Willard crew were going to urge the violence as they did....in reaction to Pence's refusal to go along with their coup charade.