re: Kash Patel just dropped a new video regarding why the National Guard was not used J6!

quote:

---

He did not need to. The Capitol and areas around it are federal grounds as such Bowser had NO say and deployments of troops are the purview solely of the Executive Branch. So ole Nance was not in a position to approve or not approve.

---

It’s always good to set time restrictions when searching the internet since the mainstream media today is really state media. So I did some searching…

In the months after 9/11, the DC National Guard was deployed to the Capitol for added security (see: CNN and UPI). Both articles note that congressional leaders and the Capitol Police had to approve the deployment.

During the George Floyd riots, Trump sent the DC National Guard to protect federal monuments (see: CNN), much to the chagrin of Bowser.

However, Bowser did request and was granted DC National Guard help with protecting the city in the run up to Jan 6 (see: Politico).

This boils down to—yes, the president controls the DC National Guard but he doesn’t control the Capitol building/complex (Congress does) nor the Capitol Police. If he wants to deploy the DC National Guard to protect the Capitol, Congress (or, rather, their leaders) and the Capitol Police need to approve.