Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is setting the record straight regarding former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) claims about the events of January 6, 2021.
Pelosi once again accused President Donald Trump of refusing to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Speaking at a press conference, Pelosi described the recent lawlessness in Los Angeles as people getting lost in “the exuberance of the moment.”
In the California city, leftist rioters have thrown deadly objects at police, torched cars, and caused general violent destruction.
Even as she downplayed the anti-ICE riots, Pelosi attempted to paint Trump as being soft on political violence.
She tried contrasting his aggressive response to the chaos in LA with his actions on Jan. 6.
“In a bipartisan way, on Jan. 6 — with violence against the Constitution, against the Congress and against the United States Capitol — we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard,” Pelosi told reporters.
“He would not do it.”
In a series of posts on X, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said he made multiple requests for National Guard support before Jan. 6.
Sund confirmed that those requests were ignored.
Those requests went to the House Sergeant at Arms, who reported to Pelosi at the time.
Sund highlighted a video clip of Pelosi saying she takes “full responsibility” for not doing more to prepare.
“ACT: On January 3, I made multiple requests for the assistance of the National Guard to help secure the Capitol on January 6 and was DENIED each time, leaving us underprepared for the attack,” Sund wrote.
According to Sund, Pelosi withheld National Guard support for 71 minutes after he requested it at 12:58 p.m. on Jan. 6.
Pelosi has since tried to deflect blame for her failures onto Trump, Sund said.
While they claim Trump was too slow to react on Jan. 6, Democrats are simultaneously denouncing his efforts to restore order in Los Angeles by sending in the National Guard.
They claim Trump is escalating tensions.
However, it’s clear that Democrats simply either do not see the rioting as a problem or they want the riots to continue for political gains to provoke a more aggressive response from Trump.
According to Pelosi, the people attacking police and destroying property are just feeling “exuberant.”
Corporate media outlets are also making light of the violence.
Many are returning to the “mostly peaceful riots” framing that dominated news coverage in the summer of 2020.
Of course, if the Democrats and their allies can frame the riots as “peaceful,” then it makes Trump’s military response appear overly aggressive, conveniently fitting in with their “authoritarian” narrative.
It’s clear that Pelosi believes violence is a justified response to the Trump administration.
Her mollycoddling of the LA rioters says it all.
At the same time, Pelosi continues to stoke outrage over the Jan. 6 “insurrection,” dredging up old lies to attack Trump over the events of that day.
She has no shame.
