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“D.C. has requested the National Guard, and it’s been denied by DOD. I’d like to know a good fucking reason why it’s been denied,” Schumer can be seen telling then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on the phone. “We need them fast. We’ve all had to, I’ve never seen anything like this. We’re like a third-world country here. We had to run and evacuate the Capitol.”that he called in the Guard but was blocked by Pelosi. She had no authority over the National Guard in D.C.; Trump did.
An urgent Schumer then repeatedly asks acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen in his “law enforcement responsibility” if he’ll persuade Trump to make the rioters leave but appears dissatisfied with Rosen’s response.Mike Pence , “And we were disappointed that the fact that it took so long to approve the National Guard. But I’m glad to hear that that’s at least moving.”Rep. Jason Crow told MSNBC host Katy Tur that the footage is “a stark reminder for everybody about the chaos, the brutality, the violence of that day. We can’t forget what happened. We can’t forget the fragility sometimes of our system. ... This was an insurrection. There’s no other way to classify it.
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