Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Pelosi, McConnell’s Sergeants-At-Arms Refused Security Measures While New Timeline Proves ‘Trump Incitement’ Claims Bogus

[Dacon]

"Incitement" Timeline Debunked as Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Pelosi, McConnell's Sergeants-at-Arms Refused Security Measures - The National Pulse

In addition to the fact that Trump openly called for the "cheering on" of Congressman, and "peaceful" protests, the timeline as established from numerous,

thenationalpulse.com

WaPo reported late Sunday night:

Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest.

To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup.

But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down.

In his first interview since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, Sund, who has since resigned his post, said his supervisors were reluctant to take formal steps to put the Guard on call even as police intelligence suggested that the crowd President Trump had invited to Washington to protest his defeat probably would be much larger than earlier demonstrations.

House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving said he wasn’t comfortable with the “optics” of formally declaring an emergency ahead of the demonstration, Sund said. Meanwhile, Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger suggested that Sund should informally seek out his Guard contacts, asking them to “lean forward” and be on alert in case Capitol Police needed their help.

Irving could not be reached for comment. A cellphone number listed in his name has not accepted messages since Wednesday. Messages left at a residence he owns in Nevada were not immediately returned, and there was no answer Sunday evening at a Watergate apartment listed in his name. A neighbor said he had recently moved out.

Sund recalled a conference call with Pentagon officials and officials from the D.C. government. He said on the call: “I am making an urgent, urgent immediate request for National Guard assistance… I have got to get boots on the ground.”

Yes it's the national pulse but they source WAPO, otherwise I wouldn't even bother with this.

I, don't know what to make of this information. Why would Pelosi and Mitch turn down a request for security when everyone knew there was potential for drama?

ADDENDUM: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/backup-was-denied-former-capitol-police-chief-says/

 

[CrankyJay™]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

 

[Dacon]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

How is this conspiracy? This happened.

I dont know why it happened and it's confusing.

 

[showernota]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

It’s better then a reddit post. Let’s not start being like this.

 

[Punished Miku]

VERIFY: Who controls the National Guard and how are they deployed?

DC National Guard is uniquely controlled by the federal government, and there's a process to how they are deployed. Here's a breakdown.

www.google.com

This is an informative article you should read. The Secretary of Defense or the President has to deploy the DC guard. They're different from typical state national guard units.

There are unconfirmed rumors that the Department of Defense was hesitant to deploy the DC national guard because they are the only guard directly under control of the president, and every living secretary of Defense warned of coup attempts.

The decision to not deploy more troops was clearly a mistake and I'm still waiting on the planning and performance autopsy for details.

 

[CrankyJay™]

How is this conspiracy? This happened.

I dont know why it happened and it's confusing.

Because conspiracy theories use a grain of truth to infer something larger, such as this was possibly a bipartisan effort to make Trump look bad by letting this happen.

 

[Dacon]

Because conspiracy theories use a grain of truth to infer something larger, such as this was possibly a bipartisan effort to make Trump look bad by letting this happen.

Dereliction of duty and carelessness does not a conspiracy make. Don't hurt yourself with that reach.

For all I know the officers in question may have even failed to report the request to Pelosi and Mitch in the first place.

Fact is this happened and it's worth discussion.

 

[CrankyJay™]

Dereliction of duty and carelessness does not a conspiracy make. Don't hurt yourself with that reach.

For all I know the officers in question may have even failed to report the request to Pelosi and Mitch in the first place.

Fact is this happened and it's worth discussion.

If this is true, I wouldn’t have resigned then.

 

[TheContact]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

if wapo quotes the dc police chief saying something, that's not a conspiracy theory. i believe there's a commission being done on this incident that will answer most, if not all of the questions, people have. everyone who played a part in allowing this to happen needs to face the consequences

 

[FunkMiller]

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-national-pulse/

Why didn’t you just quote the WaPo article?

 

[CrankyJay™]

if wapo quotes the dc police chief saying something, that's not a conspiracy theory. i believe there's a commission being done on this incident that will answer most, if not all of the questions, people have. everyone who played a part in allowing this to happen needs to face the consequences

Why not just post the WaPo article then?

 

[Dacon]

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-national-pulse/

This is addressed in the OP.

There's a link to the original WAPO article in the sites article.

The only reason I posted this link is because I saw it first and went ahead with it, since the original WAPO content is still present.

 

[FunkMiller]

This is addressed in the OP.

There's a link to the original WAPO article in the sites article.

The only reason I posted this link is because I saw it first and went ahead with it, since the original WAPO content is still present.

The information is the WaPo article is different from what’s reported in the Pulse story. Worth noting.

 

[Dacon]

The information is the WaPo article is different from what’s reported in the Pulse story. Worth noting.

The only real difference I see are the conclusions drawn.

I have yet to look into the timeline claims to see if there's any validity to that, but that was beside my original interest.

 

[SF Kosmo]

The National Guard was being held back by the white house regardless. It does seem arrogant/naive to think it wouldn't be necessary, or to place optics over the reality of the situation.

The timeline argument is bullshit, of course some people were at the Capitol earlier, and the surge that breached the walls arrived as the masses finally came from the rally.

 

[mashoutposse]

"Incitement" Timeline Debunked as Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Pelosi, McConnell's Sergeants-at-Arms Refused Security Measures - The National Pulse

In addition to the fact that Trump openly called for the "cheering on" of Congressman, and "peaceful" protests, the timeline as established from numerous,

thenationalpulse.com

Yes it's the national pulse but they source WAPO, otherwise I wouldn't even bother with this.

I, don't know what to make of this information. Why would Pelosi and Mitch turn down a request for security when everyone knew there was potential for drama?

This is quite the spin.

Suffice it to say, neither Nancy Pelosi nor Mitch McConnell denied support from the DC National Guard.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Independent investigation into the events of the 6th needs to happen. There are so many unknowns.

Dacon addt'l source here if you want to update the OP:

Backup was denied, former Capitol Police chief says

WASHINGTON - Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into the District of Columbia in protest. To...

www.seattletimes.com

 

[FunkMiller]

The only real difference I see are the conclusions drawn.

I have yet to look into the timeline claims to see if there's any validity to that, but that was beside my original interest.

The conclusions that Pelosi or McConnell were in any way involved you mean?

 

[Dacon]

Independent investigation into the events of the 6th needs to happen. There are so many unknowns.

Dacon addt'l source here if you want to update the OP:

Backup was denied, former Capitol Police chief says

WASHINGTON - Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into the District of Columbia in protest. To...

www.seattletimes.com

On it

 

[Mista K]

It seems obvious to me that they didn’t have enough security there, which is dumb for everyone in charge because there was about a month notice

 

[TheContact]

Why not just post the WaPo article then?

he did it's in the OP (in the quote)

 

[Dacon]

The conclusions that Pelosi or McConnell were in any way involved you mean?

The officials in question answer directly to them, it's not a stretch to assume they were consulted on the decision.

 

[tillbot8]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

Ive seen this yesterday from Leftists, expect more of this scumbag tactic for anytime something goes against their puritan wrong think standards. Give these brown shirts an inch....well history shows us what happens. Even happened on this exact site before for christs sake!

 

[Dacon]

Ive seen this yesterday from Leftists, expect more of this scumbag tactic for anytime something goes against their puritan wrong think standards. Give these brown shirts an inch....well history shows us what happens. Even happened on this exact site before for christs sake!

what

 

[CrankyJay™]

he did it's in the OP (in the quote)

No, we just get to endure the bullshit notion that Trump didn’t incite this as a bonus.

 

[tillbot8]

what

I responded to a Leftist who wants any info that goes against their narritive to be shut down, and hide behind a policy enacted for good faith purposes. They want to control the news and punish anyone who submits a diffrent viewpoint. It happened before and want this will happen again. Neogaf nearly died because of them.

 

[SpartanN92]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

So everything you don’t like is a conspiracy post now huh? Give you guys and inch and you take a mile.
Y’all are gonna abuse the shit out of this rule in order to get certain posters banned.

 

[CrankyJay™]

So everything you don’t like is a conspiracy post now huh? Give you guys and inch and you take a mile.
Y’all are gonna abuse the shit out of this rule in order to get certain posters banned.

I'm pretty sure that's up to the moderation team to decide.

 

[tillbot8]

I'm pretty sure that's up to the moderation team to decide.

So why are you bringing it up then? .....We all know why you little weasel.

 

[tfur]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

Everything you disagree with is not a conspiracy theory. Your whole mode here is to use that term to deride something you want silenced.

 

[CrankyJay™]

So why are you bringing it up then? .....We all know why you little weasel.

Because I can? Agree with it or not. The OP posted a questionable source and even acknowledged it, and used the WaPo link as an excuse to go ahead with it.

I'll call that bullshit out all day long.

 

[tillbot8]

Because I can? Agree with it or not. The OP posted a questionable source and even acknowledged it, and used the WaPo link as an excuse to go ahead with it.

I'll call that bullshit out all day long.

So you defend yourself with a veiled mods halp post. Questionable > Conspiracy. We all know your game, we have seen it too many times before from soy infused beta cucks. Tell us more about how weak you are.

 

[CrankyJay™]

So you defend yourself with a veiled mods halp post. Questionable > Conspiracy. We all know your game, we have seen it too many times before from soy infused beta cucks. Tell us more about how weak you are.

All you're doing is policing my policing. Nice name-calling though, lol.

 

[tillbot8]

All you're doing is policing my policing. Nice name-calling though, lol.

Yes your policing, finally you admit it. Its a forum not your echo chamber, act accordingly.

 

[tichamac]

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-national-pulse/

Why didn’t you just quote the WaPo article?

Why link that as if it's some unquestionable arbiter of bias? It's not. It's another far left activist pretending to be anything but. Compare and contrast their descriptions of The Root and The Daily Stormer. Notice how only one of them is labeled a "racist hate site" while the other has nothing negative listed at all?

 

[Zefah]

"But aren't conspiracies banned?" hall monitor derails are going to be the norm around here for a while, huh?

This forum has a report button. If you think something is breaking the rules and it bothers you that much, why not use it and let the mods sort it out?

 

[SF Kosmo]

Independent investigation into the events of the 6th needs to happen. There are so many unknowns.

Dacon addt'l source here if you want to update the OP:

Backup was denied, former Capitol Police chief says

WASHINGTON - Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into the District of Columbia in protest. To...

www.seattletimes.com

Yeah, we really need a congressional hearing and investigation. It's possible it was incompetence/arrogance, but if it ties back to the white house that's something the people need to know.

 

[SpartanN92]

"But aren't conspiracies banned?" hall monitor derails are going to be the norm around here for a while, huh?

This forum has a report button. If you think something is breaking the rules and it bothers you that much, why not use it and let the mods sort it out?

The problem is who decides what the conspiracies are?
These damn Reeeeturners are gonna make it any source that isn’t MSNBC/CNN and any store that is remotely positive for President Trump.

 

[Ornlu]

Because conspiracy theories use a grain of truth to infer something larger, such as this was possibly a bipartisan effort to make Trump look bad by letting this happen.

Sounds like you're floating the conspiracy theory that the poster you've quoted was inferring something larger.

No, we just get to endure the bullshit notion that Trump didn’t incite this as a bonus.

Sounds like another conspiracy theory!

 

[CrankyJay™]

Sounds like another conspiracy theory!

It’s literally in the thread/article title the OP linked to.

 

[OrtizTwelve]

I can't believe we have continual nonsense trying to deflect blame away from Trump and therefore create more conspiracy theories. So much delusion and mental illness going on here.

No, Trump didn't directly plan and orchestrate what occurred at the capitol. But his continued nonsense and lies over the past few months indirectly fanned the flames for his already cuckoo base to snap and conduct themselves like animals.

What occurred that day is unacceptable regardless of party affiliation and cause. That's the kind of stuff that happens in banana republics.

 

[tillbot8]

I can't believe we have continual nonsense trying to deflect blame away from Trump and therefore create more conspiracy theories. So much delusion and mental illness going on here.

No, Trump didn't directly plan and orchestrate what occurred at the capitol. But his continued nonsense and lies over the past few months indirectly fanned the flames for his already cuckoo base to snap and conduct themselves like animals.

What occurred that day is unacceptable regardless of party affiliation and cause. That's the kind of stuff that happens in banana republics.

So you admit he didnt incite it.. but you 'FEEL' like he did. Banana republics bend over for the dictator, the opposite is happening here.The right is held to a higher standard then the left objectively (goes to show how little the Left think of themselves). What occurred last Summer was also unacceptable but nothing happened, what changed?

 

[infinitys_7th]

I can't believe we have continual nonsense trying to deflect blame away from Trump and therefore create more conspiracy theories. So much delusion and mental illness going on here.

No, Trump didn't directly plan and orchestrate what occurred at the capitol. But his continued nonsense and lies over the past few months indirectly fanned the flames for his already cuckoo base to snap and conduct themselves like animals.

What occurred that day is unacceptable regardless of party affiliation and cause. That's the kind of stuff that happens in banana republics.

Yes, leftists never stormed legislatures before. Certainly not in the past 4 years.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Dang, a page full of screeching "conspiracy" in light of the new rule change.

Gettin easier to see who the sycophants are. But surely this will improve Politics board and encourage quality conversation on current events.

 

[rorepmE]

I can't believe we have continual nonsense trying to deflect blame away from Trump and therefore create more conspiracy theories. So much delusion and mental illness going on here.

No, Trump didn't directly plan and orchestrate what occurred at the capitol. But his continued nonsense and lies over the past few months indirectly fanned the flames for his already cuckoo base to snap and conduct themselves like animals.

What occurred that day is unacceptable regardless of party affiliation and cause. That's the kind of stuff that happens in banana republics.

In system of law/criminal justice, criminal intent is needed.

That's why someone driving down the freeway over the speed limit while live streaming to facebook isn't going to be charged with murder if they end up killing someone (and assuming they live themselves). Despite the possible deadly out come.

 

[NeilH1982]

I thought conspiracy posts in the politics forum were banned. Why would Pelosi would McConnell potentially put themselves in harms way?

Instead of all jumping on this poster just report him for moderation. Weaponising the new rule is an actionable offense. He'll get a warning and hopefully learn his lesson

 

[Arkam]

Yeah, we really need a congressional hearing and investigation. It's possible it was incompetence/arrogance, but if it ties back to the white house that's something the people need to know.

What? So its only worth knowing if Trump is to blame? Is that really what you mean? I would like to believe it is either important and worth investing or it is not, regardless of responsible party.
And not sure how anyone can say that Congressional hearings or "investigation" will help (anything but political partisanship) with a straight face? The last decade should make that painfully clear to even a passing observer.

 

[infinitys_7th]

Dang, a page full of screeching "conspiracy" in light of the new rule change.

Gettin easier to see who the sycophants are. But surely this will improve Politics board and encourage quality conversation on current events.

Every thread on a story now has the first page taken up with troglodytes screeching about it being a "conspiracy theory".

 

[e&e]

So you admit he didnt incite it.. but you 'FEEL' like he did. Banana republics bend over for the dictator, the opposite is happening here.The right is held to a higher standard then the left objectively (goes to show how little the Left think of themselves). What occurred last Summer was also unacceptable but nothing happened, what changed?

Read properly.

Also, POTUS incited the riot on Wednesday! Donating more to him will help him more than what you are doing here.

 

[StormCell]

Because conspiracy theories use a grain of truth to infer something larger, such as this was possibly a bipartisan effort to make Trump look bad by letting this happen.

That's politics defined. You're not getting around this.