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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Clear the Capitol,' Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows
WASHINGTON (AP) From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to the acting defense secretary, he issued a startling demand.
Clear the Capitol, Pence said.
Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were making a similarly dire appeal to military leaders, asking the Army to deploy the National Guard.
We need help, Schumer, D-N.Y., said in desperation, more than an hour after the Senate chamber had been breached.
At the Pentagon, officials were discussing media reports that the mayhem was not confined to Washington and that other state capitals were facing similar violence in what had the makings of a national insurrection.
We must establish order, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a call with Pentagon leaders.
But order would not be restored for hours.
These new details about the deadly riot are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by The Associated Press and vetted by current and former government officials.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-army-racial-injustice-riots-only-on-ap-480e95d9d075a0a946e837c3156cdcb9
Clear the Capitol, Pence said.
Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were making a similarly dire appeal to military leaders, asking the Army to deploy the National Guard.
We need help, Schumer, D-N.Y., said in desperation, more than an hour after the Senate chamber had been breached.
At the Pentagon, officials were discussing media reports that the mayhem was not confined to Washington and that other state capitals were facing similar violence in what had the makings of a national insurrection.
We must establish order, said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a call with Pentagon leaders.
But order would not be restored for hours.
These new details about the deadly riot are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by The Associated Press and vetted by current and former government officials.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-army-racial-injustice-riots-only-on-ap-480e95d9d075a0a946e837c3156cdcb9
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'Clear the Capitol,' Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows (Original Post)
demmiblue
Apr 2021
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SoCalDavidS
(9,998 posts)1. Coward & Suck Up nt
Too bad they didn't get to him.
liberalla
(9,227 posts)2. Can't read this now, but thanks for posting!
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Hekate
(90,565 posts)3. Jesus Christ on a Trailer Hitch
Hollowed out and rotted from within. I cant even...
Marthe48
(16,908 posts)4. The article at the link is more even-handed than I feel
it reads like trump, military, etc. had reasons to hold back the National Guard. When in actuality, when did trump and his minions ever build on past experience to manage present and future?
mwooldri
(10,301 posts)5. Another argument for DC statehood.
A DC "Governor" (in quotes, maybe the DC mayor be the equivalent?) can order the DC General Guard to deploy and defend the Capitol.
IbogaProject
(2,789 posts)6. Strangely slow deployment was ok in hindsight
Strangely slow deployment was ok in hindsight
I've read the T wanted troops in order to declare an emergency. The guys at the defense dept saw it was just a bunch of mostly out of shape fools and guessed it would just wimper out. So they may have thrown off T's plans.