They act like the National Guard is like a fire department waiting to respond. The time to request the national guard is 24 hours before you are going to need them at minimum. They were offered the help 2 or 3 days before 1/6 and refused and then when the guard did not arrive in a few minutes they complain.
On January 1, the FBI notified Pelousi (or her staff),
and McConnell (or his staff) of chatter that the FBI had heard
that there were groups of potentially violent demonstrations planning on demonstrating
at the Capital on January 6th, coinciding with a large group of 'Pro-Trump' citizens.
The fact that there was a large political gathering of several thousands of people were some 16 -20 blocks away never seemed to occur to them (intentional ignorance ?).
The fact that no action was taken by either the House or Senate leaders ( or their staff)
reminds me of "the Clinton - Benghazi protest" where there was inadequate security response, or reinforcements were told to "Stand Down".
Gee ! I wonder where the Dims and the GOPe learned about running "False Flag incidents" ?
And now both the Dims and the GOPe wonder why a group of unarmed protesters were opposed to rule gamesmanship in the last days before a Federal election,
and were trespassing on government property.
That is the offense that all the demonstrators should be charged with violating : criminal trespass on Federal property without an admission ticket.
The actual insurrection occurred some four years earlier with the "Resist Movement", and neither movement was armed, to where it qualified as an insurrection.
It is just another case of Federal "overreach" through 'word-smith' antics.