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Politico Senior Editor Blames Trump for Failure to Call Out National Guard on J6
Newsbusters ^ | January 6, 2023 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/06/2023 3:47:02 PM PST by PJ-Comix

One of the mysteries of January 6, 2021 was why National Guard troops were not called up to protect the Capitol that day. If that had happened, the story of the lightly defended Capitol on January 6 would likely have been very different.

Well, Politico senior editor Michael Schaffer thinks he knows the reason: Trump's fault. Yes, that all-purpose liberal blame game excuse has come to the fore again as Schaffer puts it forward on Friday in "Trump Politicized the Military. Was That the Real Problem With the Jan. 6 Response?"

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blognotnews; blogpimp; donaldtrump; january6; january6th; michaelschaffer; nancypelosi; nationalguard; politico; pollutico
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Heavy security was the last thing that Nancy Pelosi wanted at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 but..... TRUMP'S FAULT!
1 posted on 01/06/2023 3:47:02 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Facts are irrelevant. As in the book 1984, the government creates its own reality for its own purposes. Doubt everything and believe only your own eyes.


2 posted on 01/06/2023 3:50:22 PM PST by Spok (They lie, we know they lie, and they know that we know they are lying. And still they lie.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Geez, give it a rest already.


3 posted on 01/06/2023 3:51:03 PM PST by OpusatFR
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I think they lied again. 🤗


4 posted on 01/06/2023 3:51:55 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: PJ-Comix

IIRC, PDJT requested NG for the Antifa attacks on the White House.


5 posted on 01/06/2023 3:54:54 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Politico is a leftist comic book, read by whining 10-year-old boys.


6 posted on 01/06/2023 3:55:09 PM PST by sergeantdave (AI is the next iteration of a copy and paste machine.)
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It was up to Pelosi to make that decision. She refused.


7 posted on 01/06/2023 3:59:55 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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I heard orange man also ordered twitter to censor political opponents


8 posted on 01/06/2023 4:00:03 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Spok

Facts being irrelevant these days I’ve been wanting to claim that George Floyd died when Kyle Rittenhouse shot him with a full auto AR-15 just to see if some idiot will buy it without even thinking.


9 posted on 01/06/2023 4:05:52 PM PST by Antihero101607
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I thought Trump did and Pelosie and the Mayor of DC (aka Deplorables Center) nixed it.
10 posted on 01/06/2023 4:08:18 PM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell..)
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> It was up to Pelosi to make that decision. <

Not really. As President, Trump was the C-in-C of the DC Guard. He didn’t need anyone’s permission - or any request - to active the DC Guard.

Nevertheless, you make a good point. If Pelosi did not see the need for the DC Guard, why should Trump?


11 posted on 01/06/2023 4:08:26 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Politcol’s Senior doesn’t understand that Trump could only offer Fed Troops; Nanc declined twice, ergo, Trump’s hands were tied. Nanc had this choreographed by using Ray Epps as the Chief instigator to encourage protesters to storm the Capitol Building. Numerous vids exist showing Epps with a bull horn as the leader of the assault. Who paid his expenses and who organized the others shown in the vids setting up the protesters to attack the Capitol. Epps is free and the Committee ignored the evidence against him then and now.


12 posted on 01/06/2023 4:10:26 PM PST by chopperk
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To: OpusatFR

Repeat a lie often enough, and..........


13 posted on 01/06/2023 4:14:19 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan (CNN)
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J-6 was the libs version of the Berlin Reichstag. Pelosi's carefully crafted and staged theatrical production will join the Nazi Reichstag in the history books.
14 posted on 01/06/2023 4:21:27 PM PST by iontheball
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IIRC, Trump offered extra security & PELOSI outright rejected ANYTHING extra.


15 posted on 01/06/2023 4:23:03 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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Simply, PELOSI’S FAULT!


16 posted on 01/06/2023 4:23:31 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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Nancy said no, she didn’t need them.

Nancy also ordered the doors opened and to let the people in.

They wanted as many people in there as they could get, to
demagogue the issue for years to come.

Sorry, this is the most overblown nonsense in a long time.


17 posted on 01/06/2023 4:28:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands)
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The Politico Senior Editor is a liar.


18 posted on 01/06/2023 4:30:48 PM PST by Parley Baer (WI)
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That’s blatant defamation and lawsuit worthy.


19 posted on 01/06/2023 4:33:26 PM PST by Skywise
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Who paid his expenses and who organized the others shown in the vids setting up the protesters to attack the Capitol. Epps is free and the Committee ignored the evidence against him then and now.

Epps was staying at a hotel in D.C.. It must have been very pricey especially since there were many more people in DC at that time than normal. Who paid for Epps' hotel tab? It would have been cheaper to have stayed at a motel outside of D.C.. That is what a normal person of modest means would do.

20 posted on 01/06/2023 4:37:38 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Sam the Scam and the Cryptos )
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