CAPITOL POLICE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS KNOW HOW TO SECURE THE CAPITOL, something they routinely do for high-profile events, and they did not do it.
They did not secure the Capitol because someone at the top did not want that Capitol secured.
While some Capitol police officers acted heroically despite being inadequately provisioned, some others were less heroic, helping move barriers out of the way of invading terrorist TRAITORS, standing by and doing nothing, taking selfies with them, and letting them march peacefully out of the building instead of arresting them.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of D.C. tried to call up the DC National Guard, which requires Department of Defense authorization. TRUMP REFUSED and DENIED the request. Hours later Mike Pence, likely exceeding his authority, authorized it.
Larry Hogan, the REPUBLICAN governor of the adjacent state of Maryland offered to call up and send the Maryland National Guard. The ACTING secretary of defense, a Trump loyalist, DENIED the request. Hours later, the secretary of the Army authorized it.
The Trump people stirred up this insurrection and when it got clearly out of hand, refused to take action to contain it. Actions taken were done in defiance of, not compliance with, Trump orders.
CAPITOL POLICE AND FEDERAL OFFICERS KNOW HOW TO SECURE THE CAPITOL, something they routinely do for high-profile events, and they did not do it.
They did not secure the Capitol because someone at the top did not want that Capitol secured.
While some Capitol police officers acted heroically despite being inadequately provisioned, some others were less heroic, helping move barriers out of the way of invading terrorist TRAITORS, standing by and doing nothing, taking selfies with them, and letting them march peacefully out of the building instead of arresting them.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of D.C. tried to call up the DC National Guard, which requires Department of Defense authorization. TRUMP REFUSED and DENIED the request. Hours later Mike Pence, likely exceeding his authority, authorized it.
Larry Hogan, the REPUBLICAN governor of the adjacent state of Maryland offered to call up and send the Maryland National Guard. The ACTING secretary of defense, a Trump loyalist, DENIED the request. Hours later, the secretary of the Army authorized it.
The Trump people stirred up this insurrection and when it got clearly out of hand, refused to take action to contain it. Actions taken were done in defiance of, not compliance with, Trump orders.