Opportunity Missed

For John, BLUF:  Per this report, President Trump, falsely accused of insiting Insurrection, wanted to bring troops to Capitol Hill, for security.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Trump Said He Requested 10K National Guard Troops at Capitol Prior to Riot But Was 'Rejected'

From Pajama Media, by Reporter Matt Margolis, 1 March 2021, 1:16 PM ET.

Here is the lede plus one:

Days before the Capitol riot on January 6, President Trump personally requested that 10,000 National Guard troops be deployed at the Capitol over concerns of the crowd size, he revealed on “The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton” on Fox News Sunday evening.  He said the request was denied over the optics that the troops’ presence would create.

We actually req—I requested, I said, ‘look, this rally is going to be bigger than anyone thinks,’ because everyone I’d see says, ‘we’re going to be at the rally, we’re going to be at the rally,’ and I think it was the largest crowd I’ve ever spoken to before, and I’ve spoken to very big crowds.  Hundreds of thousands of people,” Trump explained.  “And I said, ‘you should have 10,000’—I think I gave the number.  I definitely gave the number—’you should have 10,000 National Guardsman.  I think you should have 10,000 of the National Guard ready.’  They took that number, from what I understand.  They gave it to the people at the Capitol, which is controlled by Pelosi, and I heard they rejected it because it wouldn’t look good.”

This is an interesting twist on the Occupy Capitol Hill event of 6 January.

This little bit of information nudges me toward a Federal Commission to investigate OCH.  On the other hand, do we trust Speaker Pelosi to give us a fair and square investigation?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff