New footage by documentary film maker Alexandria Pelosi during the January 6th Republican-led domestic terrorist attack shows three Congressional leaders–Democratic then-Speaker of the House Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell–trying frantically to get National Guard troops to respond to the violence at the Capitol, Politico reports.
The footage was turned over to the House Republican weaponization committee on a vendetta against House members and staffers who dared investigate Republicans and Donald Trump for their criminal activity. Unfortunately for Republicans, the footage seems to contradict Trump’s claims that he tried to station the National Guard to the Capitol, but that Pelosi stopped him.
“You’re going to ask me–in the middle of the thing when they’ve already breached the inaugural stuff , ‘Should we call … the National Guard?’” Pelosi asked in astonishment while they rode in an SUV evacuating them to Fort McNair, the old Washington Arsenal. “Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?” Later, Schumer is shown talking on the phone with then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, asking if he denied a request for the National Guard. McConnell is seen talking to state governors asking them to deploy their Guards. Republican House Minority Leader at the time, Kevin McCarthy, was not assisting.