‘Shut Up!’ Nancy Pelosi Loses Her Cool On Pro-Trump Influencer Asking About Jan. 6th
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lost her cool on a pro-Trump influencer on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
“Congresswoman Pelosi, are you at all concerned that the new January 6th committee will find you liable for that day?” began LindellTV’s Alison Steinberg. LindellTV is a pro-Trump media network owned by election denier Mike Lindell – the “My Pillow” founder.
“Are you at all concerned about the new January 6th committee finding you liable for that day? Why did you refuse the National Guard on January 6th?” Steinberg pressed, following Pelosi.
Pelosi eventually turned to Steinberg and said, “Shut up!”
“I did not refuse the National Guard. The president didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?” Pelosi added.
“The American people want to know. We still have questions. Thank you,” concluded Steinberg as Pelosi walked off.
Trump and his allies have long claimed that the president asked for troops to be at the U.S. Capitol or ready to be ahead of his January 6th rally – for which he invited his followers to DC, promising it “will be wild!”
Notably, Trump’s former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller testified to the House Jan. 6th committee that there was no order to have military personnel ready ahead of Jan. 6.
“I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature,” Miller told the committee.
Additionally, the idea that the DC National Guard reports to the Speaker of the House in any way is also inaccurate.
The DC National Guard reports directly to the President of the United States via the Secretary of Defense. “This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President,” reads the official website of the DC National Guard.
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