Trump controlls the NG and has to authorize them to enter the capital. Trumps claims they were authorized but Nancy as Speaker refused to call for help.Wait a second. If Nancy called in the National Guard, why are Democrats saying Trump wouldn't do anything after Nancy already had? Was Trump supposed to come on top of Nancy and ask pretty please?
Nancy claims that she and others called the commancders of the DC Guard and were told they couldnt help because they hadn't gotten clearance from the white house. The General in charge said he called the white house to get authorization from Trump , but the staff couldnt put him through to Trump (apparantly they were ordered to to put the call through)
Several others tried to get Trump to send help as well, but Trump ignored it all, while watching the attack on tv.