Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rambled and presented a long-discredited theory at a press conference on Tuesday that President Trump failed to install the National Guard on January 6 merely because he didn’t want, while also strangely accusing him of violating the Constitution by moving the Guard abroad without gubernatorial approval.  ,
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Pelosi asserted that the mayor’s approval prevented the president from sending in the Guard.” He has said he couldn’t, he doesn’t deliver in the Guard.” According to her,” Article 12046 of Article X states that the president cannot summon the National Guard without the governor’s approval.”
This claim has a significant flaw, not just the lack of” Article 10″ of the Constitution. She presumably confused herself because 10 U.S. Code 12406 is what she was really referring to.
In cases of rebellion, domestic violence, or immoral obstructing federal law, the president does have the right to federalize the National Guard without a president’s approval, according to 10 U.S. Code 12406. The leader may appoint the Guard to serve in the federal government, and the statute specifically mandates that purchases” shall be issued through the governors,” which is an operational procedure and not a necessity for acceptance. The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the government’s straight to nationalize the National Guard without general consent, and federal laws has long acknowledged that this is true.
. @SpeakerPelosi:” On January 6th, we begged the president of the United States to take in the National Guard. He wouldn’t do it, but he has sent the National Guard into California in a constitutionally unconstitutional manner. This photo has a lot of issues, really. photograph. twitter.com/yHfezvqNf6— CSPAN ( @cspan ) June 10, 2025
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Pelosi attempted to update both past and legal laws in spite of these information:” That is the foundation on which the government of California is suing,” she said, implying that Trump had overstepped by deploying the Guard in California. She even complained that Trump, in opposition to her own reasoning, allegedly refused to send the Guard on January 6.
Pelosi pleaded with the president of the United States to take in the National Guard in a “bipartisan approach” on January 6. He had not proceed. When law enforcement personnel were suffering, he would not only not perform it, but he would also no report it.
Additionally, that assertion contradicts the details. Prior to January 6, according to previous reports, Trump had authorized the National Guard days , which was confirmed by former acting secretary of defense Christopher Miller and then-capitol police captain Steven Sund. According to Sund, it was Pelosi’s personal Sergeant-at-Arms who, in his opinion, delayed and hampered the Guard’s implementation according to “optics.”
Sund ripped Pelosi off of this fad on Tuesday night:
FACT: On January 6, I received 11 essential calls from the National Guard, beginning at 12:58 PM. The House Lieutenant at Arms, who immediately reported to Speaker Pelosi, withheld approval for 71 hours. She caused significant delays, shifting blame to @realDonaldTrump… https ://t.co/Hg7nn0iAuH— Chief Steven Sund (@ChiefSund ) June 10, 2025
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I believe Pelosi should stop making the soup.
Pelosi blasted Trump in one mouth for not sending in the Watch when necessary. In the next, she criticizes him for sending them in despite the fact that she claims it wasn’t, while making up the false claim that he had no legal power to do so. Her attempt to blame Trump for both passivity and action reveals both the weakness of the left’s January 6 narrative and their growing need for legal certainty as lawful facts continue to undermine their arguments.
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