Difference between revisions of "Save America March 2021"
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According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', on Monday January 4, 2021 [[Capitol Police]] Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into [[Washington, D.C.]] in peaceful protest. Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. [[National Guard]] be placed on standby for quick backup. Sund said they turned him down.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html</ref> | According to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', on Monday January 4, 2021 [[Capitol Police]] Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into [[Washington, D.C.]] in peaceful protest. Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. [[National Guard]] be placed on standby for quick backup. Sund said they turned him down.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sund-riot-national-guard/2021/01/10/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:01, January 11, 2021
On January 6, 2021 the event Save America March took place in Washington D.C.
The march was infiltrated by Antifa insurrectionists who led an assault on the U.S. Capitol building.
While President Trump was addressing a crowd of peaceful protesters a mile and half away from the Capitol building, and stressing the need for a peaceful assembly, Antifa terrorists were transported into the midst of a small group assembled outside the U.S. Capitol. Capital Police then lifted the crowd barriers and allowed everyone to assemble on and near the Capitol steps. Antifa operatives then began assaulting police, MSM journalists, and started breaking windows on the building. Capitol Police then opened the doors allowed the crowd into the building.
According to the Washington Post, on Monday January 4, 2021 Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington, D.C. in peaceful protest. Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby for quick backup. Sund said they turned him down.[1]
Pentagon officials said the Capitol Police did not request D.C. National Guard ahead of the protest.[2]