{"id":2332467,"date":"2024-08-28T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-shows-pelosi-admitting-dems-totally-failed-on-j6\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:15:22","slug":"footage-shows-pelosi-admitting-dems-totally-failed-on-j6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-shows-pelosi-admitting-dems-totally-failed-on-j6\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage Shows Pelosi Admitting Dems &#8216;Totally Failed&#8217; On J6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffootage-shows-pelosi-admitting-dems-totally-failed-on-j6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2332467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u200chas expressed regret over the security \u2062failures at the Capitol during the January 6, 2021, attack, as\u200c revealed \u2063in newly surfaced video footage. The footage, recorded\u2064 by Pelosi&#8217;s daughter for an\u200c HBO documentary, captures Pelosi voicing her frustration about the lack\u200c of preparedness and the delayed deployment of the National Guard. She \u200dquestioned why the National Guard was\u200b not \u2062present from the outset and acknowledged \u200ba failure to ensure \u2063adequate security, stating,\u2063 &#8220;We\u2019ve got to take some responsibility.&#8221; This admittance follows earlier claims about her culpability in the matter. Despite being urged to deploy the National Guard prior to \u2062the event, Pelosi had rejected a White\u2064 House offer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-is-planning-to-build-military-base-just-100-miles-off-the-coast-of-florida-report\/\" title=\"Report: China plans to construct military base near Florida, just 100 miles off the coast.\">station troops<\/a> at the Capitol. The issue of her refusal has been a point of \u200ccontention, highlighted in reports by House\u2062 Republicans.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">congressional leadership<\/a> &ldquo;take some responsibility&rdquo; over the Capitol security failures on Jan. 6, 2021, in newly unearthed video footage.<\/p>\n<p>In the film taped by Pelosi&rsquo;s daughter for an HBO documentary, the California congresswoman is seen fuming about the failures to pre-emptively deploy the National Guard as she evacuates the Capitol with staff.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How many times did members ask, are we prepared? Are we prepared? We&rsquo;re not prepared for the worst,&rdquo; Pelosi said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re calling the National Guard now? They should have been here to start out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Pelosi failed on J6. She admits it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-bongino-shocked-over-new-phone-footage-capturing-trumps-would-be-assassin-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Dan Bongino shocked over new phone footage capturing Trump\u2019s would-be assassin - Washington Examiner\">newly unearthed footage<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&#8217;re calling the National Guard now? They should have been here to start out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have totally failed. We need to take some responsibility for not moving to secure&hellip;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54UKBKqoxW\">pic.twitter.com\/54UKBKqoxW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1828610877039484976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/pelosi-expressed-regret-national-guard-wasnt-pre-positioned-protect-capitol-j6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a> to Just the News, the tapes were obtained and released by the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee led by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will have totally failed,&rdquo; Pelosi said on camera, &ldquo;And we&rsquo;ve got to take some responsibility.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Previous footage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-strategizing-to-bypass-democrats-in-order-to-advance-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans strategizing to bypass Democrats in order to advance Trump&#039;s agenda - Washington Examiner\">speaker&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s evacuation on Jan. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/11\/j6-footage-shows-pelosi-expressing-regret-over-national-guard-failure-i-take-responsibility\/\">released<\/a> in June showed Pelosi admitting her own culpability in the failures to secure the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why weren&rsquo;t the National Guard there to begin with?&rdquo; Pelosi asked incredulously in the back of an SUV. &ldquo;They clearly didn&rsquo;t know, and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As speaker of the House, Pelosi had been urged to deploy the National Guard multiple times ahead of the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. Pelosi, however, refused to accept an offer from the White House at the time to station National Guard reinforcements at the Capitol, and her hand-picked panel to investigate the riot <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/08\/exclusive-liz-cheney-january-6-committee-suppressed-exonerating-evidence-of-trumps-push-for-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concealed<\/a> evidence of then-President Donald Trump&rsquo;s requests for added security.<\/p>\n<p>The former House leader&rsquo;s refusal to approve additional troops became the center of a minority <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/21\/house-republicans-expose-pelosis-culpability-in-jan-6-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;published by House Republicans in December 2022. Republican House members barred from Pelosi&rsquo;s select committee found the speaker&rsquo;s office coordinated closely with senior security officials in the run up to Jan. 6, 2021, but failed to accept support from the National Guard over concerns surrounding &ldquo;optics.&rdquo; Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, who resigned in the riot&rsquo;s aftermath, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/sund-riot-national-guard\/2021\/01\/10\/fc2ce7d4-5384-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Pelosi&rsquo;s deputies turned down requests for preemptive deployment of the National Guard six times before the date of electoral certification.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi&rsquo;s select committee refused to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/592694-pelosi-says-she-has-not-provided-any-information-to-jan-6-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">investigate<\/a>&nbsp;the House speaker and only interviewed former Police Chief Sund once over the two-year probe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was clear they wanted to get as far away as possible from any institutional failures that occurred that day or anything that put any kind of fingerprints on congressional leadership,&rdquo; Sund&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/12\/capitol-police-chief-steven-sund-says-j6-committee-interviewed-him-only-once\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;a D.C. radio program earlier this year.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on congressional leaders to &#8220;take some responsibility&#8221; for the security lapses at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as revealed in recently discovered video footage. The footage, recorded by Pelosi&#8217;s daughter for an HBO documentary, shows the California representative expressing her frustration over the lack of a preemptive National Guard deployment while she evacuates the Capitol with her staff. &#8220;How many times did members ask if we were prepared? We\u2019re not ready for the worst,&#8221; Pelosi stated. &#8220;We\u2019re only calling in the National Guard now? They should have been here from the start.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Pelosi acknowledged failures during that day in another clip: \u201cWe will have totally failed,\u201d she said, emphasizing that accountability is necessary. Earlier released footage from June also showed her recognizing her own role in failing to secure the Capitol: \u201cWhy wasn\u2019t the National Guard there initially?\u201d she questioned incredulously while being driven away. \u201cClearly they didn\u2019t know, and I take responsibility for not having them prepare more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Speaker of the House, Pelosi had received multiple requests to deploy National Guard troops ahead of Congress&#8217;s joint session on January 6 but declined an offer from then-President Trump\u2019s administration to station reinforcements at the Capitol. Additionally, her select committee investigating the riot was criticized for hiding evidence related to Trump&#8217;s security requests.<\/p>\n<p>A minority report published by House Republicans in December 2022 highlighted that Pelosi\u2019s office had coordinated closely with senior security officials leading up to January 6 but rejected offers of support from National Guard due to concerns about public perception. Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund noted that requests for preemptive deployment were turned down six times before electoral certification day.<\/p>\n<p>Sund remarked earlier this year that it was evident there was a desire among those investigating not to address any institutional failures or implicate congressional leadership regarding what transpired that day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2332468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pelosi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,3685,36978,3928,32171],"class_list":["post-2332467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-democrats","tag-january-6","tag-pelosi","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pelosi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}