the National Guard never showed up

[TomDaisy]

[cilla4progress]

1. I thought they were coming from

VA, MD?

[634-5789]

5. Apparent no-shows

[42bambi]

2. Probably on Trumps orders?!

[luv2fly]

3. NBC was showing pictures of them in the Capitol

And identifying them as national guard.

[leftieNanner]

4. I heard on NPR earlier

That the DOD initially denied the request for the National Guard to help in DC.

So, too little too late.

[dalton99a]

6. Geeez. Let them finish dinner

[dutch777]

7. Unless they were on stand by, they take a long time to get to their station, draw weapons and then..

...get somewhere in an organized fashion. The crowd was not that big or heavily armed that the police, had they been equipped and organized, could not have at least kept the mob outside of the building. Gonna be a hard conversation between Capital police and Nancy and Chuck next couple of days.

[sarisataka]

8. Why do people think the Guard is like Domino's?

They don't have a 10 minute guarantee. It takes hours to gather and deploy them.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. VA and MD NG activated by GOVs and on the way. Nt

[NewJeffCT]

10. Dept of Defense at least initially denied request to activate DC national guard

from what multiple media sources have said - probably a good idea because they would be under Trump's authority.

[spanone]

11. I thought trump called for them?

Yea, just like he invoked the Defense Production Act....NOT