Rep. Jim Jordan's false claim that Pelosi denied a request for National Guard troops

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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
When Jim Jordan tweeted last month that Pelosi had rejected National Guard support for the Capitol in the days before Jan. 6, he was basing that claim on ... nothing.

Analysis | Rep. Jim Jordan’s false claim that Pelosi denied a request for National Guard troops
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) made a startling claim based on zero evidence
washingtonpost.com
6:01 AM · Mar 1, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/01/jordans-false-claim-that-pelosi-denied-request-national-guard-troops/

Though the Capitol Hill insurrection was inspired by former president Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election and mounted by his followers, some Republicans have tried to pin the blame elsewhere. One prominent target is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), as this tweet indicates.

We were convinced by House Republican staff to hold off on fact-checking this tweet before last week’s testimony by key figures in the Capitol Hill security during the Jan. 6 events. But if anything, that testimony further undermined Jordan’s widely circulated tweet.

(Jordan also tweeted it “took over an hour” to get approval on Jan. 6 for National Guard support from “Pelosi’s team” after a request was made. We will hold off on fact-checking that, because there continues to be a gap between phone records and individual recollections of the calls. But the New York Times reported that video indicates Pelosi approved the request on the spot once the request was passed to her.)

The Facts

There are three key players here: Steven A. Sund, the U.S. Capitol Police chief; Paul D. Irving, the House sergeant-at-arms, and Michael C. Stenger, the Senate sergeant-at-arms. All three resigned under pressure after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

At issue is what they discussed on Jan. 4, two days before the Capitol riot. Jordan refers to Irving as “her Sergeant at Arms,” but Irving, a former Secret Service supervisor, had been appointed in 2012 by then-House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

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[exboyfil]

1. One takeaway is you can't have a triumvirate responsible for Security

The one player not mentioned is the Capitol architect who, along with the two Sgt at Arms, hires the Police Chief. He is a Trump appointee of course.

[HUAJIAO]

2. He wears his mask below his dick just to antagonize.....

[RAB910]

3. The House needs to punish him for these lies

we can't keep allowing Republicans to attack our nation with their lies

[Me.]

4. WHAT?

"We were convinced by House Republican staff to hold off on fact-checking this tweet before last week’s testimony"

WaPo in cahoots with Cons to the point that they are being led around by the nose regarding the truth?

Would they have done the same for a Dem?

[crickets]

7. +1

[Me.]

8. Lies All Over The Place

and my question remains...would they hold off fact checking if it was a Dem involved?

[MurrayDelph]

5. That's why he doesn't wear a jacket

Dry cleaning costs would be too high after pulling his daily facts.

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Gym exposes his inner Nazi

Way to go, liar.