Did Pentagon not send National Guard on 1/6 because they feared Trump would invoke Insurrection Act?

[FelineOverlord]

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[FelineOverlord]

1. Did Pentagon not send National Guard on 1/6 because they feared Trump would invoke Insurrection Act?

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I don't trust anything Miller says personally ...

Why would he need to cite 'media stories' concerning something ... that was supposedly actually said ... TO HIM?

Either he was being pressured, or he was not. So why did he not just say 'these things were/were not actually said to me'? That's what should matter to him, in his position. He shouldn't be making decisions of this magnitude based on the media.

Sounds sketchy to me, a way to weasel out of responsibility for his inaction.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. +1

I think that's an accurate surmise.

[Irish_Dem]

4. I had the same reaction.

Are we being played once again.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. It's possible however that he feels, for some reason, that he cannot admit that he WAS

being pressured, and is using the 'media stories' routine as a tacit admission to it's validity.

Which is arguably an even bigger story. And lame if he won't just admit it outright.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes he was most likely pressured and doesn't want to admit it directly.

He doesn't want the wrath of Trump to come down on him.

I am not quite buying his refusal to give Trump what he wanted was entirely for altruistic reasons. His story has the smell of CYA.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. +1000 not buying either (nt)

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Or was it quick thinking to CYA?

"We didn't call out the Guard... becaaause... uhhhh... we didn't want Trump to use them to cause bloodshed." That's the ticket!

[FelineOverlord]

6. I don't trust Miller either

Milley and Haspel I might believe, but not Miller