GOP congressman: National Guard movements show Capitol Police 'wanted' January 6 to happen

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By Matthew Chapman
Published June 08, 2022

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On Wednesday, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) proposed a new conspiracy theory about the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to CNN reporter Melanie Zanona.

Specifically, Nehls — himself a former sheriff — claimed that the movements of the National Guard on that day suggest that Capitol Police secretly wanted the attack on the Capitol. "I think the Capitol Police didn't have the National Guard here because maybe they just wanted it to happen," he said.

In fact, National Guard officials have made clear from the beginning that it was former President Donald Trump's Department of Defense that was the bottleneck in getting them deployed to help, as NPR reported at the time.

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1. And let us not forget that the brother of Michael Flynn

played a part in this fiasco. A BIG part.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Is that the "she wanted to be raped" defense?

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3. You would think a former officer of the law would know more about the chain of command,

especially when it concerns those handling his own security.

Nehls, who is running the GOP's "alternative" January 6 investigation effort, was originally one of the members proposed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to serve on the main select committee.

Oh. That explains a lot.

A lot of Republicans on the Hill are making all kinds of noise tonight, especially the usual loudmouths. I wonder what in the world has them all worked up...

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4. Nels was my sheriff out here in Fort Bend county and his malfeasance while in office is common

knowledge in these parts. He’s just a national embarrassment now, rather than a local asshole.

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5. Just blatantly trying to shift the blame

from those to be revealed, and those expendable individuals who have no say. Just throwing the Capitol Police under the bus.