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There is literally a letter in which she states: "To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourag

There is literally a letter in which she states: "To be clear, the District of Columbia is not requesting other federal law enforcement personnel and discourages any additional deployment without immediate notification to, and consultation with, MPD if such plans are underway." From her twitter: https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346530358674792466%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fnews%2Fd-c-mayor-says-capitol-needed-more-robust-police-presence-after-rejecting-federal-assistance-pre-riot%2F https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1346530358674792466?r...

dragontamer 6y ago
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-between-agencies-hampered-forceful-response-11610242709 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-capitol-riot-communications-... Bowser was part of the group calling for reinforcements at 1:30pm. As we all know, National Guard (under orders from Pence) didn't arrive until 5:40pm. The National Guard's superiors are the DoD and the President, not the Mayor. Approval of DC National Guard reinforcements was ultimately a job that was squarely in the Trump Administration's responsibility. ------ It is clear that everyone underestimated the scope of the threat on 1/5th. But virtually everyone who was "near" the Capitol was going full-on panic mode by 2:30 (when the building was fully breached). Well, everyone except the DoD / DC National Guard for some reason. Hopefully that issue gets further investigated and we figure out what the hell happened there.