{"id":28274,"date":"2024-06-11T02:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=28274"},"modified":"2024-06-11T02:25:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:25:39","slug":"gop-releases-jan-6-clip-of-pelosi-saying-i-take-responsibility-as-she-discussed-national-guard-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=28274","title":{"rendered":"GOP releases Jan. 6 clip of Pelosi saying ‘I take responsibility’ as she discussed National Guard absence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A previously-unreleased video taken on Jan. 6, 2021 shows then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., saying she takes “responsibility” for law enforcement’s lack of preparedness when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol<\/u><\/a> that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Tweet on X by a House Republican panel<\/u><\/a> contains video that appears to show a frustrated Pelosi being evacuated from the Capitol complex and in intense conversation with Chief of Staff Terri McCullough about how the evacuation was conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have responsibility, Terri. We did not have any accountability for what was going on there. And we should have,” Pelosi says in the video, which was reviewed in its original form by Fox News Digital. “This is ridiculous. You\u2019re going to ask me in the middle of the thing when they\u2019ve already breached\u2026that, should we call the Capitol Police? I mean the National Guard? Why weren\u2019t the National Guard there to begin with?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her aide appeared to reply that Capitol security did believe they were prepared, to which Pelosi continued, “They clearly didn\u2019t know, and I take responsibility for not having them just prepared for more.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelosi then appears to take a shot at former President Trump’s supporters, who ransacked part of the Capitol including her office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s stupid that we should be in a situation like this, because they thought they had what- they thought these people would act civilized? They thought these people would give a damn?” Pelosi said. “What is it that is missing here in terms of anticipation? They give us a piece of paper that says walk through the tunnel, don\u2019t walk outside. That\u2019s your preparation?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When reached for comment on the video, a spokesperson for Pelosi told Fox News Digital, “Numerous independent fact-checkers have confirmed again and again that Speaker Pelosi did not plan her own assassination on January 6th.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As the footage in its entirety plainly shows, Speaker Pelosi sprang into action in response to the attack on the Capitol \u2014 mobilizing the defense of the Capitol, urging the Administration to deploy the National Guard and coordinating the continuity of government.  Cherry-picked, out-of-context clips do not change the fact that the Speaker of the House is not in charge of the security of the Capitol Complex \u2014 on January 6th or any other day of the week,” the spokesperson said. “Three years later, House Republicans are still attempting to whitewash the deadly insurrection.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Republicans<\/u><\/a>, however, say the clip undercuts Pelosi’s assertions that Trump was to blame for the Jan. 6 riot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pelosi\u2019s J6 Select Committee spent taxpayer\u2019s money chasing false political narratives and using Hollywood producers for their \u2018investigation.\u2019 Her admission of responsibility directly contradicts their own narrative,” tweeted Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., chair the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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