Video destroys Trump's lie about 1/6 response

Newly released video confirms Trump lied on the campaign trail about his response to the 1/6 attack.

Trump waited three hours to respond to the 1/6 attack.

NEW videos released by a US House committee show Nancy Pelosi reacting to the January 6 attack. He talks about Trump's impeachment and calls him an “internal enemy”.

The video highlights what a January 6 House committee found. Trump waited 3 hours before responding to his supporters who attacked the police. pic.twitter.com/EIOolRPPrD

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Scott McFarlane from CBS News reported.

Nancy Pelosi talks about immediate impeachment of Donald Trump and saying he must pay a price for January 6th. And at one point in the video, she can be heard calling him an internal enemy in the White House and encouraging calls for the 25th Amendment to remove him.

He also heard blasts at some Capitol security officials who would have been fired hours after the Jan. 6 attack. But this puts it all in context. But the Jan. 6 House Select Committee found two years ago that it was Trump who waited three hours before calling supporters who were attacking police to leave that day.

In the video, Pelosi is heard asking why the National Guard wasn't at the Capitol already. Pelosi also said members of Congress kept asking if Capitol Hill was fully prepared for what might happen.

Only one person could have deployed the National Guard to the Capitol on 6/1/2021, and that was Donald Trump. So when the former president claims that the lack of 1/6 security is Speaker Pelosi's fault, he is lying.

Trump has claimed in his stump speech for years that the lack of Capitol security was Pelosi's fault, but the video tells a different story and confirms what the 1/6 panel found. It was Donald Trump who sat and did nothing while the Capitol was attacked. It was Donald Trump who instigated and supported the rebellion, and it is Donald Trump who must never be allowed in the OVAL office again.

Jason is the editor-in-chief. She is also the White House Press Center and Congressional Correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a BA in Political Science. Her graduate work focused on public policy, specializing in social reform movements.

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