For those who do not want to read the Congressional Report:
You mean the one sided (only signed by Republicans) political gaslighting?
- The Speaker of the House and Democrat leadership were closely involved in security decisions in the lead up to and on January 6, 2021.
So they claim.
- The House Sergeant at Arms took direction from staff in the office of the Speaker of the House and intentionally excluded Republicans from key meetings and conversations related to House security.
Yes, and the Senate Sergeant at Arms took direction from the office of the Majority Leader. And, despite what this committee is trying to claim, the House Sergeant at Arms told the Capitol Police Chief to talk to the Senate Sergeant at Arms about security -- they did not "intentionally excluded Republicans."
Again, the Capitol Police Board -- who is the ultimate authority for security at the Capitol Building -- includes the House Sergeant at Arms, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, the Capitol Police Chief, and the Capitol Architect. Particularly with the Capitol Police Chief being told to talk to the Senate Sergeant at Arms (as is proper), if the Senate Sergeant of Arms believed that National Guard was needed, they could have gotten them regardless of what the House Sergeant at Arms (to include Nancy Pelosi or any other Democrats) had to say. Instead, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, and apparently the Senate Republican leadership, also did not feel that they needed the National Guard.
The Republican Congressional Report is gaslighting when the claim it was solely Democrats and they did not involve Republicans.
- Staff within the House Sergeant at Arms office emailed Paul Irving that January 6th was Pelosi’s fault.
That's nice, I guess unnamed claims are considered true again -- funny how that is only when it is favorable to Republicans that unnamed sources can be believed.
- Widespread concern from Democrat leadership over “optics” in the aftermath of summer 2020.
[sarcasm]Yes, we've never seen Republican leadership in Congress worried about "optics."[/sarcasm]
- The Leadership of the Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division overhauled the division in the weeks before January 6, 2021 and created new processes for obtaining and assessing intelligence data. Those changes caused confusion and rendered key USCP components ineffective during a critical period.
Ok. But that Division is part of the Capitol Police -- that again would be under the purview of the Capitol Police Board, so this had nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans directly.
- The House Sergeant at Arms was compromised by politics in the lead up to and on January 6, 2021 and did not adequately prepare the Capitol for possible violence.
That's nice but doesn't explain why the Senate Sergeant at Arms did not feel National Guard troops were needed. Was he "compromised by politics," just by Republican politics? Or were the Republicans putting this "Congressional" Report together looking for more ways to blame Democrats by ignoring that if the Senate Sergeant of Arms had felt National Guard troops were needed, they would likely have made the request (since they don't need the vote of the House Sergeant at Arms?).
- U.S. Capitol police did not give officers the appropriate training necessary to prepare them to protect the Capitol from violence.
Which is a Capitol Police issue and not a political issue. There are reasons the Capitol Police Chief resigned after 1/6.
- The U.S. Capitol police does not have the equipment necessary to protect its officers.
Which again, would come back to Republicans and Democrats -- in particular those on the committees responsible for overseeing the Capitol Police in the House and the Senate for not requesting/providing proper funding.
- The command-and-control structure of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Capitol Police Board contributed to unnecessary delays in the decision-making on January 6, 2021.
- The U.S. Capitol police has still not implemented important recommendations issued by oversight bodies.
And this is getting redundant, again, this is likely less political in nature and falls on the Capitol Police, not operating properly on a day to day basis; and the Capitol Police Board and the Senate and House committees that oversee the Capitol Police for not ensuring the Capitol Police are ready and able to do their job.