Pelosi swears in first Black House sergeant-at-arms

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Source: the hill




By Cristina Marcos - 04/26/21 12:37 PM EDT


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Walker testified before Congress earlier this year that Army leaders expressed concerns about the "optics" of deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6.


“The Army senior leaders did not think that it looked good, it would be a good optic. They further stated that it could incite the crowd,” Walker said at a Senate hearing in early March.

Walker said that acting Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee and then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund “passionately pleaded for the District of Columbia National Guard to get to the Capitol with all deliberate speed."

But according to Walker, Army officials said that "it would not be their best military advice to have uniformed Guardsmen on the Capitol."........................

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