Pelosi: When You See a Riot ‘It May Be the Exuberance of the Moment’ or the ‘Anarchist Setting In’

Pelosi: “And there is a gathering, a large gathering of people. The anarchists see it as an opportunity and they move in. So always have to be careful, whether you see a burned car, a broken window, whatever it is. It may be the exuberance of the moment, but it may be the anarchist setting in. I heard one of the former police chiefs of Los Angeles speak about this on Sunday. Secondly, secondly — and you know this to be true, and I haven’t seen it really reflected so much in the press — in a bipartisan way, on January 6th, with violence against the Constitution, against the Congress and against United States Capitol, we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it. Not only would he not do it. When law enforcement people were being harmed, some later died, he would not send it in when his instigation that he has — an insurrection that he incited was causing damage to those assigned to protect the Capitol and the Constitution that day to accept the results of the Electoral College. That day he didn’t do it. He forgave those people. Now his people want to raise money for them. And yet, and yet, in the contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture. Inconsistent in his actions, contrary to his own statement that he couldn’t — a year ago — that he couldn’t send anyone in without the governor’s consent anyplace, and in violation of the Constitution. Thank you again, Mr. Gomez, for doing this together.”