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Nancy Pelosi: “We begged him to send the National Guard.”

Featuring: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic | Speaker Emerita, U.S. House California, District 11

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Pelosi Speaks with Jonathan Karl on This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Published | Video Starts at 07:37

We see what's happening to the Capitol. What's going through your head? Well, it was clear that the President of the United States had incited an insurrection. And We begged him to send the National Guard. Typical of him, he never represents the truth. He said, I was going to send it, but they didn't want get out of here. (07:37–07:41)

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Asserts that they requested the President to send the National Guard during the insurrection.

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