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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC National Guard is uniquely controlled by the federal government, and there's a process to how they are deployed.

D.C. Council issued this statement via Twitter on January 6:

"Today, [b]the Department of Defense denied a request by Mayor Muriel Bowser to expand the responsibilities of the District of Columbia National Guard so that they would be authorized to protect and restore order at the Capitol Building. [/b]That request was denied."

Governor Hogan said Thursday that he mobilized Maryland forces, including Maryland State Police troopers and the Maryland National Guard to help, but that his requests were denied by the federal government.

I don't even live in DC, but I know how to Google! [/quote]

This.  Bowser asked, they told her no.  [/quote]

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/07/this-is-why-the-national-guard-didnt-respond-to-the-attack-on-the-capitol/

"DCNG announced Monday it had mobilized 340 troops to support MPD, but that organization’s jurisdiction does not cover any federal land within the District, and so its officers ― and its Guard support ― could not have just rushed to the Capitol.

Further, once they got there, [b]Guard troops who had been acting in a traffic control capacity, not as law enforcement[/b], would not have been able or authorized to forcibly push back rioters or help clear the building, a task that fell to the Capitol Police and the FBI tactical forces they requested to help out.

So when chaos unfolded Wednesday afternoon and reports surfaced that there had been a request for additional Guard troops and the Defense Department had denied it, here’s what really happened.

Because of D.C.’s finicky federal status, any entity ― whether its the mayor, or the Interior Department, which controls federal parks within the District ― has to put in a request for National Guard troops through the Army secretary, who gets it endorsed by the defense secretary.

[b]The Capitol’s request for Guard back-up went beyond what Bowser had already gotten approved, so it needed a new sign-off.[/b]

“We quickly worked to move our resources forward in support of Metro PD and the Capitol Police,” McCarthy said Thursday.

[b]The process took about an hour,[/b] the source familiar told Military Times, from the time McCarthy received it around 2 p.m. on Wednesday."

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