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Pelosi did not hesitate to repeat her long-standing accusation against Trump.
“Well, it was clear that the president of the United States had incited an insurrection. And we begged him to send the National Guard,” Pelosi claimed.
She then launched into a familiar grievance, accusing Trump of dishonesty while deflecting blame away from congressional leadership.
“Typical of him, he never represents the truth. He said, ‘Well, I was going to send them.’ Get out of here. Even Mitch McConnell was on the phone with us, saying, ‘Get them here right away.’ But they never sent them.”
Pelosi went on to argue that her frustration stems not only from the events of January 6, but from what she claims is an effort by Trump and his allies to reshape the public’s understanding of that day.
“The sorrow of it also springs from the fact that this president is trying to rewrite history, have a different narrative of what happened that day,” she said.
She then delivered an emotional description of the Capitol riot, framing it as an attack not just on a building, but on America itself.
“What happened that day was horrible. It was an assault on the Capitol, the symbol of democracy to the world,” Pelosi declared.
She continued by expanding the scope of the accusation, tying the riot directly to constitutional processes.
“It was an assault on the Congress, the day we honored our responsibility under the Constitution to certify the Electoral College, who was elected president, as an assault on the Constitution of the United States. It was horrible.”
Karl followed up with a blunt question that many viewers were likely asking themselves: has Trump actually faced consequences?
“Has he paid a price for it?” Karl asked.
Pelosi’s response was telling.
“No, he’s president of the United States now. But history will, he’ll pay a price in history.”
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For Pelosi, that line has become a recurring refrain—an assertion that future judgment will somehow outweigh present political reality. But her comments also revive uncomfortable questions about her own role in Capitol security on January 6.
Those questions resurfaced sharply last October when a reporter from Lindell TV confronted Pelosi about her refusal to call in the National Guard ahead of the protests. The exchange quickly became heated.
“Shut up! I did not refuse the National Guard,” Pelosi raged. “The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you are a serious journalist?”
Despite her insistence, Pelosi’s claim about the National Guard has been seriously undermined by later evidence.
Video released by the House Oversight Committee in June 2024 shows Nancy Pelosi acknowledging responsibility for security failures on that day—directly contradicting her public denials and media appearances.
The footage reignited debate over who truly failed to act as warnings mounted ahead of January 6. Critics argue it exposed a glaring double standard: while Trump is endlessly blamed, congressional leadership has avoided meaningful accountability.
As Pelosi continues to lean on historical judgment as her closing argument, many Americans see something else entirely—a political figure unwilling to accept responsibility, clinging to a collapsing narrative, and struggling to reconcile her claims with documented evidence.
With Trump back in office and the national conversation shifting, Pelosi’s remarks serve less as a warning to history and more as a reminder that the full truth about January 6 is still far from settled.
