After LA riots reignited scrutiny over January 6, conservative commentator Kyle Becker exposed Nancy Pelosi’s misleading claims about Capitol security failures, highlighting her overlooked responsibility and contradicting statements.
Nancy Pelosi has spent years as the unquestioned most powerful Democrat in Washington.
She still holds massive power.
But LA rioters just caused Nancy Pelosi to make this huge error.
Nancy Pelosi just got destroyed by a conservative commentator after LA riots raised questions about her J6 actions
Conservative commentator Kyle Becker dropped a bombshell on social media that exposed Nancy Pelosi’s latest attempt to rewrite history about the January 6 Capitol breach.
The former House Speaker recently claimed that she and others "begged" Trump to send in the National Guard on January 6.
But Becker shut down that narrative with one devastating truth.
"Nancy Pelosi could have told her House Sergeant at Arms at ANY TIME to approve National Guard troops. CASE. CLOSED," Becker wrote on X.
The comment went viral because it highlighted a key issue in Pelosi’s years-long campaign to blame Donald Trump for the security failures on January 6.
Capitol security decisions, including requests for National Guard assistance, are made by a three-member Capitol Police Board that includes both chambers’ security chiefs and the Capitol’s chief architect.
The House Sergeant at Arms reports directly to the Speaker of the House.
While only the President, Defense Secretary, and Army Secretary can actually deploy the D.C. National Guard, the Capitol Police Board has the authority to make requests for assistance – and Pelosi’s appointee was part of that decision-making process.
Pelosi’s own words destroy her blame-shifting narrative
The facts get even worse for Pelosi when you look at what she actually said on January 6.
Previously hidden HBO footage recorded by Pelosi’s own daughter shows the then-Speaker taking responsibility for the security failures that day.
"We have totally failed. We have to take some responsibility for not holding the security accountable for what could have happened," Pelosi said in the footage.
She continued: "Oh my god, I cannot believe the stupidity of this. And I take the full responsibility."
The video also shows Pelosi asking "Why weren’t the National Guard there to begin with?" She later stated "They clearly didn’t know and I take responsibility for not having them just prepare for more."
This footage was obtained by the House Administration Committee directly from HBO after the January 6 Select Committee failed to release it publicly or archive it when Republicans took the majority.
Chairman Barry Loudermilk revealed that "Vice-chair Liz Cheney and Chair Bennie Thompson’s J6 Select Committee had this footage but did not release it publicly."
The security chain of command reveals the real story
The organizational structure of Capitol security shows exactly where the breakdown occurred.
As the Speaker’s top security official, the House Sergeant at Arms oversees law enforcement matters for the House portion of the Capitol grounds.
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund testified that he requested National Guard assistance six times ahead of and during the attack, but was repeatedly denied by his superiors.
According to Sund’s testimony, Irving expressed concerns about how requesting National Guard troops in advance would appear publicly, leading him to reject having additional security forces present.
Irving reported directly to Nancy Pelosi.
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger, who reported to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, recommended that Sund informally request the Guard to be ready in case it was needed.
So while McConnell’s appointee was trying to prepare for trouble, Pelosi’s appointee was worried about "optics."
The key issue is that while only federal officials can actually deploy the D.C. National Guard, the Capitol Police Board makes the decision on whether to call for National Guard assistance – and those requests were repeatedly denied or delayed by the security officials who reported to congressional leadership.
Democrats changed the law to cover up Pelosi’s failures
The aftermath of January 6 revealed just how broken the Capitol security structure was under Nancy Pelosi’s leadership.
Congress later passed legislation allowing the Capitol Police Chief to request National Guard assistance directly without approval from the Capitol Police Board.
Senator Amy Klobuchar said the legislation was needed because "every minute counts during an emergency" and that Capitol Police officers "were left alone to defend the Capitol."
The fact that Democrats felt compelled to change the law after January 6 proves that the existing system failed.
And that system put the House Sergeant at Arms – Pelosi’s direct appointee – in a position to approve or deny National Guard requests.
Pelosi spent millions to hide her own failures
Chairman Loudermilk noted that "after the dust settled from the breach of the Capitol, she spent 20 million taxpayer dollars for her January 6 Select Committee to create a narrative that shifted the blame on President Trump."
The committee "went to great lengths to suppress and hide evidence that didn’t support their predetermined narrative about that day, including this video of Speaker Pelosi admitting that she was responsible for the security failures at the Capitol."
For over three years, Pelosi has refused to take public responsibility for the security failures that allowed the Capitol to be breached.
Instead, she created an expensive partisan committee designed to blame Donald Trump while hiding evidence of her own failures.
Multiple fact-checkers have confirmed that Trump has consistently claimed he made National Guard troops available to help quell any unrest.
But the fact is, the Capitol Police Board, including Pelosi’s House Sergeant at Arms, had the authority to request National Guard deployment and chose not to do so until it was too late.
The real story of January 6 security
The Capitol Police Board made the decision on January 3rd not to request National Guard assistance ahead of January 6 despite intelligence indicating potential threats.
When Capitol Police Chief Sund tried to get approval for National Guard assistance, he was repeatedly denied by his superiors on the board.
It took more than three hours after Sund’s frantic request during the breach for National Guard troops to finally be approved for deployment.
The delayed response wasn’t because Donald Trump blocked anything – it was because the Capitol Police Board, including Pelosi’s House Sergeant at Arms, failed to request assistance in time.
Documentation shows that Irving didn’t seek Pelosi’s permission to contact Pentagon officials until 1:40 PM on January 6 – well after protesters had already breached the Capitol perimeter around 1:10 PM.
Pelosi approved Irving’s request a few minutes later.
But by then it was too late – the breach had already occurred.
Kyle Becker’s broader point stands: the Capitol Police Board, which included Pelosi’s direct appointee, had the authority to request National Guard troops much earlier than they did.
Her security officials’ failure to act sooner, combined with her years-long effort to hide that failure while blaming Trump, reveals important questions about leadership on January 6.
The former Speaker finally got caught in her own web of deception.
