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Leaders struggled to secure reinforcements while held in secure location
Lawmakers phoned Maryland governor directly
Capitol Police unable to contain the mob after Trump protest
D.C. had called up Guard, but they were unarmed and doing traffic duty
Capitol police sought reinforcements; Army official said it wasn t possible
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reportedly got into a screaming match with President Trump seeking a strong statement to his supporters
The Pentagon denied multiple requests to send National Guard during Capitol siege, GOP governor says Salon 1/8/2021 Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said federal officials repeatedly denied his requests to deploy the state s National Guard to quell the deadly Capitol riot on Wednesday as members of Congress pleaded for assistance.
Hogan told reporters on Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called him from an undisclosed bunker and were pleading for assistance as Congress was overrun by Trump supporters after the president urged them to go to the Capitol during a speech falsely claiming the election was stolen.
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"Today was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol," Vice President Mike Pence, the president of the Senate, said as he resumed the session.