Indeed. Several among the capitol police leadership resigned in shame after January 6th, but that doesn't mean they should be let off the hook if they gave orders that endangered lives.
Cool.
Again, nobody has ever accused Republicans of being the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree. They hoped the hours-long delay they caused for the process would be enough. Obviously they were wrong. It's always referred to as an attempted insurrection for a reason.
Last I checked, it was the Democrats who were in charge of Congress when a bunch of turbo autists smeared feces all over the walls of the seat of Government because they "didn't expect a big demonstration" and "they figured they'll just let them in and nothing will happen" - I would be careful about discussing competence in regards to this event. As far as I'm concerned, the stars aligned perfectly to make everyone on the scene temporarily dumber than a kumquat.
So now we're pretending "commander-in-chief controls a branch of the US armed forces" is a conspiracy theory? Unless Trump has paid you off personally, I don't think the mental gymnastics used to reason that one out were worth it.
1. The sitting president does not have the authority to deploy armed forces in the Capitol, whether it be the National Guard, the Army or any other branch. If he did, he would have the power to single-handedly overturn the entire Congress on a whim.
2. If you have evidence that he ordered them personally to stay put, please present it. As it stands, Mayor Bowser requested the help of D.C. National Guard on the 31st and the request was approved, this was widely reported on, so it's not a "conspiracy theory", it's fact.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/muriel-bowser-dc-national-guard-protests/index.html
As far as the Guard was concerned, they could've deployed there beforehand, had they been invited - nobody "delayed" them besides the Capitol authorities themselves. Why were they not allowed on the grounds beforehand? Or even requested to be there? Let's investigate that. January 6th wouldn't have happened at all if the area was cordoned off like it should've been. Who delayed who, exactly? We're not talking about hours, we're talking about days.
Edit: The Pentagon confirms that there was *no Capitol Police request for DoD support* as early as January 3rd, the Capitol authorities repeat that they see no need for additional support in the following days as well. They were offered help and refused each time. It's in their official timeline. The Guard literally had the green light to march right in, had they been allowed to do so.
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jan/...Y-6-2021-VIOLENT-ATTACK-AT-THE-US-CAPITOL.PDF
If the Pentagon's spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman is to be believed and the timeline above is accurate, the Guard could've been deployed days in advance, but wasn't asked to enter the grounds until it was too late. They were asked to perform traffic duty, and they did just that until a new request was filed and the Guard was graciously invited to help.
Edit2: In case the point isn't driven into the ground yet, here's the testimony of the Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman, who says pretty much the same thing.
"The Department failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours (...) Let me be clear: the Department should have been more prepared for this attack (...) By January 4th, the Department knew that the January 6th event would not be like any of the previous protests held in 2020. We knew that militia groups and white supremacists organizations would be attending. We also knew that some of these participants were intending to bring firearms and other weapons to the event. We knew that there was a strong potential for violence and that Congress was the target."
Oh, so they knew, but...
Despite the early warning signs, Pittman writes, the Capitol Police Board refused a request from former USCP Chief Steven Sund to declare a state of emergency and authorize a request for National Guard support. The board consists of the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the U.S. Senate, and the Architect of the Capitol. (...) Instead, the Board directed Sund to reach out to D.C. National Guard to determine how many could be sent to the Capitol on short notice.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yogananda-pittman-capitol-police-chief-apologizes-riot/
To translate from pencil pusher speak to English,
"we won't ask for support now, but if something dooooes happen then we'll give you a call". Good job.
Trump's fault though, not a collective f*ck-up of the Capitol authorities. If it's too cold, Trump's fault, if it's too warm, Trump's fault, if it rains, if it shines, it's always on Trump.