Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Cool story. But the NG is not like dialing 911, they don't respond in 20 minutes they have to contact their people, get them mobilized and geared up before moving on the objective. Typically days (at least one or two), not minutes or hours. If the guard was already deployed to DC on standby, then it would be different (they were deployed there earlier this year).
You’re right, but they should have already been mobilized and on standby. Nobody was mobilized and when the Capitol Police Chief called and asked for help, he was told no.