Storming Of The Capitol Building

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(01-08-2021, 06:56 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: As much as I would love for that to be the case, that isn't constitutional. It would take a constitutional amendment to formalize that. Article II is clear on this. Congress may hold the purse strings for the military, but it is the POTUS that is the Commander in Chief. Period.

As far as I'm aware, they didn't do it directly. They collectively plead their case to someone within the defense department who had the authority to make that national guard activation. Did I miss something?