I thought it was up to the prez to authorize it. Since he dint I heard that Mike Pence the veep is the one who authorized it.
But Speaker of the House? That's a new one on me. Thee?
So on January 6, 2021 when the insurrectionists hit big and hard and Nancy Pelosi was being rushed out of danger to save her life cuz the insurrectionists were chanting her name and coming for her to hang by the neck until she died...well she blew it. She didn't authorize the National Guard to come and help. I wonder at what point she ought to have done that?