Hogan was still baffled by the delay in approving Maryland National Guard assistance during the Capitol riots.

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Sunday that while the Maryland National Guard mobilized quickly on hearing that the U.S. Capitol had been breached on Wednesday, it could not get permission to send. troops in Washington, DC, for “quite some time.” ”

Hogan told CNN’s “State of the Union” that he could immediately send state police officers to DC. Although governors usually send members of their national guards through state lines with the permission of another governor, he needed permission. of the Department of Defense to take them to DC

“So our guard mobilized and was ready. But we really couldn’t cross the border into DC without the OK. And it was quite a while. We continued to make him go up the flagpole, while our generals spoke to the National Guard generals. And finally I got a call from Ryan McCarthyRyan McCarthy Night Defense: Pentagon Chief Condemns Capitol Riots | The Speaker of the House calls for the removal of Trump Fence erected around the Capitol | Democratic Senator, Air Force veteran, assassinates a security concern over the inauguration, the DC Guard to erect a 7-foot “non-scalable fence” around the Capitol after violent riots MORE, the secretary of the army, asking if we could enter the city. But we had already mobilized, “Hogan told CNN Jake TapperJacob (Jake) Paul Tapper John Kelly says Trump’s cabinet should discuss the 25th Amendment lady from GOP senators facing criticism following challenges to Tapper’s constituency vote with DeWine for the GOP’s effort to nullify election results MORE.

Tapper asked if the governor believed it was due to the late response of Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller President TrumpDonald TrumpKim says North Korean efforts will focus on putting the United States “on its knees” Pelosi urges Democrats to prepare to return to DC this week amid calls for Ken Klippenstein: An “ideological” blind spot goes to prevent law enforcement from responding urgently to the riots of the MORE Capitolthe rhetoric.

“I think we’ll find out, Jake, in the post-action report. I don’t know the answer to that question. All I know is we were trying to get answers and we weren’t getting anything. Answers. It could have been just the fog of what it’s happening, ”Hogan said.

It continued, “We were ready. And there was a delay. And I was called by the leaders of the Congress to ask me to let our guard into the city. And we were mobilizing to do that. And we were waiting to get the OK. I can’t tell you why. “

Tapper asked Hogan why it took until Thursday morning for Maryland National Guard troops to arrive in DC

“The Guard units take about 12 hours to mobilize. They are people who do something else and have to pack their bags, get their uniforms and show up at the armories. We were the first to arrive in the city, “Hogan replied.

“And so those extra three hours that we had to prepare for certainly helped us get in a little earlier, though, and be the first. But the big problem is, why were the Capitol police and the Federal law enforcement agencies are not prepared for that? And why did we go in for a cleanup operation afterwards? “

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