Nancy Pelosi's Views On National Guard Troops In DC: Now Vs. June 2020

Nancy Pelosi's views on using National Guard troops to protect Washington DC from protestors seem to have changed. On January 13, 2021, she spoke to National Guard troops and praised them for saving "democracy." Yet on June 4, 2020, she harshly criticized President Trump for deploying National Guard forces to DC during the violent George Floyd riots.