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Larry Hogan: “Right in the middle of that meeting with our security team, I got a phone call from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2021
Right in the middle of that meeting with our security team, I got a phone call from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who was calling me, saying that he and Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer were all together in an undisclosed bunker they'd been spirited off to at some undisclosed location, that the U.S. Capitol police was overwhelmed, that there was no federal law enforcement presence, and that the leaders of Congress were pleading with me, as the governor of Maryland, for assistance from Maryland's National Guard and state police.
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Larry Hogan
Republican · Maryland
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Larry Hogan recounts a call from Steny Hoyer during the Capitol riot, where Hoyer and other leaders were seeking assistance.

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