Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may want to crack open a pocket Constitution before her next press conference.

In a gaffe that would’ve made national headlines for days had it come from a Republican, Pelosi on Tuesday tried to launch a constitutional attack on President Donald J. Trump for deploying the California National Guard to restore law and order in riot-torn Los Angeles — only to cite a section of the Constitution that doesn’t even exist.

“I hope the president would read Article 10 of the Constitution, and I urge all of you to do that, as well,” Pelosi said, confidently wagging her finger at the press corps.

“Because section 12046 of Article 10 says that the National Guard cannot be called up by the president without the consent of the governor.”

The problem? There is no Article 10 in the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution contains only seven articles, covering the structure of the federal government, not state militias or the National Guard.

What Pelosi clearly meant to reference was Title 10 of the U.S. Code—but even that doesn’t say what she claimed.

And this wasn’t just a harmless slip of the tongue. Pelosi’s invented legal theory was intended to attack President Trump’s legal and constitutional use of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to restore peace after several days of unchecked chaos in Democrat-controlled cities.

Trump's deployment came over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who filed an “emergency motion” to stop it—only to be swiftly rejected by a federal judge, who scheduled a full hearing later in the week, signaling that it wasn't much of an emergency after all.

Newsom and Pelosi have both labeled Trump’s actions as “authoritarian,” but history—and federal law—tells a different story.

As PJ Media’s Matt Margolis pointed out:

“The statute explicitly states that the president may call the Guard into federal service and that orders ‘shall be issued through the governors,’ which is an administrative process, and not a requirement of consent.”

In fact, President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, invoked Title 10 in 1965 to federalize the Alabama National Guard to protect civil rights marchers—against the will of then-Gov. George Wallace. Were Johnson alive today, would Pelosi accuse him of “authoritarianism,” too?

This isn’t Pelosi’s first historical or legal stumble. Following her press conference, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund chimed in on X to set the record straight about Pelosi’s conduct during the Jan. 6 Capitol incident.

“FACT: On January 6, I was restricted by Federal Law (2US1970) from bringing in ANY federal support, including the National Guard, without first receiving permission from the Capitol Police Board, which included both Sergeants at Arms who reported to Pelosi and McConnell.”

But the issue isn’t just Pelosi’s past—it’s her present. Here’s a woman who played a central role in pushing now-disgraced former President Joe Biden out of the race over mental decline, yet can’t remember that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t have 10 articles.

It’s a revealing snapshot of today’s Democratic leadership: long past their prime, increasingly detached from reality, and scrambling to smear President Trump’s lawful use of executive authority to protect American cities from domestic unrest.

And just imagine the media meltdown if President Trump had claimed there was an “Article 10” in the Constitution. You’d never hear the end of it.

But when it’s Pelosi? Silence. Or worse—defense.