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'That's What Authoritarian Countries Do': Chuck Schumer Lights Into Trump For Sending Military To LA
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7 months ago
During remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump bypassing Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles.
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Mr. President, Donald Trump's order mobilizing U.S. troops to an American city
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sets a dangerous precedent for our civil liberties.
00:13
As I've said, violence is not the way to achieve justice.
00:18
Freedom of speech is fundamental, but it must be exercised peacefully and lawfully.
00:23
And the vast majority of protests, the overwhelming majority of protests, have been peaceful.
00:27
And they're exercising their American right, their privilege, to peacefully protest.
00:33
That's been with our country since its founding.
00:37
But sending troops to an American city against the wishes of local officials
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is outrageous, unnecessary, and reeks of authoritarianism.
00:49
That's what authoritarian countries do.
00:51
U.S. troops, using troops on U.S. soil, should only ever be used as an absolute last resort.
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The last time it happened without state consent was 60 years ago, to protect civil rights heroes.
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What Donald Trump is doing, rather, is spoiling for a fight.
01:13
He wants chaos.
01:14
He'd love to excuse, to make any, he'd love any excuse to divert attention.
01:22
And doing this, doing it this way is, he does it all the time.
01:25
This is one of the most shameful, awful ways you can do it.
01:29
Our troops don't deserve to be exploited in this way, to be used in pawns in a nakedly political fight.
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It's a deep disservice to them and to all service members and law enforcement,
01:42
who serve our country and protect our community.
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And why is Donald Trump doing this?
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To divert attention.
01:47
He knows that his big, ugly bill is highly unpopular with the American people.
01:52
The more they learn about it, the more they hate it.
01:54
He knows he's got big trouble in his fight with his erstwhile friend, Musk.
02:00
He knows that the tariffs are hurting the American people.
02:03
So he seeks to divert attention.
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That's his M.O.
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But what it does is create chaos.
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And the American people don't like chaos.
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And so I urge the president to immediately reverse course at once,
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remove all of the troops and the Marines,
02:21
and let local law enforcement do their jobs to keep the peace
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as the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles said
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they're perfectly capable of doing.
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