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Don't Send U. S. Military To Protests, Hill Democrats Warn Trump

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Democratic leaders in Congress inveighed Tuesday against what they described as a push by President Trump to use the U.S. military for cracking down on
Democratic leaders in Congress inveighed Tuesday against what they described as a push by President Trump to use the U. S. military for cracking down on nationwide protests triggered by the death in Minneapolis last week of George Floyd while in police custody. “Violence has no place and violence must be addressed,” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told NPR’s All Things Considered. “But there is no reason for the U. S. military to be called out for this.”Pelosi was referring to a threat made Monday evening by Trump in the White House Rose Garden.”If a city or a state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents,” Trump declared in a brief statement in the Rose Garden, “then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.”As the president spoke, federal officers in riot gear near the White House launched tear gas and pepper spray at peaceful protesters. Shortly thereafter, Trump strode through a park cleared of the demonstrators to pose with a Bible in front of St. John’s Church, leading a crowd of officials that included Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley. “Walking like lapdogs behind a five-time draft dodging coward who is more interested in looking like a leader than actually being one,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who lost both legs in combat as a military helicopter pilot in Iraq, said of Esper and Milley, “sends a horrifying message to our troops—including our black and brown troops—that our military’s leaders will not protect them from unlawful orders.

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