What Does Donald Trump’s Use of the National Guard Mean for our Democracy?
In the past, a U.S. president deployed the National Guard on domestic soil to enforce laws or quash protests once every few decades in extremely rare circumstances. President Donald Trump has now done so twice in a matter of three months.. The first was in June to tamp down protests against his immigration policies in Los Angeles. A federal trial began Monday over whether Trump had the authority to order that deployment. Also on Monday, Trump announced sending the National Guards to Washington D.C. to fight crime and clear homeless shelters, despite the city reporting its lowest crime rate in…
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