"If you deploy the National Guard, it’s going to be very incendiary, and things are going to erupt, and that creates a public safety problem."
"In dynamic and fluid situations such as the one in Los Angeles, State and local authorities are the most appropriate ones to evaluate the need for resources and safeguard life and property."
"Go right ahead."
"We talked for almost 20 minutes, and he barely — this issue never came up."
"The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle."
"The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers."
"There is currently no unmet need."
"This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed."
"The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior."
"the federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions."
"The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions."