The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.

Go right ahead.

We talked for almost 20 minutes, and he barely — this issue never came up.

So, Tom, arrest me. Let's go.

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.

He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control.

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.

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 Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior.

This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed.

There is currently no unmet need.