Richard Blumenthal said...

The use of military, whether it's the National Guard or the Marines, can be inflammatory and provocative.

Due process is a bulwark against tyranny and a legal protection afforded to these students by law.

Displays of hardware, whether its tanks or Stryker vehicles, is more characteristic of totalitarian militaristic states ...

I think none of us wants to shut down the government. In a sense, the Republicans are shutting it down as we speak.