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On the recordJune 11, 2025
if you heard the leader of a foreign country was sending armed soldiers into his own cities, you would correctly call it authoritarian behavior. If you heard them say that the bar for unleashing troops on their own civilians is 'What I think it is,' you would put them in a long line of dictators throughout history and the world. The fact that this is happening right here in the United States against fellow citizens at the direction of the President does not make it less dangerous.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Addressing the use of military force against civilians in the U.S.

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