Adam Schiff: “He wanted to do in his first administration in the wake of…”

“This is the danger that Donald Trump, through these indiscriminate sweeps in various parts of the country, through the improper deployment of the military, essentially creates the conditions of conflict and chaos which will justify something that He wanted to do in his first administration in the wake of the George Floyd protests, and that is weaponize the military against the American people. People that would be a dangerous Rubicon to cross. But he has already taken steps that are unprecedented and it is all part of the Autocrats playbook.” (10:35–10:44)

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