This is part past practice, what he does. So it's a remarkable, remarkable thing to experience in real time. And in real time, people's lives are at risk because of his recklessness. The last time a president federalized the National Guard in opposition to a state's governor was in 1963 when JFK did it in opposition to George Wallace in an attempt to integrate the University of Alabama. So that was a moment where the president stepped up to protect civil rights and expand civil rights. Now Donald Trump is doing the exact opposite. (07:11–07:22)
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