But I'd rather see us have a meeting time and all adhere to it on both sides of the aisle. This past weekend, President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth sent the National Guard to Los Angeles without a request from the state's governor. governor? For the first time since 1965, when President Johnson did so to protect civil rights demonstrators from state action against them in one state, President Trump falsely claims that Los Angeles is being invaded and occupied by, quote, violent insurrectionist mobs. (00:34–00:40)
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Asserts that the National Guard was sent to Los Angeles without the governor's request.
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