Because he needed them for cybersecurity and for Covid. Trump did it too, under Trump. But it was not the federal decision. It was those governors of the states under their authorities. Okay? It's never been done in our history. Please stand up for the Constitution. Do not send uniform military to our polls. Do you have a response to that portion of the question, Mr. Secretary? I've never been ordered to do anything illegal, and I won't. That goes without saying. (05:18–05:26)
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Asserts that deploying the military to polls has never been done in U.S. history.
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