J. D. Vance: “The President has said a couple of times in the past couple…”

“I think the President has the legal authority to deploy the National Guard to fight crime. And obviously we're going to do things that are in compliance with the legal processes of our country. But The President has said a couple of times in the past couple of days that he really wants this process [National Guard deployment] to be driven by the local authorities. here, whether it's the state government or the local mayors. And I think that makes a lot of sense. I mean, look, we don't want to go in where we're unwelcome.” (04:30–04:38)

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