Now, I would just point out to my colleague, he knows this, that the National Guard is organized under state authority, ordinarily under Title 32 of the US Code, but they can be federalized under Title 10. And there's no question that President Trump, as the commander in chief, has the authority to call up the National Guard to enforce federal law and to protect federal facilities. Federal law applies to the entire nation. It really is amazing to me to see our colleagues on the other side of the aisle employ some of the same arguments made by the pro slavery states back before the Civil War. (02:00–02:13)
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Asserts that President Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard for enforcing federal law and protecting federal facilities.
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