Karen Bass: “He deployed 100 National Guard soldiers here. They are…”

“And so at the end of a protest, you have a few people who are stragglers and they go out and they create mayhem. That is what the situation is. This is not an insurrection. This is not citywide civil unrest. He deployed 100 National Guard soldiers here. They are basically guarding the building. So I don't know what in the world, 2,000 National Guard and 700 Marines would be doing in the way. You mentioned the Marines. Let me ask you about the Marines.” (01:49–01:56)

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