Karen Bass: “The federal government seized power away from our governor…”

“Well, you know, you know, I. I don't care if they take issue with it. That's exactly what happened. We had the seizure of The federal government seized power away from our governor, who is essentially the commander in chief of the National Guard. He federalized the troops and brought them to L. A. We did not need them, we did not want them. And essentially you had 4,000 young people, young men and women, who were doing virtually nothing here.” (04:09–04:17)

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