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Mark Kelly: “Now he's talking about the Insurrection Act, sending troops…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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'It's absurd': Sen. Kelly bites back at Trump, Hegseth threats over 'illegal orders' video

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

And then as president, he talked about shooting people, citizens of this country, in the legs, protesters. Now, thankfully, Mark Esper, Mark Milley explained to him that that would be not be a good idea. Now he's talking about the Insurrection Act, sending troops to more cities, using U.S. cities as training grounds and U.S. citizens for training of the United States military. So, Rachel, we wanted to do something pretty simple here. We wanted to just remind folks that they need to comply with the law and be reminded and also explain … (06:25–06:39)

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Asserts that Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to cities and use them as training grounds.

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