Rob Bonta: “These are National Guards, people who were on the San Diego…”

“If there's a specific statute that allows the president to take over command, and they're rare and they're infrequent, then he may. But those conditions are not present here. So These are National Guards, people who were on the San Diego, Mexico, border combating fentanyl inflow. They were attacking wildfires and involved in wildfire suppression work. Now that we're in wildfire season, they're doing important work, they will likely be returned to that work if that's what Governor Gabanuza wants them to do.” (04:41–04:48)

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