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Ruben Gallego: “When you start sending our military to the polls, when you…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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And the last thing any Marine sailor, Army, Costie, Air Force, spacemen, whatever they call them nowadays, wants to do is to undermine that. You know, we're here to protect democracy. We're not here to undermine democracy. Secondarily, When you start sending our military to the polls, when you start sending our military to do, you know, civilian enforcement of some sort, you're going to undermine the support of the military. We're no longer going to be the most trusted entity in this country, according to voters and according to everyday Americans. We're going to be seen as partisan. (20:37–20:48)

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Asserts that using the military for civilian enforcement at polls undermines military support.

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