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Ruben Gallego: “You've seen the militarization of our cities.”

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

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Sen. Ruben Gallego defends Sen. Kelly against President Trump attacks

Published | Video Starts at 03:07

You're seeing officers that are being promoted or demoted, depending on their political affiliation, depending on what they've done in the past or have not done in the past in politics, which I think is ridiculous, or their opinion. And so You've seen the militarization of our cities. You have, you know, the Marines in la, you have National Guardsmen in Chicago and in other parts of the country. Some of that's not been seen before. (03:07–03:11)

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Asserts that there is an increase in military presence in U.S. cities.

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