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Tammy Baldwin: “Donald Trump plans to send [the National Guard] next, is a…”

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US Sen. Tammy Baldwin on health policy, National Guard in Milwaukee | Here & Now

Published September 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:44

But you know what? I really think the deployment of the National Guard, whether it be to Los Angeles or Washington, D.C. or wherever Donald Trump plans to send [the National Guard] next, is a distraction. And he doesn't want the headlines to be about the Epstein files. He doesn't want the headlines to be about the devastating cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. (09:44–09:48)

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Asserts that Trump's deployment of the National Guard is a distraction from other issues.

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