Tammy Baldwin: “He doesn't want the headlines to be about the devastating…”

“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 them 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. He wants to change the subject. And that's what he's doing. Continuing with law enforcement. Should local agencies be forced to cooperate with ICE as they continue Donald Trump's policy of mass deportations?” (09:51–09:59)

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