Veronica Escobar: “It is unlawful.”

“I mean, I want folks to imagine if a governor of another state sent the National Guard to our community to patrol our streets against the will of our own governor, how would people feel? It is unlawful. It's insane. But it's all part of this Republican playbook to distract people from the everyday hardship they're facing, from the economic crisis they're facing, and trying to divert attention away from, from their failure to work with us on addressing that crisis.” (09:09–09:12)

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