'A Dangerous, Authoritarian Overreach': Chuck Schumer Fiercely Condemns Trump Deploying Military To LA

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During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump deploying the military to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE demonstrations.

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00:00President, from the moment Donald Trump entered the public sphere, he has thrived on division

00:06and diversion. He fans the flames of chaos, then pretends to be the firefighter,

00:14always looking for someone else to blame for the infernos he helped ignite,

00:20all in an attempt to divert Americans away from his many failures. And now,

00:27Donald Trump, cornered by his own failures from pushing a heartless bill that would rip health

00:33care away from 16 million Americans and raising costs from his reckless tariffs to waging war with

00:41Elon Musk, Trump is desperately seeking a distraction. His order to deploy the National

00:48Guard and Marines, our own troops on Americans, is not just outrageous and provocative, it's a

00:54dangerous authoritarian overreach that threatens the very fabric of our democracy.

01:02This isn't leadership, it's provocation. To be very clear, violent protest is not the answer

01:10for achieving the work of justice. Full stop. Protest must remain peaceful and law and order

01:18must be maintained. Though let me emphasize, deploying federalized troops without a state's

01:25consent hasn't happened in over 60 years, and when it did, it was to protect civil rights heroes

01:31marching for justice in Selma, Alabama. That moment was about progress. This one is about power and

01:38intimidation. We all, we must all stand up and say loud and clear, America will not be bullied

01:45into submission by a president who confuses strength with force and democracy with domination.

01:54Americans don't deserve more fear, more division, more chaos. The president is using the military not

02:01to protect the people, but to silence them. He is playing politics with the lives of our troops and the

02:08safety of our citizens. It's shameful, it's unlawful, it's deeply un-American. Once again, President Trump is

02:17choosing chaos over competence and division over democracy. We must all stand up and say loud and clear,

02:26America will not be bullied into submission by a president who confuses strength with force

02:32and democracy with domination. The only consequence of Donald Trump's orders sending troops to Los

02:41Angeles is chaos, and Americans don't like it. Instead of de-escalating, Donald Trump is pouring fuel

02:49into a fire hoping for an explosion to distract from what he's really doing. President Trump should call

02:55back the National Guard and the Marines immediately and leave the work of law enforcement to the governor

03:01and the mayor who are more than capable of keeping order without escalation. Finally, let me repeat,

03:08as Donald Trump orders troops to Los Angeles, he is working here in Washington to steal health care

03:16from tens of millions of Americans. He is pushing a billionaire tax cut that will explode the debt and

03:23sink America's economic future. He is letting Doge run Social Security to the ground. He is spiking costs

03:30for everyday Americans through his reckless tariff war. And Donald Trump hopes that nobody is paying attention.

'A Dangerous, Authoritarian Overreach': Chuck Schumer Fiercely Condemns Trump Deploying Military To LA

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