A trio of progressive House Democrats is pushing to amend the Insurrection Act amid Trump's threats to deploy active-duty troops to intervene in protests across the country
"The American public has a constitutionally-protected right to free speech," the lawmakers said. "Deploying the military in an attempt to quash these protests would be an attack on our constitution, our democracy, and our people. Congress must send an unequivocal message that this grotesque abuse of power will be stopped."
But Trump's threats this week to send in troops if states don't make full use of their National Guard was criticized as an unnecessary militarization of the response to protests, and was condemned by national security veterans such as his former Defense secretary, Jim Mattis. Blumenthal said he'll look to include the measure as an amendment to the chamber's version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to consider next week.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Don't Send U.S. Military To Protests, Hill Democrats Warn TrumpSen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.: 'Threatening military force and imprisonment against Americans exercising their Constitutional rights is not Presidential, it's tin-pot dictatorial.'
続きを読む »
Trump plan to deploy troops in cities shocks generals and alarms Democrats in CongressRetired top generals reacted with alarm Tuesday to President Trump’s plan to use active-duty military to patrol cities where police have failed to contain violence, while Democrats in Congress said they would seek to block funding for any domestic troop deployment.
続きを読む »
Trump Insists He Only Went to the White House Bunker amid Protests for a Brief 'Inspection'President Donald Trump claims he went to the White House bunker for a 'tiny little short period of time, and it was much more for an inspection'
続きを読む »
Trump monitored for heart risk while taking unproven drug, White House memo saysTrump was closely monitored in case he developed an irregular heart beat while he took a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine – the drug he’s touted as a potential cure for the coronavirus
続きを読む »