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Benson: National Guard in D.C. Could Impact Voter Intimidation

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Michigan Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson (D) said that she’s worried that the National Guard in Washington, D.C. could have an impact on voter intimidation. Host Laura Coates asked,

Members of the DC National Guard patrol near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, on

NYT Laments Troops Will Not Defy Trump’s D.C. Guard Orders: ‘Military Will Not Rescue Americans’

Two former Obama administration officials argue that President Donald Trump’s deployment of 800 National Guard troops to Washington shows the U.S. military will follow lawful orders rather than resist their commander-in-chief, writing, “it now seems clear to us that the military will not rescue Americans from Mr. Trump’s misuse of the nation’s military capabilities.”

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