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Ex-National Guard Leader Issues Dire Warning on Trump’s Order: ‘Bad for All Americans’

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 08: Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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The former vice chief of the National Guard has denounced President Donald Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles as “bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states’ rights.”

Trump made the extraordinary decision to send 2,000 troops into L.A. over the weekend as anti-ICE protests continued to intensify.

Smoke rises as members of the California National Guard gather during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles. / Daniel Cole / Reuters

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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