Trump claims 'unquestioned power' to deploy troops to San Francisco under Insurrection Act [View all]
President Donald Trump said he has "unquestioned power" to deploy the National Guard and reaffirmed that San Francisco will be the next city to face federal intervention.
In an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," Trump floated invoking the Insurrection Act - a centuries-old law that allows presidents to deploy troops on U.S. soil.
"Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act," he said. "Fifty percent of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power. I choose not to, but I'm met constantly by fake politicians, politicians that think that they - you know, it's not a part of the radical left movement to have safety. … These cities have to be safe." Only about one-fourth of presidents have invoked the act.
Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that San Francisco is next, setting up another potential showdown with Democratic leaders over presidential authority and local control.
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Anytime the insurrection act was used there were real emergencies not political disagreements.
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