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Bowser doesn't think it's legal for National Guard to 'police Americans on American soil'

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Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country is legal, as President Trump has moved to send troops to respond to crime.Speaking Wednesday at the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference in Washington, the mayor was asked about not supporting the use of the National Guard to crackdown on crime."I don’t think it’s legal, let me start there, for the National Guard to police Americans on American soil," Bowser said.The mayor went on to explain how the National Guard in D.C. is under the authori...

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