Bernie Sanders Condemns Trump For Bypassing Governor Newsom, Sending National Guard To LA Amid Riots

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During a CNN interview on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) criticized President Trump for bypassing the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles amid anti-ICE riots.

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00:00Look, Donna, we have a president who is moving this country rapidly into authoritarianism.

00:08He is suing media who criticizes him.

00:11He is going after law firms who have clients who were against him.

00:16He's going after universities that teach courses that he doesn't like.

00:20He's threatening to impeach judges who rule against him, and he's usurping the powers

00:26of the United States Congress.

00:27This guy wants all of the power.

00:30He does not believe in the Constitution.

00:33He does not believe in the rule of law.

00:36My understanding is that the governor of California, the mayor of the city of Los Angeles, did not

00:42request the National Guard, but he thinks he has a right to do anything he wants.

00:48And I would say that to a large degree, the future of this country rests with a small

00:53number of Republicans in the House and Senate who know better, who do know what the Constitution

01:00is about.

01:01And it's high time they stood up for our Constitution and the rule of law.

01:06You know, we just celebrated a few days ago, June 6th, the American landing at Normandy, which

01:16began the invasion of Europe to defeat fascism and Nazism.

01:22Those guys died.

01:24They gave up their lives to defend democracy, not to have an all-powerful ruler in the United

01:31States of America.

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