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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shut down a Democratic senator on her hypocrisy related to the riots happening in Los Angeles, California.
While testifying before the Senate, Hegseth engaged in a fiery exchange with Sen. Betty McCollum (D-MN) over President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to help quell the anti-ICE riots that erupted over the weekend.
McCollum recalled being in Minneapolis during the George Floyd riots.
“Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets for days. Governor Walz made the decision to call up the Minnesota National Guard. At no point did … the citizens of Minnesota request that the Marines be deployed,” she began. “Our state and local law enforcement, along with our National Guard, who have worked on crowd control, they were more than enough. They were more than capable of handling this situation.”
The lawmaker pointed out that these riots are not as severe as the George Floyd riots and the Rodney King riots that took place in 1992. “Mr. Secretary, this is a deeply unfair position to put our Marines in. Their service should be honored. It should not be exploited,” she argued.