I led National Guard and regular Army units. Using the military to intimidate Americans is 100% wrong
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‘Fix California’ senior adviser Katie Zacharia joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to react to Democratic leaders in California accusing the National Guard of escalating the violence during the Los Angeles anti-ICE riots.
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Forover35years,IservedournationinboththeregularArmyandNationalGuard.Iservedasbothapart-timecitizensoldierandfull-timeTitle10officerafterbeingmobilizedinSeptember2001.Inmycareer,I’vehadthedistincthonortoleadbothactivedutyandNationalGuardorganizations,aswellassoldiers,sailors,airmenandMarines.
IhavealsostoodinRedSquareinMoscow,TiananmenSquareinChinaandtheedgeoftheDMZinNorthKorea.Ihaveseenhowsomecountriesfocussignificantportionsoftheirmilitaryinsidetheirownnationstoimplementdomesticpoliciesandmaintaincontrol.
Twoweeksago–inaseriesofactionsthatbroughtusalittleclosertothatreality–thepresidentsenttheNationalGuardtoAmerica’ssecond-largestcityovertheobjectionsof
