(NPR) Governors Push Back On Trump's Threat To Deploy Federal Troops To Quell Unrest

Governors Push Back On Trump's Threat To Deploy Federal Troops To Quell Unrest

President Trump walks past protest graffiti in Lafayette Park, near the White House, on his way to visit St. John's Church on Monday.



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Governors Push Back On Trump's Threat To Deploy Federal Troops To Quell Unrest

In a Rose Garden address and on a conference call with governors on Monday, the president threatened to send troops to states that didn't crack down sufficiently on demonstrations.