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Former candidate Ramaswamy likens Newsom to George Wallace, drawing parallels between their resistance to federal actions and political ambitions.
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WVTM Channel 13 on MSNThe last time a president bypassed a governor to deploy the National Guard was during Civil Rights in AlabamaIt has been 60 years since a president has deployed the National Guard without the cooperation of a governor.The last time was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent the National Guard to protect Civil Rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery,
Before Saturday, the last time a president sent Guard troops in to deal with civil unrest without cooperation from the state’s governor was 1965.
President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.
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President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles to stop protests against his immigration crackdown isn’t the first time an elected U.S. official has sent troops to thwart unrest over civil rights.
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President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles this weekend was the first time a U.S. president had taken such action in 60 years - and the last time came in Alabama.
The National Guard was also called during the 1992 L.A. riots and the unrest that followed Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968. Trump’s order was unlike any other.
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How unusual is it for the National Guard to come to LA? Here’s what to know about the city’s history - Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in respon