He’s supposed to call in the National Guard or the Army. So I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Trump went on to criticize Harris for her own response to the unrest.) Facts First: Trump’s claims that he sent the National Guard to Minneapolis in 2020 and that Walz refused to do so are both wrong. Walz, not Trump, sent the National Guard to Minneapolis — and Walz first deployed the Guard more than seven hours before Trump publicly threatened to deploy the Guard himself. The Minnesota National Guard, the entity that Walz deployed, is under the command of the governor, not the president.

Source: CNN July 29, 2024 04:16 UTC