'That's an Authoritarian Government Reaction': Chuck Hagel Sees Danger in Administration's Actions in LA

'That's an authoritarian government reaction': Chuck Hagel sees danger in administration's actions in LA

In an exclusive interview with KMTV, Sec. Chuck Hagel weighed in on the Trump Administration activating the National Guard and deploying Marines to respond to protests in Los Angeles, against the wishes of the governor.Hagel who served as a Republican Senator from Nebraska also shared his thoughts on the treatment of Sen. Alex Padilla during a press conference at the Los Angeles federal building.RELATED | 'It's just insanity': Former Defense Sec…

There's No Drill Here— Trump’s Authoritarian Domestic War Games Have Begun in Los Angeles

What General Caine’s testimony made plain is that there's no foreign invasion, no rebellion. Just a regimen fabricating threats & branding dissent as sedition. If this isn't fascism, it’s the dress rehearsal, a revealing snapshot of the final, fraying threads of institutional resistance to an authoritarian president who is increasingly using military force— not to protect Americans, but to punish them.