National Guard's top general issues a formal, appropriate "UP YOURS GRAMPY" RE: troops at Midterm polling locations
The National Guards top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections.
The remarks at a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing came as Democratic lawmakers also voiced unease over the continuing deployment of nearly 2,500 National Guard members in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Joe Morelle, a New York Democrat, asked Gen. Steven Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau, what assurances he could provide to Americans concerned about the deployment of troops at the polls.
The National Guard, obviously, always follows the Constitution, law, policy and guidance, both at the federal and the state level, Nordhaus said.
Federal law prohibits the deployment of the military to polling places unless necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, and violations are punishable by up to five years in prison.
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