Sen. Hirono, Colleagues Urge DOD Not to Use Military to Suppress Nationwide Protests Against Police Brutality, Racism
June 05, 2020
June 05, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 4:
Yesterday, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), along with 19 of their colleagues, wrote to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to express their alarm at President Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act as a response to protests across the country calling for justice an . . .
Yesterday, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), along with 19 of their colleagues, wrote to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to express their alarm at President Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act as a response to protests across the country calling for justice an . . .