Democrats Ask Biden to Try to Limit Trump’s Proposed Use of Military on US Soil

Two senators ask Biden administration to clarify the conditions under which the Insurrection Act can be invoked.

A Texas National Guardsman watches as a young man walks into a makeshift camp in El Paso, Texas, on May 11, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to try to limit President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to deploy military forces inside the United States after he takes office.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter dated Nov. 26 to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urging them to issue a policy directive that “prohibits the mobilization of active duty military or federalizing National Guard personnel to be deployed against their fellow Americans unless specifically authorized.”