DNC Chair: Shut Down Government over Guard in D.C., Dems Shouldn't Play by Rules Anymore

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” DNC Chair Ken Martin argued that Democrats should shut the government down over the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. and said because “you have a fascist in the White House,” “That old playbook, the norms that used to have guardrails on our democracy and protect all of us in this country, that doesn’t exist anymore. We’ve got to throw that playbook out the window because the Republicans have.”

Co-host Laura Barrón-López asked, “Do you think that Democrats should shut the government down if the president continues to use the Justice Department to go after his enemies, or if he keeps National Guard troops in the streets?”

Martin responded, “Yes, you have a fascist in the White House, and that requires us — we cannot