Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee call for hearing on use of military in American cities

Every Democratic member of the Senate Armed Services Committee has joined to ask its Republican chairman to convene a hearing with Pentagon leaders about the Trump administration’s growing use of members of the U.S. military on the streets of American cities. In a letter to Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the 13 Democratic senators argue that the committee and the American people deserve answers on the cost of deploying personnel and equipment to U.S. cities, the impact on military readiness and the effect on the military’s relationship with the American people.