WASHINGTON – Sen. Ruben Gallego sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the military use American cities as “training grounds,” calling the idea dangerous and unconstitutional.

“The oath that our members of the military take – they will not be firing upon … their own neighbors. Only an idiot like Donald Trump would believe such a thing,” Gallego, a Marine veteran, said on CNN on Tuesday afternoon.

The Arizona Democrat’s comments came hours after Trump told an unprecedented gathering of more than 800 generals and admirals that he intends to deploy the National Guard and active duty military personnel to U.S. cities run by “radical” Democrats.

He mentioned San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles and reiterated a vow to deploy troops into Chicago.

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