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Esper Says He Opposes Using Insurrection Act on Protesters
CRACKDOWN, THEN BACKDOWN
The Pentagon chief walked away from his remarks that American cities are a “battlespace” and said he didn’t know about the cops’ violent plan for Lafayette Park.
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Jun. 3 2020
11:11AM EDT
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