Senators clashed Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans defending the deployments as necessary to fight lawlessness and Democrats calling it an extraordinary abuse of military power that violates states’ rights.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, referred to the ambush attack against two National Guard members in DC, killing one, as an

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez also penned a letter on Wednesday that asked House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan “to conduct a complete investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s “unlawful and potentially impeachable actions.