They’re lies,

Former National Guard general calls Trump's justifications for deployments "lies"

From CNN's Andy Rose

A retired Army general who was a top National Guard official during the Obama administration says President Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and Portland are making the situations worse.

“The administration’s words are actually inflammatory. They’re lies,” Major General Randy Manner, who was acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau in 2012, told CNN’s Boris Sanchez on Monday. “They do not pass the test whatsoever in terms of any kind of insurrection whatsoever. Having a bunch of protesters there is not an insurrection.”

Manner said he believes calling up the military alongside federal law enforcement agents is more about sending a message than calming violence.

“It’s something where he’s trying to normalize the intimidation of our citizens using our military,” Manner said.