Hawley: Conditions could be met for Trump's proposal to put boots on ground, restore order

by Kermit Miller & Megan Smaltz

Thu, June 4th 2020, 8:48 PM UTC

ST LOUIS, MO - MAY 29: Protesters rally as they march through the streets on May 29, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. Demonstrations are being held across the US after George Floyd died in police custody on May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images){ }

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: D.C. National Guard vehicles are used to block 16th Street near Lafayette Park and the White House as Demonstrators participate in a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

{p}Senator Josh Hawley claims the conditions of President Trump's proposal to put federal troops on American streets to restore order could be met if widespread violence threatens American's lives, livelihoods or civil liberties. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel){/p}

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ST LOUIS, MO - MAY 29: Protesters rally as they march through the streets on May 29, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. Demonstrations are being held across the US after George Floyd died in police custody on May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

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