
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is being ridiculed by social media users after failing to cite the provision of the Constitution which provides a Presidential administration with the authority to deploy active duty Marines to state neighborhoods.
BALDWIN: What is the authority that the administration is using to deploy active duty Marines to California neighborhoods?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 11, 2025
HEGSETH: The president has constitutional authority
BALDWIN: Cite the provision of the Constitution
HEGSETH: I'd have to pull up the specific provision pic.twitter.com/Eq1djzwQFi