Overview

• During Sunday’s Face the Nation interview, Cotton said the National Guard must step in if local police cannot maintain order to protect life and property.
• He pointed to his Wall Street Journal op-ed calling for an "overwhelming show of force" under the 1807 Insurrection Act to mobilize active-duty troops.
• Cotton disputed CBS News’s Margaret Brennan’s view that the LAPD had things under control by citing the chief’s warning that officers were "overwhelmed."
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass argued the Guard was unnecessary, citing low arrest numbers and asserting law enforcement already has “complete control.”
• Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, led by Reps. James Comer and Clay Higgins, have launched an investigation into Mayor Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s handling of the unrest.