CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN INTRODUCES "NO TROOPS IN OUR STREETS ACT" TO PREVENT ILLEGAL DOMESTIC TROOP DEPLOYMENTS AND VOTER INTIMIDATION AHEAD OF MIDTERM ELECTION

Washington, Oct. 2 -- Congressman Pat Ryan issued the following press release:

Congressman Pat Ryan Introduces "No Troops in Our Streets Act" to Prevent Illegal Domestic Troop Deployments and Voter Intimidation Ahead of Midterm Election Ryan's bill prevents President Trump from weaponizing the military to interfere with elections; the introduction follows new reports that advisors close to the President are encouraging him to declare martial law ahead of the midterm elections Trump has repeatedly refused to rule out declaring a national emergency on elections, has already deployed thousands of U.S. troops to Democratic-led cities, and suggested that Republicans should "take over" the voting process The introduction comes just 33 days befo...