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Des Moines RegisterView CommentsU.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says President Donald Trump was only offering help when he warned governors this week that he would .Grassley defended the president's Monday comments on the use of military force&nbsp;to contain instances&nbsp;of violence. The&nbsp;&nbsp;and some destruction&nbsp;in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Protesters have&nbsp;called out systemic racism and police brutality.Grassley said on Wednesday that other U.S. presidents have turned to the federal government in order to uphold the U.S. Constitution, which he described as promoting "domestic tranquility.""There isn't a&nbsp;single one of these presidents that would rather not have the federal government deploying power (of) the federal government," he said. "And in the most recent case, the president was only offering help."Grassley, a senior senator from Iowa, made the comments during his weekly conference call with Iowa press. The Des Moines Register was the only news outlet on the line.In the Rose Garden on Monday, Trump&nbsp;described&nbsp;himself as a and warned that if governors didn't contain violence at protests, he would deploy the U.S. military "and quickly solve the problem for them."Trump later on Monday&nbsp;visited a church near the White House that had sustained a fire following a protest. Reports, including video, show law enforcement used gas and other methods&nbsp;to clear out a large group of peaceful protesters near the church.Grassley previously to the church&nbsp;to CNN. On Wednesday,&nbsp;Grassley challenged reports that tear gas was used on protesters outside of the White House, citing that said authorities used "smoke canisters" and "pepper balls" on protesters but not tear gas., because they all&nbsp;temporarily cause irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs and skin.Grassley called reports of theft during nationwide protests as "inexcusable," but he declined to comment on reports of law enforcement using force on peaceful protesters and members of the press, including at the protest on Monday."I can only tell you that&nbsp;peaceful protests are very much a constitutional right that needs to be protected and should be allowed," he said.Grassley also said he's reviewing potential federal legislation that would aim to improve police training, but he stopped short of offering specific policy details like whether he would support a ban on police chokeholds. Video shows police forcefully restrained Floyd's ability to breathe."Law enforcement&nbsp;is so much different in Wyoming than it is in New York. And I have some hesitation about setting too many standards that would have law enforcement become totally federalized," Grassley said.But Grassley, however, unequivocally called Floyd's death a murder."The unnecessary murder of George Floyd was wrong," he told the Register, and he said the police tactics used on him require review."It's unconscionable the way that he was brought to his death," he added. the now-former police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck,&nbsp;Derek Chauvin, with second-degree murder and&nbsp;three officers with aiding and abetting murder.Barbara Rodriguez covers health care and politics for the Register. She can be reached by email at bcrodriguez@registermedia.com or by phone at 515-284-8011. Follow her on Twitter .Your subscription makes work like this possible. Sign up at&nbsp;.View Comments

Des Moines RegisterView CommentsU.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says President Donald Trump was only offering help when he warned governors this week that he would .Grassley defended the president's Monday comments on the use of military force&nbsp;to contain instances&nbsp;of violence. The&nbsp;&nbsp;and some destruction&nbsp;in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. Protesters have&nbsp;called out systemic racism and police brutality.Grassley said on Wednesday that other U.S. presidents have...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says President Trump was only offering help with potential deployment of military on violent protests

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