Did the press pool laugh and say bless your heart you don't know what you're talking about?
Cam, you might want to actually read 10 U.S.C. § 12406 before you quote it. It doesn’t give the president blanket authority to deploy the National Guard whenever he feels like it. That section only applies in three cases, invasion, rebellion, or enforcing federal law, and that last one can only happen under the Insurrection Act.
So unless the convicted felon has formally invoked the Insurrection Act, issued the required proclamation, and met the legal standard for rebellion or invasion, any domestic deployment of the Guard would be illegal. That’s exactly what Senator Duckworth said, and she’s right.
10 U.S.C. § 12406 isn’t a free pass, it’s a reference to the Insurrection Act, and without that, the order would violate both Title 10 and the Posse Comitatus Act. You can’t just send in troops because you want to look tough on TV. That’s not how the law or the Constitution works, no matter who’s sitting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.