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And the men and women of our military deserve better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obama was campaigning for Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, and Andrew Gillum, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obama spoke just minutes after Trump told reporters that if migrants throw rocks at U.S. troops or border patrol officers, they\u2019re not going to be shot, but they\u2019re \u201cgoing to be arrested for a long period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had previously said that he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/01\/heres-the-list-of-military-units-headed-to-the-border\/\" target=_blank>U.S. military mobilizing<\/a> at the southwest border that if U.S. troops face rock-throwing migrants, they should react as though the rocks were \u201crifles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The widespread criticism of those remarks included more than 100 Democratic lawmakers and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. 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