{"id":16187,"date":"2025-10-08T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16187"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:39:42","slug":"newsom-threatens-to-pull-ca-from-governors-group-if-it-wont-condemn-trump-deployments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=16187","title":{"rendered":"Newsom Threatens To Pull CA From Governors Group If It Won\u2019t Condemn Trump Deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday called on fellow governors \u2014 regardless of party \u2014 to unite in opposition to President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to deploy National Guard troops into states that oppose the move.<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Both governors warned they would pull their states out of the National Governors Association (NGA) if the group failed to condemn what they described as unconstitutional federal overreach.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the NGA, Newsom said Trump\u2019s actions amounted to \u201can infringement of state sovereignty\u201d and urged the group to take a stand, The San Francisco Chronicle\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt should not be difficult for state leaders, regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states\u2019 National Guard and deploying the Guard from one state into another, over the objections of the home-state Governor, harms the interests of states,\u201d Newsom wrote.<\/p>\n

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He warned that \u201chistory shows that norms, once broken, are difficult to repair, and the shoe can quickly be on the other foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom said that if the NGA cannot \u201cunequivocally tell the federal government that it is unacceptable to deploy troops from one state to another, over the objections of the Governor where troops are being sent,\u201d California will withdraw from the group altogether.<\/p>\n

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In a separate letter, Pritzker issued a similar warning, denouncing what he called \u201can illegal abuse of federal power\u201d by the Trump administration and the Texas National Guard\u2019s deployment into Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis action is an illegal abuse of federal power by the Trump administration, and Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s willingness to exploit his own National Guard members to participate in a manufactured political stunt goes against the core principles of the NGA and our democracy,\u201d his office\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is precisely the federal and interstate overreach we warned against \u2014 gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and the constitutional balance between states being attacked,\u201d Pritzker said. \u201cIf the President continues overriding Governors to deploy military assets into another state against another Governor\u2019s will, we have abandoned the foundational principles that have protected our Republic for nearly 250 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pritzker added that the credibility of the NGA \u201crests on our willingness to apply our principles consistently, regardless of which administration attacks them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShould National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI remain hopeful that principled leadership will prevail over political calculation and we can chart a path forward together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pritzker concluded that \u201cthe brave men and women who serve in our country\u2019s National Guard units should never be used as political props,\u201d calling on governors to \u201cunequivocally denounce authoritarianism as Trump and his allies attempt to usurp the will of state governors \u2014 and the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NGA, which includes both Republican and Democratic governors, has occasionally spoken out on federal issues. On Sept. 29, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat \u2014 the organization\u2019s chair and vice chair \u2014 released a bipartisan statement urging Congress to avoid a government shutdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consistent use of political brinksmanship when it comes to our government funding does not serve our states, territories, or our people well,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

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Trump first federalized California National Guard troops in June, deploying them to Los Angeles in response to protests over immigration raids. The administration later expanded deployments to Washington, D.C., Memphis, and Chicago.<\/p>\n

A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday blocked Trump\u2019s planned deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, saying there was no evidence of significant violence or unrest.<\/p>\n

The same order barred the Defense Department from sending additional troops from California or Texas, both of which had been preparing to dispatch personnel.<\/p>\n

Despite the ruling, Trump defended his actions Monday, saying Republican-led states were \u201ceager\u201d to assist.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of them is willing to offer whatever we need,\u201d he said in the Oval Office. \u201cThey want our agents protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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