President Trump will federalize 300 Illinois National Guard troops, Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.
“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will,” Pritzker said.
“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard,” he continued.
In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.
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“They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance —
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