California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

[Amaryllis]

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-oregon-california-trump-newsom-3b8e12f8d2d39f195dda73dda31f1681

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, California’s governor said Sunday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Sunday to fight the move in court.

There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National Guard was being called up and sent to Oregon, just as was the case when Illinois’ governor made a similar announcement Saturday about troops in his state being activated.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said that 101 California National Guard members arrived in her state Saturday night by plane and more were on the way. Kotek said there has been no formal communication with the federal government about the deployment.

“This action appears to intentional to circumvent yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge,” Kotek said Sunday. “There is no need for military intervention in Oregon. There is no insurrection in Portland. No threat to national security. Oregon is our home, not a military target.”

A Portland Police spokesperson declined to comment on whether California National Guard members were already in the city. A spokesperson for Kotek said Sunday he could not verify the current location of the Guard members who arrived in Oregon on Saturday, directing questions to the Defense Department

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[Nictuku]

1. California NEEDS its National Guard

Thanks for posting Amaryllis.

We are not out of Fire Season yet. I would not mind if they were sent to assist Oregon with the 'Moon Complex Fire' - which has burned over 19.523 acres and is only 10% contained - Oregon has assisted CA firefighting in the past. October is the month where I was evacuated from my home (N. Calif) in 2017.

I did just check WatchDuty (best fire ap ever), and I was pleasantly surprised to find very few fires in CA right now. *whew*, but there are quite a few up in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

The other personal experience I've had with National Guard is when my mom lived on Kauai and Hurricane Iniki wiped out her hair salon (2 walls still remained after the storm, with some of her paintings still hanging on those walls - weird, no?), but it was the National Guard who came to the people's rescue, clearing roads and setting up telephone banks (this was in 1992, pre cell-phones), and most importantly, ICE and Water stations. The men and women in the National Guard are certified Heroes. I want them to remain Heroes. I can't imagine many of them at all would support this move.

This is what the National Guard is for, that is what they sign up for (to help the public). They did not sign up to harass and frighten us, or prevent our free speech and ability to address our grievances to our government.

How can the President order a State's National Guard without the Governor? Is that even legal?