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Chasstev365

(6,317 posts) Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:48 PM Sep 2

A red flag in something JB Pritzker said: [View all]

Pritzker:

"We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois," Pritzker said."

How can unrequested National Guard troops being from one state to another by a president possibly legal?

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A red flag in something JB Pritzker said: [View all] Chasstev365 Sep 2 OP

We know Texan males tend to wear big hats to compensate for ____________. Irish_Dem Sep 2 #1

Beers, Steers & Queers ZDU Sep 2 #2

Reason everything is bigger in texass! mwmisses4289 Sep 2 #3

When did legality have anything to do with Trump or the National Guard? RockRaven Sep 2 #4

A plot requires plotting. No red flag, TACO is not ad libbing regardless how stupid, illegal, unconstitutional ... marble falls Sep 2 #5

Invasion should be met with deadly force. TommyT139 Sep 2 #6

That would be an invasion Arazi Sep 2 #7

Malcolm Nance said stop comparing this to the rise of the Nazis. Start comparing it to the occupation Scrivener7 Sep 2 #8

Blockade the bridges over the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. roamer65 Sep 2 #9

Oh, that's good! Chasstev365 Sep 2 #10

Having Ben in the Texas National Guard many years ago, I've never heard of such... ashredux Sep 2 #11

Isn't Texas more Democrat? KentuckyWoman Sep 2 #12

No. LeftInTX Sep 2 #23

Governors from multiple states sent NG to DC. Frasier Balzov Sep 2 #13

DC is a Federal district. Illinois is a sovereign state. CanonRay Sep 2 #14

If Texas invades Illinois Frasier Balzov Sep 2 #15

I could see Pritzker blockading the bridges CanonRay Sep 2 #17

I think that legally it's Congress that needs to request a deployment in DC AdamGG Sep 2 #16

Under the Home Rule Act James48 Sep 2 #19

Trump is pushing for a red state to invade a blue state. hadEnuf Sep 2 #18

I don't think National Gaurd Troops serving in other sates is unprecidented. Gore1FL Sep 2 #20

Doesn't the governor request them though? LeftInTX Sep 2 #24

FWIW: A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas "is not preparing to deploy troops to Illinois," ... mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2 #21

I have more faith in Pritzker misanthrope Sep 2 #22