President Donald Trump is sending 300 members of the California National Guard to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked him from deploying the Beaver State’s guard to Portland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Oct. 5.
Newsom vowed to fight the move in court.
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The White House on Sunday didn’t immediately confirm that California’s National Guard was being deployed to Oregon—or that guardsmen were being activated in Illinois, as per Gov. JB Pritzker’s announcement on Saturday.
The California National Guard referred questions to the Department of Defense. A Defense Department spokesperson declined to comment….