After the Trump administration announced it would send National Guard troops to the southern border, Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said that she would refused to send troops from her state.
If @realDonaldTrump asks me to deploy Oregon Guard troops to the Mexico border, I’ll say no. As Commander of Oregon’s Guard, I’m deeply troubled by Trump’s plan to militarize our border.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) April 4, 2018
There’s been no outreach by the President or federal officials, and I have no intention of allowing Oregon’s guard troops to be used to distract from his troubles in Washington.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) April 4, 2018
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced the decision to send troops to the border on Wednesday. She said that troops would be deployed immediately and that they would support border patrol officers and not act in an enforcement capacity.
Trump said earlier in the week that he wanted troops to guard the border while his wall is under construction. He said that the move was unprecedented, though troops have been sent to the border to support border patrol officers in the past.
Historian here loving it that “state’s rights” is going to come back and bite these racist traitors in the ass.
Good for you, Governor Brown!
This is just another load of grand-standing B.S. from the spoiled-toddler-in-chief. Trying to stoke fear among the moronic minority that constitute his “base.” “Look, look,” he screams, “A caravan of impoverished, hungry BROWN people! We must send the military to the border to protect us from them. Never mind that they’re 1200 miles south. Fear them!” And his base does.
And the peckerwoods Ducey in Arizona, and Abbott in Texas will probably go along with the charade.
Red state governors, beware.
–Make sure Trump pays you before you send your troops to guard the border.
–Find out what accommodations and logistics have been set up in advance.
–Make sure your people receive proper training and know how to co-ordinate with federal authorities.
I’m sure I’ve left stuff out, but you get the idea. Your political future is tied to Trump. Have fun.
Great tweet Gov. Brown.
I have a theory about trump’s wall business.
I think Putin is trying force trump to build a wall for Putin’s revenge. Revenge for when Putin was a KGB agent in East Berlin when that wall fell and he felt Russia and certainly himself were humiliated by it so he wants to humiliate USA for the same thing.
I base my theory on my familiarity of how narcissists operate and their love of humiliating others.
I wonder if at any other time two contiguous states had governors with the same surname.