"If we cannot come together, on a bipartisan basis, on this basic principle of state sovereignty, what purpose does the National Governors Association serve? California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked in a letter to the nation's other governors. The bipartisan governors' group, founded in 1908, advocates for issues on which governors find common ground and hosts meetings where they can exchange ideas. Separate Democratic and Republican governors' associations take more partisan positions and help finance campaigns."
"I'm not sure the policy issue of whether the Constitution allows for federal involvement in the state and the National Guard is something that the NGA would want to tackle, said Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, who co-chairs the organization's task force on emergency management and public health. The Democratic governors of Kansas, Michigan and Minnesota already have left the NGA this year."
Democratic governors, led by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, are threatening to leave the National Governors Association over its silence on President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops across state lines despite receiving governors' objections. The NGA, a bipartisan group founded in 1908, has not taken a position while some Republican governors support the deployments. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe questioned whether the NGA should address constitutional questions about federal involvement with state National Guards. Several Democratic governors from Kansas, Michigan and Minnesota already left, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly criticized the value of state dues.
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