House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused the president of manufacturing a crisis to justify sending federalized National Guard troops into Chicago and militarizing additional US cities. The domestic deployment has escalated to include armed troops patrolling Washington, DC, after earlier deployments to Los Angeles. Pentagon officials confirmed up to 1,700 National Guard members were poised to mobilize in 19 mostly Republican states to support ICE with logistical and clerical functions as part of an anti-immigration crackdown. The National Guard normally operates under state authority and is federalized only in a national emergency or at a governor's request. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said there is no authority to drop federal troops into Chicago, a position Jeffries endorsed.
Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of playing games with the lives of Americans with his unprecedented domestic deployment of the military, which has escalated to include the arming of troops currently patrolling Washington, DC after sending troops into Los Angeles in June. Late on Friday, Pentagon officials confirmed to Fox News that up to 1,700 men and women of the national guard were poised to mobilize in 19 mostly Republican states
We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he's deeply unpopular. He continued: I strongly support the statement that was issued by Governor Pritzker making clear that there's no basis, no authority for Donald Trump to potentially try to drop federal troops into the city of Chicago.
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