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Oregon Sues Trump to Block Troop Deployment

Violent crime is down in Portland and the police say federal cops are instigating confrontations outside of the ICE building, so here comes Donald Trump to stir some up with his untrained goons.

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Oregon has sued to block Donald Trump from deploying troops to Portland.

“Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Sunday that the state has filed a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland,” Oregon Live reported on Sunday afternoon.

They report that the AG’s office “raced to file the complaint Sunday after Gov. Tina Kotek received a memo from Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, calling 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into federal service in the city for 60 days.”

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It also notes that the protests outside of the ICE building have been “typically drawing less than 30 people.”

Donald Trump is charging US taxpayers millions of dollars to send federal troops in for protests of less than 30 people.

As usual, Trump has cited reasons for invading another Democrat-led city, this time it’s Portland, and they do not track.

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