Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration has threatened to bypass him and call up the state’s National Guard for a possible deployment.
Oct. 4 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration has threatened to bypass him and call up the state’s National Guard for a possible deployment in Chicago.
Pritzker declined President Donald Trump’s request for him to call up 300 Illinois National Guard troops and on Saturday said he received an ultimatum to do so.
«This morning, the Trump administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will», Pritzker said, Politico reported. «It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
