Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt broke with Texas and the Trump administration on the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago, citing his belief in federalism and “states’ rights,” The New York Times reported Thursday.
Plus, he said, “Oklahomans would lose their mind if [Gov. JB] Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
About 200 Texas National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday — with GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval — to assist federal immigration authorities as the Trump administration intensified its focus on the Midwestern state, despite sharp opposition from local residents and Democrat leaders who have denounced the move as unlawful.
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