Wild that Trump has sent armed military into Illinois from red state Texas as he muses about 'jailing' the Dem governor

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The Texas National Guard boarded a military plane on Monday afternoon in Texas, as state and city leaders in Illinois were holding a news conference asking them to stay away from Chicago.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday shared a photo on social media showing what he called the state's "elite" National Guard boarding a plane, but he did not say where they were headed.

Link to tweet

"Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said. "We will use every lever at our disposal to stop this power grab because military troops should not be used against American communities."

Earlier Tuesday, Abbott had replied to Pritzker on social media, saying, "I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials."

Among the military officials whom WLS recorded video of at the Army Reserve Center on Tuesday was two-star Maj. Gen. Niave Knell, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army North.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-national-guard-arrives-in-illinois-as-pritzker-decries-authoritarian-march/ar-AA1O1CNH


As Troops Invade Chicago, Trump Threatens to Jail the Mayor and Governor
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/trump-pritzker-johnson-ice-prosecution-jail-chicago-national-guard/


...I get that this is mostly Kabuki, but this is a Texas republican governor agreeing with the republican president to commit troops to 'carry out the president orders' as Trump is threatening to jail the Democratic governor and mayor; basically one state warring against the other with the full weight and authority of the federal government behind them.

It's an Executive-sanctioned civil war waged by a republican state and governor against a Democratic state and governor. This is madness on top of tyranny.