Newsom Wonders Why Trump Sends Troops, Ignores His Own Power
It appears Governor Newsom is deeply concerned about Donald Trump's presumed move to deploy California National Guard troops to Oregon, framing it as an escalation of federal intervention in Democrat-led states. One might almost believe this is a genuine power grab, rather than an election-year headline designed to rally his base. Oddly, Newsom's outrage overlooks a rather significant detail:
governors are the *commanders-in-chief* of their state's National Guard. According to federal law (Title 32 U.S.C. ยง 104), the Governor exercises sole command and control over the Guard unless they are federalized by the President for specific national emergencies. So, the question isn't whether Trump can send them to Oregon; it's why Newsom is talking like he has no say in the matter. It's almost
as if manufacturing political 'crisis' is more important than exercising his actual legal authority or, you know, just saying 'no.' How many political footballs are we expected to believe are truly existential threats?