BREAKING: Pete Hegseth Officially Sends Troops Into Portland

Under orders from President Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has just officially ordered National Guard troops to Portland, OR.

They will be deployed there for 60 days in order to crack down on the liberal hellscape.

Check it out:

Yesterday, President Trump announced that he was directing Hegseth to deploy the National Guard:

The troops are authorized to use “full-force,” if necessary.

However, as expected, Oregon is already pushing back with a lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Reuters has more:

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered 200 Oregon National Guard troops to be deployed under federal authority while the state filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump‘s move to send military forces into the Democratic-run city of Portland.

The Republican president on Saturday announced plans to send troops into Portland, saying they would be used to protect federal immigration facilities against “domestic terrorists” and that he was authorizing them to use “full force, if necessary.”

Trump’s deployments of military forces into other municipalities led by Democrats, including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., have spurred legal challenges and protests.

Oregon’s suit was filed against Trump, Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in federal court in Portland on Sunday by Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield. The suit accused Trump of exceeding his powers.

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“Citing nothing more than baseless, wildly hyperbolic pretext – the President says Portland is a ‘War ravaged’ city ‘under siege’ from ‘domestic terrorists.’ Defendants have thus infringed on Oregon’s sovereign power to manage its own law enforcement activity and National Guard resource,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit stated that protests against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in Portland have been small and relatively contained since June.

Trump’s planned deployment caught many at the Pentagon by surprise, six U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. On Sunday, Hegseth signed a memo ordering 200 Oregon National Guard troops deployed under federal authority. The memo was made public as an attachment to Oregon’s lawsuit.

The White House is responding to Oregon’s lawsuit, defending Hegseth’s action as both fully legal and long overdue.

Per CBS News:

In response to the lawsuit, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told CBS News Mr. Trump “is using his lawful authority” to send troops to Portland, saying that troops are being sent to protect federal assets and personnel “following months of violent riots where officers have been assaulted and doxxed by left-wing rioters.”

Local officials, including Gov. Kotek and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, have pushed back on Mr. Trump’s comments and plans to send troops to the city.

“When the president and I spoke yesterday, I told him in very plain language that there is no insurrection or a threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state, despite this, and with all evidence to the contrary, he has chosen to disregard Oregonian safety and ability to govern themselves,” Kotek said at a virtual news conference on Sunday.

She said that there have been some demonstrations near a federal facility, but Portland police and federal officials there are capable of handling the situation.

“And when people cross the line … there’s unlawful activity, people are being held accountable,” Kotek said.

The governor called the deployment of troops unlawful and said that it will make residents less safe.

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Send in the troops!

It’s a really bad time to be an Antifa terrorist…

What do you think?