White House Responds to Trump Judge Stopping National Guard in Portland

Senior White House official Stephen Miller accused the federal judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of any National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, of “one of the most egregious and thunderous violations of constitutional order we have ever seen.”

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who is a Trump appointee, granted a temporary restraining order Sunday sought by California and Oregon, blocking Trump’s attempt to deploy California National Guard troops to Oregon. It was a day after she had blocked his previous move to deploy Oregon’s National Guard.

“A district court judge has no conceivable authority, whatsoever, to restrict the President and Commander-in-Chief from dispatching members of the US military to defend federal lives and property,” Miller, who is deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor at the White House, said in a post on X.

“Today’s judicial ruling is one of the most egregious and thunderous violations of constitutional order we have ever seen—and is yet the latest example of unceasing efforts to nullify the 2024 election by fiat.”

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