California's National Guard withdrawing troops from the border

Gov. Gavin Newsom is rescinding former Gov. Jerry Brown's deployment of California National Guard troops to the Mexican border, pulling most of the 360 troops off their current missions but leaving some in the area to combat transnational drug smuggling.

"The border 'emergency' is a manufactured crisis," Newsom will say during his State of the State address Tuesday morning, according to advance excerpts provided by his office. "And California will not be part of this political theater."

Earlier this month, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the majority of her state's National Guard troops at the border to withdraw.

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At this point, I think we should maybe be on guard for a false flag operation from Trumpworld.

During peacetime, the Guard is under the command of each state governor and adjutant general and typically is called upon to respond to emergencies and natural disasters. In times of war, the president can place the Guard under military command.

Since Congress has been so lax in its duties for the past 20 years regarding war declaration, and has allowed several administrations to call what we're doing everywhere a "war on terror," what's to stop a president from taking control of the Guard under those terms? We've been at war over two decades. Congress has allowed the last three presidents to pursue military operations all over the globe. I'd think there could be a pretty damned good argument to be made because of it if Trump wants to.

The recent National Guard deployment to the Southern border is something of a hybrid. Federal authorities asked governors to provide Guard troops to assist with border security. The federal government is paying the cost of deployment. But the Guard troops remain under the authority of their state governor and adjutant general.

The California governor is splitting the troops up into three new deployments in a move he will tell lawmakers will allow the National Guard to "refocus on the real threats facing our state"

Good. Call him out. And get ready for some nasty tweets and dirty tricks. Perhaps a covert investigation into your past. Some Fox and National Enquirer blackmail or false stories.

California National Guard troops have been deployed at the border since last spring, when Brown gave them what he called a "crystal clear" scope.

"This will not be a mission to build a new wall," Brown wrote in an April 11 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and then-Defense Secretary James Mattis. "It will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. And the California National Guard will not be enforcing federal immigration laws."

But the National Guard has been aiding federal efforts along the border by handling duties that otherwise would have had to be performed by U.S. troops and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, including vehicle maintenance, administrative support and operating cameras on the border.

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During the gubernatorial campaign, Newsom said he disagreed with Brown's decision.

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After initially praising Brown for agreeing to his deployment request, President Trump then criticized him for not supporting, in his words, a safe and secure border.

Meanwhile, Trump is pre-judging his adoring crowd size:



...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.