On the recordOctober 4, 2025
It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
Pritzker expresses his outrage over the federal demand for troop deployment.
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