Governors can't countermand the president. The NG are federal troops.

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Governors can't countermand the president. The NG are federal troops.

Author: NedoftheHill (45454 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 5:17 pm on Oct 8, 2025

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If Abbott deployed the Texas State Guard (which are not federal troops), Illinois could just arrest them. He's obviously not doing that.

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "Governors can't countermand the president. The NG are federal troops."

I'm sure Texans would be cool if the gov of Illinois deployed NG troops there without their approval [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 2:07pm 10/8/25 (17) [View All]
- If their gov was threatening their own guardsman living there, then yes they would be grateful. Now- - BaronVonZemo - 6:48pm 10/8/25
  - Ha! “Don’t mess with Texas…except when Baron says it’s OK” [NT] - Chris94 - 8:15pm 10/8/25
    - Inane response. If Radical Left stops their violence against officers, everyone can go home. - BaronVonZemo - 12:05am 10/9/25
- it’s only fair liberal states keep sending their residence to the red state [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 4:49pm 10/8/25
  - well, they have to have some place for their residents to live, right? [NT] - und67 - 6:44pm 10/8/25
- Wow. Need to step up the physical training regimen in the Nat'l Guard. - NedoftheHill - 2:24pm 10/8/25
  - It's at Trump's request, of course [NT] - Chris94 - 2:45pm 10/8/25
    - Request? Can Abbott deny the request? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:42pm 10/8/25
      - Theoretically. But nobody stands up to DJT. [NT] - Chris94 - 5:04pm 10/8/25
        Governors can't countermand the president. The NG are federal troops. - NedoftheHill - 5:17pm 10/8/25
        Not really, no. [NT] [LINK] - Chris94 - 6:03pm 10/8/25
        AR Gov. Orval Faubus (awesome name) found out he can't even stop his NG from turning against himself - NedoftheHill - 8:03pm 10/8/25
        Eisenhower sent in the 101st airborne, not the Arkansas NG - Chris94 - 8:14pm 10/8/25
        He put the NG under their command. The NG that blocked students became guards for the students. - NedoftheHill - 8:19pm 10/8/25
        
        Actually, Elon did and we know how that turned out. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:11pm 10/8/25
        Rand Paul does. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:13pm 10/8/25
        So does Massey. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:20pm 10/8/25