Newsom and Pritzker threaten to leave bipartisan group silent on troop deployments

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Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and JB Pritzker (D-IL) threatened to pull their states out of the National Governors Association on Monday if the bipartisan group does not take a stand on President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon.

Newsom and Pritzker made their feelings about the recent troop deployments apparent in separate letters to the NGA. Both accused the group of being silent on the issue.

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