Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) denounced the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois on Thursday, breaking with national GOP leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX).

Stitt, the chairman of the nonpartisan National Governors Association, said the National Guard deployment violated his idea of federalism. His denouncement comes just days after Govs. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) each sent letters to Stitt, threatening to pull out of the NGA if the chairman did not condemn the deployment.