Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) on Saturday said President Donald Trump will federalize 300 Illinois National Guard troops, despite his dissent.

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,” Pritzker said in a statement. “It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.“

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