MyManao - Will Josh be able to remain in control of the Hawaii State National Guard, or will Richie Rich be able to turn our brothers and sisters against us, and will they obey his orders if he does?
Governor Green and the Hawaii AG are speaking up against such actions - will have to see today how things play out in the CA courts.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/06/1...rd-in-l-a/
"Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez joined their Democratic counterparts from around the country in condemning President Donald Trump’s deployment of California National Guard troops to quell protests of immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
Green was one of 22 governors who issued a joint statement that called Trump’s reaction to protests against deportation “an alarming abuse of power. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous.”
On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz called Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard a purposeful effort to take attention from Trump’s budget bill, which Schatz said would slash federal funding for Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps to fund tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.
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Schatz said, “Trump does what he always does. He creates a spectacle out of nowhere in order to distract people from what is actually happening. They are cutting Medicaid. They are slashing nutritional assistance for children and families. They are jacking up everyone’s health insurance premiums and energy bills.”
He called on Americans to push back against Trump’s budget bill.
“What we need across the country is a bunch of people saying, ‘Don’t cut Medicare. Don’t cut Medicaid. Don’t cut food assistance,” Schatz said. “And certainly don’t use all of those cuts to provide resources to the wealthiest people to have ever walked the planet. We’re going to fight as hard as we can. We’ve only got 47 votes. We need four Republicans to say ‘enough is enough.’”
" (much more at link, but paywall - whole article will likely be in the Trib tomorrow)
Governor Green and the Hawaii AG are speaking up against such actions - will have to see today how things play out in the CA courts.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/06/1...rd-in-l-a/
"Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez joined their Democratic counterparts from around the country in condemning President Donald Trump’s deployment of California National Guard troops to quell protests of immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
Green was one of 22 governors who issued a joint statement that called Trump’s reaction to protests against deportation “an alarming abuse of power. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous.”
On the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz called Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard a purposeful effort to take attention from Trump’s budget bill, which Schatz said would slash federal funding for Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps to fund tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.
...
Schatz said, “Trump does what he always does. He creates a spectacle out of nowhere in order to distract people from what is actually happening. They are cutting Medicaid. They are slashing nutritional assistance for children and families. They are jacking up everyone’s health insurance premiums and energy bills.”
He called on Americans to push back against Trump’s budget bill.
“What we need across the country is a bunch of people saying, ‘Don’t cut Medicare. Don’t cut Medicaid. Don’t cut food assistance,” Schatz said. “And certainly don’t use all of those cuts to provide resources to the wealthiest people to have ever walked the planet. We’re going to fight as hard as we can. We’ve only got 47 votes. We need four Republicans to say ‘enough is enough.’”
" (much more at link, but paywall - whole article will likely be in the Trib tomorrow)