Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker described President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to his state as an “invasion,” and Illinois has now filed suit to prevent Trump’s action.

On Saturday, the Trump administration announced that National Guard troops would be sent to Illinois. Justifying the action, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson falsely claimed in a statement that there were “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” in the state that leaders like Pritzker had “refused to step in to quell.”

“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion,” Pritzker said in a social media post on Sunday. “It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in

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