Oregon Governor Tina Kotek sent members of both the Oregon National Guard and the California National Guard home yesterday, and also met with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem at the Portland airport upon her arrival, where she emphasized that there is no insurrection in Portland.

Oregon Governor Sends Troops Home

Yesterday, Kotek directed the United States Northern Command to take immediate action to demobilize Oregon’s 200 National Guard citizen-soldiers currently stationed at Camp Rilea and return the 200 California National Guard members presently stationed at Camp Withycombe to California.

The governor’s orders follow two court-ordered restraining orders, first to block Trump’s attempt to seize control of the Oregon National Guard , and then to stop Tr

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