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California's Governor has words for Trump (europe.pub)

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Originally Posted By u/CMao1986 At 2025-06-09 05:33:56 PM | Source

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[–] diablomnky666@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ahem, Kent State would like a word.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

The president didn't order the national guard. This is specifically about when a president orders a state national guard.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The difference there was that the governor called in the national guard in that instance.

1965 was the last time the president took control of the national guard against the governor's wishes. So in 1965 Lyndon Johnson took over the guard to protect civil rights protesters, this time Trump took over the national guard to suppress protests about ICE activity.

Edit: The distinction matters because the governor always has control of their states guard. Additionally, a governor can more or less give control of the guard to the federal government if it would help coordination/etc. In this instance though, Trump took control of the guard without the governors support/approval.