Blue States Should Seriously Consider ALL Options to Disband Their State's National Guard Units.

Although every state has one, there is no federal requirement that they do.

And since Trump is repeatedly violating federal law by using such units to be deployed for domestic "law enforcement" duties, the governors of California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania (the largest states with Democratic governors) should consult with their AGs and legislatures and disband their state's National Guard units as soon as possible.

Since states have rarely needed their Guard units to quell domestic disturbances, those states can easily replace the duties of the Guard to help with natural disasters by other means.

That might not stop Trump from federalizing, say, Ohio's National Guard or South Carolina's. But Republican voters in such Red States will tire of Trump's tractics pretty quick due to the strain such deployments put on Guard members and their families when Guard members are sent to San Francisco or Seattle to plant flowers and pick up trash as they were doing in D.C.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Would work only for a short while. Please remember Trump actually had called the military in California, even if they did nothing.

In California the national guard also deals with fire situations.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@beckyromero there is a small question whether or not he will "terminate" the constitution.

Yet this close to the election if he hasn't already started doing anything it's not going to happen. So where else is he affecting the election? 🤷🏻‍♂

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@DeWayfarer

The South Carolina Circuit Court Judge who may have been the target of an assassation attempt earlier today:

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal request to hand over sensitive information from millions of South Carolina voters is now on hold.

Late Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order resulting from a new lawsuit challenging whether the South Carolina Election Commission will give voters’ data to the Department of Justice.

Earlier this summer, the DOJ told South Carolina to turn over the information of the more than 3.3 million people registered to vote in the state, including their names, addresses, birthdates, driver’s license numbers, and last four digits of their Social Security Numbers. Other states received similar requests.

https://www.live5news.com/2025/09/03/judge-blocks-south-carolina-giving-doj-millions-voters-data/

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The Trump administration badly wants state voter registration records before the mid terms so they can intimidate voters and work to order states to purge voter rolls.