NJ Democrat Vows to Sue Over Federal Troop Deployments
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate and Rep. Mikie Sherrill said at a Univision town hall that she would sue President Donald Trump if he attempted to deploy National Guard or federal troops onto New Jersey streets, calling such deployments illegal except in rare insurrectional circumstances. Sherrill argued troops are not trained for policing, said she would 'immediately take him to court,' and framed the pledge in the context of recent White House deployments to multiple U.S. cities and recent federal court rulings that have limited or rebuked such actions.
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📌 Key Facts
- Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D‑NJ) said at a Univision 41 Nueva York town hall (Monday) she would sue President Donald Trump if he deployed troops to New Jersey.
- Sherrill said federal troops 'should not be on the streets of our country' except in rare insurrections or national crises and that she would 'immediately take him to court' to stop deployments she deems illegal.
- The remarks came amid a wave of Trump administration threats or deployments of federal forces to cities (Los Angeles, Baltimore, Memphis, etc.) and follow recent federal judicial actions that blocked or criticized such deployments (Portland; a judge said the administration 'willfully' broke the law in a Los Angeles deployment).