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President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric about Portland peaked last weekend when he seized control of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to deploy to what he claimed was a “war-ravaged” city.
Almost immediately, state and local Democratic leaders sued to block the extraordinary move and sought a temporary restraining to stop the deployment.
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JACK BROOK Associated Press
A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.
California and Oregon sought the temporary restraining order after the president sent guard members from California to Oregon earlier in the day.
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On Saturday, the same judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland.
A Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement that about 200 federalized members of the California National Guard who had been on duty around Los Angeles were being reassigned to Portland. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said about 100 arrived Saturday and around 100 more were en route Sunday.
Kotek said there had been no formal communication with the federal government about the deployment.
The two states originally requested a narrower order that would have blocked only California National Guard troops from being sent to Oregon, but asked for the order to apply to all National Guard troops after a memo written by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was submitted to the court that said up to 400 Texas National Guard personnel were being activated for deployment to Oregon, Illinois and possibly elsewhere.
Recall Effort Against Governor Tina Kotek Accelerates Across Oregon
by John Oliver
October 7, 2025Politics No Comments3 Mins Read
Recall Effort Against Governor Tina Kotek Accelerates Across Oregon
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The campaign to recall Oregon Governor Tina Kotek is gaining rapid traction statewide, according to organizers who report a surge in voter participation and signature collection. The movement, led by Oregon for the People and Chief Petitioner Bill Minnix, is advancing at what campaign representatives describe as an unprecedented pace, drawing support from residents across the political spectrum.
Launched earlier this year, the recall petition has attracted volunteers and signatories from both major political parties as well as unaffiliated voters. Organizers attribute the momentum to widespread voter dissatisfaction with current state policies, including tax rates, Oregon’s status as a sanctuary state, and what many perceive as a lack of responsiveness from the governor’s office. Signature-gathering events have expanded across urban and rural communities, with petitioners stationed at public spaces, community events, and local businesses.
In addition to collecting signatures, recall organizers are also reporting increased activity on vote.gov, where some voters are updating their party registration as part of their participation in the recall campaign. The movement has become a focal point for individuals and groups calling for greater accountability and changes in state leadership.
The recall petition faces strict legal and procedural requirements. Under Oregon law, a recall petition must gather signatures equaling at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. Once the petition is filed, the state has a set period to verify the signatures through the Secretary of State’s office. If the required number is confirmed, a recall election is scheduled, giving voters the opportunity to decide whether to remove the governor from office before the end of the term.
To address potential procedural disputes, Minnix has retained legal counsel and is preparing to challenge the Oregon Secretary of State over language and instructions included on the recall petition cover sheet. The campaign contends that the wording and validation standards for signatures are unclear and could lead to eligible signatures being improperly rejected. The planned legal action seeks to clarify the standards and ensure that all signatures from registered voters are evaluated consistently and transparently.
The campaign’s growth reflects a broader trend of increased political engagement in Oregon, where grassroots movements have played a significant role in state politics in recent years. Recall campaigns have become more frequent as political divisions sharpen and voters look for mechanisms to directly influence leadership between election cycles.
Governor Kotek, who took office in January 2023, has faced political challenges during her tenure, including debates over state spending priorities, homelessness, crime, and education funding. Her administration has defended its policies as necessary responses to long-standing structural problems, while critics argue that recent legislative and executive actions have not addressed core concerns.
The outcome of the recall effort will depend largely on whether organizers can gather the required number of verified signatures within the legally mandated timeframe. If successful, it would trigger a statewide election in which voters could decide whether to remove Kotek or allow her to continue her term.
As the campaign continues, both supporters and opponents of the recall are expected to intensify their efforts in the coming weeks. Public forums, debates, and outreach initiatives are likely to increase as the petition approaches critical deadlines. The legal challenge to the Secretary of State’s procedures could also shape the timeline and conditions under which the petition is reviewed.
The recall movement represents a significant political test for both the governor and her critics. It will measure the depth of voter dissatisfaction and the capacity of grassroots campaigns to mobilize effectively in Oregon’s current political climate.
Newsom joins Oregon’s suit after Trump sends California National Guard to Oregon
“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” the governor said in a statement.
“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. | Noah Berger/AP
By Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney and Blake Jones10/05/2025 01:41 PM EDTUpdated: 10/05/2025 09:58 PM EDT
SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland after a federal judge blocked the president’s call-up of Oregon’s National Guard, a workaround that has already drawn a new round of legal challenges.
Late Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Oregon leaders’ pending lawsuit, asking Portland-based U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut to block Trump’s effort to sidestep her initial ruling by deploying California troops.
“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” Newsom said in a statement. “The Trump Administration is unapologetically attacking the rule of law itself and putting into action their dangerous words — ignoring court orders and treating judges, even those appointed by the President himself, as political opponents.” A Trump administration spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Sunday night that Oregon and California officials are joining forces to fight Trump’s latest move.
“This is a very staggering end-run around the court’s order,” Bonta said of Trump’s action.
Immergut, a Trump appointee, blocked Trump on Saturday from deploying 200 National Guard troops from Oregon, ruling that he based the decision on false claims of unrest in Portland and abused his power in ways that threatened to erode the line between civilian and military rule. The judge quickly ordered lawyers to join a Sunday night telephone hearing after California and Oregon officials sought an urgent ruling.
An attorney for California’s Military Department, which oversees the state’s National Guard contingent, said in a sworn statement to the court the order to send 300 troops to Portland came within hours of Immergut’s decision to block the Oregon deployment. About 100 of them were already en route as of Sunday morning, the attorney, Paul Eck, said in the statement.
The Trump-appointed judge’s decision did not hinge on the source of the troops Trump deployed — she called the effort a violation of Oregon’s sovereignty that failed to meet the legal requirements for Trump to federalize Guard troops at all.
Trump slammed the decision and the judge Sunday in an exchange with reporters on the White House’s South Lawn.
“Portland is burning to the ground …. All you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers. That judge ought to be ashamed of himself,” the president said, apparently unaware that his appointee, Immergut, is a woman.
Top Trump aide Stephen Miller called the ruling a “legal insurrection,” describing the violence in Portland as an “organized terrorist attack” despite the judge’s finding that the administration lacked any evidence of violence that could not be managed by local authorities.
Bonta, like Immergut, said Trump’s claims about the situation in Portland were disconnected from reality. Oregon officials have said they believe Trump was prompted to zero in on that state’s most populous city after watching five-year-old video of unrest there during the coronavirus pandemic.
“The facts don’t come from Truth Social. They come from reality, in the real world, on the ground,” Bonta told reporters on a videoconference Sunday evening. “And the facts on the ground did not justify the deployment yesterday and I don’t see how it can justify the deployment today.”
It’s unclear whether the administration’s pending appeal in the Oregon case will discourage Immergut from issuing a second temporary restraining order, but Bonta said he thought the new facts created by Trump’s latest action would prompt the judge to act. California does not need the judge’s permission to join Oregon’s suit, but does need a new order from her in order to block the involvement of California troops.
“We think that this new deployment of what will eventually be 300 National Guardspeople from California to Oregon is deserving of an additional temporary restraining order and has its own independent existence that needs to be placed before this judge and have a ruling on it,” the California attorney general said.
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Trump’s decision to once again federalize California troops over Newsom’s objection further escalates Trump’s relentless offensive against the Democrat-run state. His administration has in just the last few weeks lobbed mortgage fraud allegations against Sen. Adam Schiff, canceled funding to California and other blue states amid the government shutdown and threatened to move Olympic and World Cup competitions out of Los Angeles, citing crime.
The cross-state deployment added a new twist to the administration’s overtaking of troops in blue states. Trump’s previous plans for deployments in Illinois and Oregon involved personnel local to those states. Mississippi, Louisiana and Ohio have voluntarily sent National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime in the city.
On Sunday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said his state’s National Guard was informed that the Texas National Guard is preparing deployments to Illinois. The Illinois Guard was previously deployed.
“This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States,” Pritzker said in a statement. “No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.”
“We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion,” Pritzker’s statement continued. “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 another state’s military troops.”
Jones reported from Sacramento. Gerstein and Cheney reported from Washington.
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