The Trump administration has said it wants National Guard troops patrolling the streets in Memphis, Portland, and Chicago.

The reason, says President Trump and members of his cabinet, a need to address rampant crime and give support to federal agents involved in immigration enforcement.

It's probably worse than almost any city in the world.

You can go to Afghanistan.

You can go to a lot of different places, and they probably marvel at how much crime we have.

But the governors of Oregon and Illinois and the mayors of Chicago and Portland have filed lawsuits to try and stop the deployment of National Guard troops in their cities and states.

To put military troops in American cities is a threat to our democracy.

There is not an insurrection or a rebellion, not only in Portland or Chicago or other places.

Oregon's governor, Democrat Tina Kotech speaking to all things considered on Monday.

Look, there are challenges.

There's lawful demonstrations.

Local law enforcement is handling the situation.

And I think this is an overreaction to the situation.

And it's just not true.

Fact should matter.

Now as the war of wills between the states and the executive branch is intensifying,

President Trump is saying he could try and bypass the courts altogether by using the Insurrection Act. It's an 1807 law that would give him broad latitude to use the National Guard or

active duty troops for law enforcement on domestic soil.

We have an insurrection act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd do that. If people were

being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure,

I do that. Consider this. Trump says Chicago and other cities need the National Guard on the streets.

Illinois Governor, Democrat J.B. Pritzker, says it's an invasion.

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