Portland City Councilor and Veteran Calls on National Guard to Remember Oath

In response to the announced deployment of 200 National Guard troops and 150 ICE agents to Portland, a group of military veterans gathered in front of City Hall, calling on servicemembers to remember their oath and refuse unlawful orders.

Joining them was City Councilor Mitch Green, a veteran of the Afghanistan war.

"Trump is signaling in very clear terms he wants to go to war in American cities," said Councilor Green. "He said he wants to use Portland as a training ground and that soldiers should do ‘whatever they want' to protesters. While it's unclear what the role of the National Guard will be, these threats are as serious as anything in American history. The oath we took as soldiers absolutely comes with an asterisk, and this is it."