Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today issued the following statement after a federal judge granted Oregon’s request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking the president’s order to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland:

“The court agreed with our position. Today’s ruling is a healthy check on the president.

“It reaffirms what we already knew: Portland is not the president’s war-torn fantasy. Our city is not ravaged, and there is no rebellion. The president must demonstrate an actual threat based on real facts if he wants to put the National Guard on our streets. Members of the Oregon National Guard are not a tool for him to use in his political theater.”