Reports are going viral online right now that President Trump has ordered 300 National Guard troops to Illinois:

Many are even claiming source for this news is the White House:

But we fact-check our stories before we run them and I cannot find any official source related to President Trump or the White House making this announcement.

The source actually appears to be Illinois’ fat-ass Governor Pritzker according to the AP:

The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.

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Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up. He did not specify when or where they would be deployed, but President Donald Trump has long threatened to send troops to Chicago.

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will,” Pritzker said in a statement. “It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.”

A spokesperson for the governor’s office said she could not provide additional details. The White House and the Pentagon did not respond to questions about Pritzker’s statement.

The escalation of federal law enforcement in Illinois follows similar deployments in other parts of the country. Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles over the summer and as part of his law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile Tennessee National Guard troops are expected to help Memphis police.

While the story may turn out to be true — and I hope it is — right now I am not running with a story where my only source is Fat-Ass Pritzker.

We’ll continue to monitor and bring you updates as we have them.

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