CBO TELLS MERKLEY: TRUMP'S BRAZEN NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO AMERICAN CITIES HAS SO FAR COST U.S. TAXPAYERS UPWARDS OF $589M

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:

Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that President Donald Trump's brazen decision to deploy National Guard personnel to U.S. cities, including Portland, has cost taxpayers upwards of $589 million to date. If these deployments continue at current levels, they will cost an additional $93 million per month. Furthermore, for each additional Guard unit that is activated in the future, costs will increase by $18-21 million per 1,000 soldiers. Trump has previously ordered troops into major cities across the country, including Portland, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C.,...