LANSING — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning it may only be a matter of time before the National Guard is deployed into Michigan cities.

She argues that the Trump administration has shown a pattern of using federal resources to inflame tensions, when conditions on the ground don’t warrant the use of such force.

“These are absolutely authoritarian and strong-arm tactics,” Nessel said. “It’s something that we would see in a dictatorship and not in a democracy.”

Last month, Vice President JD Vance said the administration could bring troops to Michigan if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requested them.

The governor called that offer “unwarranted.”

“Eventually I see this happening in all 50 states,” Nessel said. “I think it’s something to be deeply concerned about, and I don’t think pe

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