A federal judge has railed against her Trump-appointed colleagues after they allowed the president to send troops into Portland, declaring their ruling was beyond absurd.

In a major victory for President Donald Trump, a divided appeals court on Monday gave him the green light to deploy National Guard troops to the Oregon city, days after a federal judge found there was no justification for doing so.

The two-to-one decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was split along partisan lines, with Trump-appointed judges Ryan Nelson and Bridget Bade supporting the administration, while Bill Clinton-appointed judge Susan Graber dissented.

In her dissent, Graber denounced the “political theater” of Trump’s push to deploy the Oregon National Guard to quell what he claims is a war zone.

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