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Posted on 12/06/2021 3:19:00 PM PST by MtnClimber
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced that the state government would provide more than $100 million in funding to support the existing Florida National Guard and to reestablish a Florida State Guard. The governor’s press release explained that the funding “supports vital emergency response services that the National Guard provides,” and includes resources “to establish the Florida State Guard” which “will enable civilians to be trained in the best emergency response techniques,” making Florida the “23rd state with a state guard recognized by the federal government.
The governor’s decision provoked something of a partisan freak out on social media, with detractors hyperventilating that the organization would be akin to a “statewide paramilitary force” that “only answers to” DeSantis.
In fact, the governor’s move to allocate funding toward National Guard and State Guard personnel and assets is both prudent and timely, in large part due to the increased inability and unwillingness of the federal government to meet its security obligations to the states.
Recall that several state governors last year were forced to mobilize their National Guard forces to protect human life and property from a rash of violence and insurrection that spanned hundreds of cities and caused billions of dollars in damage. Yet the federal government has largely refused to investigate those crimes or take steps to prevent future violence.
This year, states faced even greater concerns for the safety of their citizens due to a growing list of national security failures by the Biden Administration. These include a refusal to secure the border, inability to secure state and local government networks from cyberattack, the suspension of important executive orders meant to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, and continued willful blindness to a variety of terrorist threats.
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The Xao Bai-Ding regime is doing the opposite of what it is required to do to protect states from illegal invasion...it is participating in the invasion.
Bolster? I thought he was restarting a long defunct state guard. I’m hoping Missouri will do the same. TEXAS definitely needs to do the same but Abbott seems to be a beady eyed closet RINO.
So it begins. Thank God. I’d love to serve in a Kentucky regiment once we rid ourselves of our little blue fuhrer.
https://nwfloridahistory.com/2021/08/10/early-florida-confederate-regiments-in-the-war-for-southern-independence-1861-1862/amp/
Getting robos from dumboRATS trying to take DeSantis down. LOL
All governors should ignore the Feds and exercise their powers under their State’s constitution. Cut out the cancer that is the Fed bureaucracy, which isn’t elected or answerable to the People. Repeal the 17th Amendment!
I guess they never heard of a militia.
DeSantis thinks ahead...he is a “for the people” leader.
Might be time to move the Florida… I’ll join up in a heartbeat…
Agreed. I’m fortunate enough to live in the Free State of Florida, which he is fighting to keep free.
I checked into SC State Guard.
Too many medical things they would get upset over.
Texas has a State Guard, it’s been in existence for a long time. Check out hot link below.
God Bless Texas
https://tmd.texas.gov/state-guard That's the same as most states' militia. For support in emergencies only. No typical military type activities. Distribute and hand out supplies etc. Not the same. They just supplement the Nat Guard and LEO/Emergency agencies. Grunts doing labor.
This is not a hypothetical for Florida. Right now elements of the Florida National Guard’s 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is deployed overseas to...wait for it...
Ukraine.
https://www.libertylifemedia.com/articles/fngs-gator-brigade-deploys-to-ukraine/
Sending Florida’s to Ukraine for the winter. Nice to see the army hasn’t changed in the years since I got out.
the United States, state defense forces are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government acc to Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_defense_force
North Carolina State Defense Militia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Defense_Militia
“All governors should ignore the Feds and exercise their powers under their State’s constitution. Cut out the cancer that is the Fed bureaucracy, which isn’t elected or answerable to the People. Repeal the 17th Amendment!”
Amen. Amen! AMEN! *BUMP*
It would be a hoot if DeSantis utilized both Natl and State Guard to do the THREE (3) missions assigned to them under the US Constitution. Afterwards, gradually expand until it is compulsory.
That would put a lot of people out of business.
That was in the link I posted. Nothing new in yours.
The texas state Guard has its origin in the Republic of Texas. That’s unique to Texas. It’s a military organization that trains with weapons. While it does a lot of emergency and natural disaster work they could be utilized as armed units if the Governor so directed.
God Bless Texas 😉
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