Perry ... requested 1,000 National Guard troops along the Texas-Mexico border, but only received 250.NEWS FLASH!
The Governor of a state is in charge of his state's National Guard. Not the POTUS, not the DoD, not the Army, NO ONE but him, or her. The exception is IF said state's NG Force has been nationalized by the POTUS, with the okay of the governor(1) - then they are under control of the US Army and POTUS as the CIC.
So every time I see that canard about Perry "requesting" NG troops I stop right there as its complete and utter BS. In English A LIE. So if Perry wanted 1,000 or 5,000 'Boots' all he had to do was call them up for Active Duty(2). It's that simple.
(1) This was the problem Dubya had in LA and Katrina. That asshat governor would not allow Bush to Nationalize the LA National Guard when he requested - and requested, and requested. Until it was too late and everything was FUBAR.
(2)Texas National Guard
The Governor may call individuals or units of the Texas National Guard into state service during emergencies or to assist in special situations which lend themselves to use of the National Guard. The state mission assigned to the National Guard is: "To provide trained and disciplined forces for domestic emergencies or as otherwise provided by state law."
Another of Perry's damnable lies...... b/c a Governor controls his state's National Guard. Period. One exception is if the prez nationalized the state NG WITH the consent of the Governor.
Prehistoric Perry and his clueless handlers have a huge problem---they have no idea WRT to the speed and accuracy info gets on the web.
Every word Perry says can be scrutinized and researched.......trouble is everything Perry says comes up short.
Border control is the responsibility of the Federal government. Why should Texas pay for those Guards in addition to the $400 million we’ve paid for? We put nearly 600 TNG in the airports after 9-11, BTW. We deploy our own Rangers, our DPS agents, we have a State. Office of Homeland Security, we deploy our helicopters.
The. Nation should pay for National security. Our Gover
” The Governor of a state is in charge of his state’s National Guard. Not the POTUS, not the DoD, not the Army, NO ONE but him, or her. The exception is IF said state’s NG Force has been nationalized by the POTUS, with the okay of the governor(1) - then they are under control of the US Army and POTUS as the CIC.
So every time I see that canard about Perry “requesting” NG troops I stop right there as its complete and utter BS. In English A LIE. So if Perry wanted 1,000 or 5,000 ‘Boots’ all he had to do was call them up for Active Duty(2). It’s that simple.”
Perry is a bare-faced LIAR on a number of important issues.