He’s a sheriff not the police and we didn’t need a SEAL team to deal with forest fires and floods. We did need vehicles that could take people into active fires and over dozens of miles of washed out roads to rescue people in harm’s way.
What difference does it make where the vehicle is acquired? Like a good socialist money doesn’t matter to you so why not decline the milsurp and spend tens of thousands more, right?
He’s the police. Forest fires and flooding are best addresses with bulldozers, skidders and bucket loaders. Mot military gear.
“Like a good socialist money doesn’t matter to you”
See my comment on budget it and buy it. If you call that socialism, you need a remedial econ 101 lesson.
Where does the Constitution authorize fedgov to equip local police? Police should be funded by state and local governments, which keeps control where it ought to be - with state and local governments.
There are always strings attached to unconstitutional gifts from fedgov.