U.S. Politics in Real TimeState guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans say
#FloridaStateGuard #DeSantis #PersonalMilitia #VeteransQuit #Training #StateGuard #Politics #News
TeamRoseI’m truly frightened…
#desantis w/his own “private” force.
“Dems expressed fear in 2021, when DeSantis 1st proposed to reactivate the #stateguard dormant since WWII, that it would eventually become a paramilitary force beholden only to #florida ’s #authoritarian leader.
‘No gov should have his own handpicked #secretpolice ‘said Charlie Crist.”
I’ll bet an audit of the operating budget…
Would show if any of the $107.5m #budget …“wandered” away!
https://apple.news/Agu3aB6ulRS2AGvyFudTWWQ
Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦 WILL NOT COMPLYDeSatan's Praetorian Guard was advertised as a disaster response force, but is in fact a #military force and an illegal arrogation of the Federal executive branch's power to enforce immigration policy.
Just a small preview of the kind of deception, militarization, and abuse of authority we could expect from a DeSatan presidency.
#NeverTrump #NeverDeSantis #Florida #StateGuard #fascism #NationalGuard #Federalism #privateArmy
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈#DeSantis #signs #Florida #StateGuard #expansion making it #permanent, #larger
— The #Fasicst #Florida #Governor got his #personal #army of #brownshirts.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
DeSantis signs Florida State Guard expansion making it permanent, larger
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will expand and make permanent the Florida State Guard, which DeSantis revived last year. DeSantis’ office said the Florida State Guard bill (HB 1285) was among eight military-related measures that he signed Friday.
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#TALLAHASSEE — When Gov. #RonDeSantis first proposed reviving the long-dormant #Florida #StateGuard, he wanted 200 #volunteers and a modest $5 million budget.
Then it grew to 400 members and $10 million.
Now it’s 1,500 members and a nearly $100 million budget — with #PolicePowers, helicopters, boats and, under one lawmaker’s request, cellphone-hacking technology.
