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Gov. Ron DeSantis Reads the Tea Leaves
Almost any action that Gov. DeSantis of Florida takes is attributed to his greedy aspirations to run for President of the US in 2024. The possibility that he may have goals other than amassing power against every Leftist minority group doesn’t enter the discussion. But I think the Governor sees other dangers on the horizon and he’s not waiting for the violent Left to create chaos in order to make preparations. He also is looking out for our citizens and our military, ignoring the protestations of President Biden.
DeSantis decided to resurrect the civilian volunteer force called the Florida State Guard, with retired Marine Lt. Col. Chris Graham as its director. Part of DeSantis’ motivation was to reach out to the military folks who were rejected by the federal government’s mandate for the military to be vaccinated for COVID-19:
‘When [Biden] came into office, he decided to impose a COVID vax mandate on the U.S. military,’ DeSantis added. ‘You had a situation where most people in our military are the lowest of the lowest risk for COVID, to begin with. Many of them had already had COVID and had recovered in 2020 into 2021, and yet he imposed these mandates on them. And that has had the impact of actually kicking people out who had served honorably, who just decided this is not what they want to do.’
Due to the personnel demands of the federal government on our National Guard, Florida has only 12,000 troops, even though our population has grown from 5 million to 22 million in the last 60 years. Unfortunately, the federal government has no interest in bolstering those numbers.
The beauty of re-building a Florida State Guard is that it will be used to help only Floridians. The federal government will not be able to force policies onto the organization.
Twenty-two other states have worked to build their own version of a State Guard, with mixed results.
Although people on the Left insist that DeSantis is in the process of developing his own personal militia, I believe he has more critical plans for the months and years ahead. Although Florida was spared much of the violence that took place in cities all over the country during the last couple of years, we may need to be better prepared for the future. Controversies over Roe v. Wade, possible new Covid mandates on the horizon, frustration over inflation and gas prices, concerns about crime, the latest eruptions over LGBTQ rights, are “matches” just waiting to be lit. So not only will DeSantis recruit rejections from the U.S. military branches, preparing a volunteer force that is already showing great popularity in its recruitment efforts, but we will be ready to fight the forces of evil and violence that could erupt in the months ahead.
Florida will be ready!
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And they get a call on occasion, like helping during Covid. It is like a pool of volunteers who also happen to be armed, many are vets.
Why would that be an issue. Even police are allowed to use their own weapons if approved by their department. I have bought handguns that came with a sealed envelope with a spent shell.
Noonan only has a RINO audience these days.
Is Bandwagon Peggy still doing her schtick?
Ha! Gary, if you didn’t know that I was jackin’ with you, I could have a lot of fun pulling your chain on a daily basis.