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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reestablish a World War II-era civilian military force that he, not the Pentagon, would control.
DeSantis pitched the idea Thursday as a way to further support the Florida National Guard during emergencies, like hurricanes. The Florida National Guard has also played a vital role during the pandemic in administering Covid-19 tests and distributing vaccines.
But in a nod to the growing tension between Republican states and the Biden administration over the National Guard, DeSantis also said this unit, called the Florida State Guard, would be "not encumbered by the federal government." He said this force would give him "the flexibility and the ability needed to respond to events in our state in the most effective way possible." DeSantis is proposing bringing it back with a volunteer force of 200 civilians, and he is seeking $3.5 million from the state legislature in startup costs to train and equip them.
The move by DeSantis comes on the heels of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's directive warning that National Guard members who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus will have their pay withheld and barred from training. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, had requested an exemption for guard members in his state, which Austin denied.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/02/politics/florida-state-guard-desantis/index.html
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DeSatan is a nazi. Believe it.
Drum
(9,161 posts)Deuxcents
(16,235 posts)When I heard it on the local news. Now, Im very distressed
ColinC
(8,300 posts)But they are entirely voluntary without pay. I wonder how well funded this would be.
onenote
(42,708 posts)Then they often are compensated. For example, New York pays its State Guard members at a rate comparable to the pay for National Guard members when State Guard members are called to active service.
ColinC
(8,300 posts)I worked with a lot in the ca ng when I served, and a lot were in it to fulfill a reserve component that their civilian state job likely requires.
NowISeetheLight
(3,943 posts)Reminds me a bit of 1920s Germany and Hitlers rise to power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)brush
(53,784 posts)He's dangerous.
Baitball Blogger
(46,723 posts)Look at the mess we have with the Jan. 6th Insurrection. Many of those people facing the music feel like they were betrayed by Trump. They felt like he was the commander and chief and he called for their help.
I imagine the same thing will be repeated with De Santis.
Takket
(21,574 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,003 posts)He can deploy them to monitor voting! What could go wrong?
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)What could go wrong?
bluestarone
(16,963 posts)That's exactly the type he would want too!
chowder66
(9,070 posts)There has to be corruption or law breaking with this POS.
Bev54
(10,052 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Is getting thier brownshirt army vice police, vilangenties in nazi nightmare. Tyranny uses mercinaries to to control are hellscapes.
Fuck you de satan,evil son of a b
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)This lunatic needs to be stopped
Woodswalker
(549 posts)Not good and not something I would want to see in my town. Guess thats why I live in NY. Shit like that would never fly here
sarisataka
(18,656 posts)New York has a state guard and naval militia
http://dmna.ny.gov/nyg/
GP6971
(31,163 posts)My grandfather was a member of the NY state guard. It's more like a Frat club than anything resembling a military unit.
Woodswalker
(549 posts)That a red state is pushing your wrong. These guys carry water and assist the national guard and are Unarmed.
sarisataka
(18,656 posts)New York is not armed, except for a competition team. Other states can be armed. For example California:
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Harker
(14,020 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)have to tax the residents down there for their private military. Good luck with that. Im sure the Mouse will tell the Temp Governor to shove it.
moondust
(19,988 posts)"And then we'll get back to the good ol' days of gettin' rich on the backs of slaves while sippin' our mint juleps. MAGA!"
Bayard
(22,075 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,749 posts)blm
(113,063 posts)sarisataka
(18,656 posts)That is active and almost all of the rest have inactive forces. Depending on the state it can be as few as one person to several thousand members.
State military reserve forces or something
sarisataka
(18,656 posts)Although the name varies in some states
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_defense_force
global1
(25,251 posts)weapon for Florida. The guy has a Tr**p power complex. He's crazy and dangerous.
The people of Florida need to smarten up and vote this guy out of office.
getagrip_already
(14,763 posts)The pentagon refused.
It would be highly unlikely they could legally obtain or possess any.
That at least is a positive.
dgauss
(882 posts)Seriously, I would not be surprised.
hadEnuf
(2,191 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,907 posts)Dictators, autocrats, and strongmen thrive on chaos in the beginning of their rise to power. At first they come to that power legally, within domestic law. Once in power the autocrat takes the law and uses it and bends it, eventually shaping it to his will. This is not an easy process and history shows that this phase of totalitarianism can be marked with strife, chaos, and even bloodshed in the streets. Though the law is a bulwark against tyranny it can also advance it.
Continues
https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/09/david-crane-brownshirts-nazi-american-elections/
DBoon
(22,366 posts)or any other Federal requirement.
Stinky The Clown
(67,807 posts)This should frighten EVERYONE
Sunsky
(1,737 posts)If he isn't voted out next year, I'm moving out of this fcking state. I can't even watch the local news anymore because I can't stand to see his face.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)librechik
(30,674 posts)I just can't. I can't. I picked a bad time to quit Zoloft, that's for sure.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Maybe a couple of lightning bolts to signify their membership in the Florida State Stasi.
Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)to escape Castro will think?
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)???!!!!?????
Vinca
(50,276 posts)Maybe it would be used to put the cult members in deprogramming camps.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,129 posts)To create this force and then lose the next election to a Democrat who immediately deploys them to make voting safer and to quell stupid riots fostered by the right wing? Who am I kidding, the entire force would quit en masse once someone with a brain got elected.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,697 posts)Mr. Sparkle
(2,933 posts)so ... as in the national guard!
It sounds to me like he is looking to form his own brown shirts. We know his character. All those wannabe dictators are all the same. They need a group of thugs, loyal to him to protect him.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)I nominate tRump for Secretary of Invasive Reptile Control.
Oh wait. He is an invasive reptile..... .....
DFW
(54,399 posts)Just organize your own militia, paid for with taxpayer money, to kill anyone who challenges your rule.
I guess if old-fashioned voter fraud is not cutting it any more, innovate!
getagrip_already
(14,763 posts)If the dems win the gov office.......
hadEnuf
(2,191 posts)traitorsgalore
(1,396 posts)Every GOPlague's dream.