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Old 12-03-2021, 10:37 AM
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DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control

Ron DeSantis plans Florida paramilitary force outside federal control
‘No governor should have his own handpicked secret police,’ says former Republican governor Charlie Crist

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ederal-control

Insanity. DOJ needs to step in and stop this, NOW.
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Old 12-03-2021, 06:14 PM
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Actually, many states have some version of this. They were most popular during WWII, when the national guard troops were all federalized and overseas. Nowadays, they are mostly pretty pitiful remnants. The Feds wont equip them, the states barely fund them, the volunteers are guys who want to play soldier but can't get into the National Guard. They don't get paid to drill, only if they are activated.
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Old 12-03-2021, 06:18 PM
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Of course, DeSantis if perfectly capable of taking this concept and making a Reich Wing paramilitary out of them. But being state sponsored, they'd be legal, which grassroots militia units absolutely are not.
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Old 12-04-2021, 08:04 AM
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The Disgusting Reality Behind Ron DeSantis’ New ‘Army’
‘LET US ALONE’
The Florida governor has no plans to protect anyone with his proposed state military. The real goal is much darker.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-di...antis-new-army
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Old 12-04-2021, 11:39 AM
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Can you say "Brown Shirts"?
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Old 12-04-2021, 12:08 PM
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Governors already have state police they can hand pick and use as thugs.

It happened in Arkansas in the late 1980s.

The Florida State Guard would be more of a hit squad. No police duties, just follow orders when the time came.

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Old 12-04-2021, 02:00 PM
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He only did it to poke back at DoD for requiring vaccination for Florida National Guard. Everything that shitbird does is performative.
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Old 12-04-2021, 03:47 PM
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Also a 2nd amendment shoehorn, well-ordered state militia and all that. All qualified potential recruits/ conscripts gun up now.
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Old 12-04-2021, 04:41 PM
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I'm guessing it would be a Friends and Family plan.

He probably has top brass already picked out. Ten full-time bodyguards on the payroll.
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Old 12-04-2021, 04:57 PM
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Something tells me they'd be called up on election day.
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