Texas governor calls FBI vetting of National Guard troops 'offensive'

[left-of-center2012]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sharply criticized federal officials on Monday over reports that the Department of Defense, assisted by the FBI, is vetting members of the National Guard assigned to provide security during the inauguration this week.

In a tweet Monday evening that included an article from The Washington Post, Abbott called the joint effort by the Pentagon and FBI "offensive." He also said that he would not order Texas's National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., again if the troops under his command were "disrespected" and had to take part in the vetting effort.

"No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard," he tweeted.

The Associated Press reported Sunday that FBI officials were moving to vet all 25,000 members of the National Guard deployed to D.C. in an attempt to eliminate the possibility of an attack during the inauguration. Abbott's remarks came just hours before it was reported Tuesday that two members of the National Guard had been removed from their assignments to the inauguration due to ties to right-wing fringe groups.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/534791-texas-governor-calls-fbi-vetting-of-national-guard-troops-offensive

[ResistantAmerican17]

1. So the two that were booted gov. dipshit????

[docgee]

2. Yeah, well the rest of us found Capitol police helping the seditionists pretty damn offensive.

[SheltieLover]

4. This!👆

[onetexan]

3. Abbott really needs to shut his trap. Even now he's still towing party line and being 45's lapdog

[highplainsdem]

5. Tucker Carlson was having vapors about it last night.

[2naSalit]

6. ...

[comradebillyboy]

7. Anwar Sadat was assinated by his own troops

while reviewing a military parade. Wouldn't want that to happen tomorrow.

[Klaralven]

11. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards.

[Marthe48]

8. What's offensive is people breaking their oaths

The military and government people swore to defend and protect the Constitution of the U.S.A. And cops and firefighters who have or had jobs to protect the public. And individuals like abbott who continue to abet traitorous activity by not condemning it.

I saw a post on Facebook: "Funny how so far, all of the people who attacked the Capitol have people in their personal lives that are willing to turn them in."

[Mr.Bill]

14. Especially when they call themselves

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Oath Keepers.

The problem is they all think they are defending the Constitution - as they interpret it. They don't understand that in this country, the courts interpret that, not Sheriffs or soldiers.

[Marthe48]

19. I see that

Their light is our darkness, at least my darkness. We all have the right to protest, but we don't have a right to overthrow the government.

[sop]

9. Have a serious talk with Senator Cruz about being offensive, Mr. Abbott.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

10. What all these elected fascists, like Abbott and Jordan, are really

upset about is that all their RW extremist white supremacist comrades will be purged from the military, crushing their fantasies of a military coup bringing a fascist dictatorship to power in the US.

[Baked Potato]

12. Thanks to his disgusting President, loyalty to Country is no longer a gimme.

Trump has thrown normalcy out the window. To Trump, Loyalty is just a virtue that “suckers” practice. “Loyalty” to Trump is Loyalty bought, or Loyalty demanded, backed by filthy leverage attained through snitches or spying.

So, Governor, please proceed. Use your Tweeter to whine about the FBI vetting the troops you send to guard American ideals. Piss and moan about how “disrespectful” it is to have Americans in uniform be double and triple checked for extremist activity. Your guy caused the suspicion. Boo hoo.

[Rstrstx]

13. Remember his 2015 stunt?

When he deployed the TX National Guard to “monitor” a military training operation?

https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/05/02/403865824/texas-governor-deploys-state-guard-to-stave-off-obama-takeover

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

15. kick

[moondust]

16. Has the TNG already been vetted

for radicalized behavior, Greg? If so, by whom? Would you know it if you saw it, Greg, and do anything about it?

There is apparently some radicalized behavior going on at Ft. Hood even after the 2009 and 2014 shooting sprees there. If the army can't root it out among active duty troops then why would anybody expect it to be rooted out among national guard?

[UTUSN]

17. & nobody knows offensiveness better than he with it in his DNA!

[area51]

18. One thing that's offensive is Abbott & the other nazis blocking Medicaid expansion.

Texas has the most uninsured people in the US.