Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to Send Highway Patrol Troopers to Border

[demmiblue]

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) will deploy Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers to Texas at the request of Gov. Greg Abbott, according to a press release. The 14 troopers will travel to Texas on a two-week assignment to help with local border surveillance but will not make any arrests. Last week DeWine authorized 185 members of the Ohio Army National Guard to travel to Texas to offer support for border operations with U.S. Custom and Border Protection. The move was made at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The operations at the border are part of Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star,” an effort to track down illegal immigrants within the state amid the surge of individuals making their way to the southern border. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recently sent her own contingent of National Guard troops to the border, in a trip funded by a conservative billionaire. Other Republicans, including Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas have criticized Noem’s decision to accept political donations to pay for the deployment.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ohio-governor-mike-dewine-to-send-highway-patrol-troopers-to-border/

[SheltieLover]

1. TN sent 300 NG!

Behind paywall at Tennesseean.

[CanonRay]

2. Who's paying for this bunch?

[GoCubsGo]

8. The same people who pay for all of their political stunts.

The taxpayers.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Perfect time for it. August will be even better. nt

[lpbk2713]

4. DeSantis has sent 50 LEOs so far.

Big dumbass.

Link: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/438080-ron-desantis-sends-50-cops-to-southern-border/

[RKP5637]

5. DeSantis is a perfect example that educational level does not always correlate with intelligence.

Cruz is yet another example.

[Mad_Machine76]

6. So they will turn around

and blame any increases on crime on..............Democrats?!

[GoCubsGo]

7. And, in a few weeks, they'll all come back,

complaining about how bored they were, and that their deployment was a complete waste of time. This is just more GOP theater, much like the stunt Graham, Cruz, and others held earlier this year.

[catrose]

9. Is this supposed to convince us there is a border crisis? Not working so far

Just more GQP theatre

[Chainfire]

10. Everyone is trying to prove their fascist credentials.

I want Florida to send troopers to Pensacola to protect us from Texans.

[SharonClark]

11. It's the indoctrination and politicalization

of state troopers for a GQP photo-op.

Iowa governor did the same.

[msongs]

12. borders/immigration is a federal matter not for states nt

[FloridaBlues]

13. Pretty soon all republican Governors will do this.

Perhaps DHS needs to come out with real numbers of migrants who illegally cross the border. Try and get ahead of this ballooning issue with Republicans.
If they have I haven’t read about it.