Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sending state troopers to U.S.-Mexico border

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Cleveland.com

Updated 5:00 PM; Today 4:15 PM

By Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio— Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Monday that he will send 14 Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers to the U.S.-Mexico border to help Texas authorities with border surveillance.

DeWine sent the troopers at the request of fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, according to a statement. The state troopers will be sent to Texas later this week and will stay for two weeks.

DeWine made the announcement three days after he said he would send 185 Ohio National Guard troops to the border later in 2021 at the request of the Biden Administration. DeWine previously sent 115 National Guard troops to help with the operation.

Both the National Guard troops and troopers are being sent to “provide non-law enforcement support” to the U.S. Custom and Border Protection after requests for help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Guard Bureau and governors from border states.

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/07/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-sending-state-troopers-to-us-mexico-border.html

[SheltieLover]

1. TN sent 300 NG!

Behind paywall at Tennesseean.

[PerceptionManagement]

2. A performative waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer resources.

[PSPS]

4. What's troubling is that an unnamed billionaire trumper is funding this.

[stillcool]

6. I think that's only the guard from S. Dakota

[Botany]

3. Let me guess "they" are gonna make border security and issue in 2022 & 2024 because Joe, Kamala, ...

... and the rest of the Biden team are doing such a good job on everything else.

This is all kabuki theater. Good God in Butter what a fucking waste of money and manpower.

[bahboo]

9. what you said....

and they'll cause more problems than they'll solve. Wouldn't be surprised if that's their intent...assholes...

[Botany]

12. The Texas/Mexico border in July and August? .... I hope none of the state cops get overcome by ..

... the heat and get sick and or die for this useless performance art.

[madinmaryland]

5. Well I guess it's good they are taking 14 of our state Dick's off the road and sending

Them to Texas. At least they won’t be targeting minorities and people with Michigan plates on Ohio’s state and federal highways.

[nwliberalkiwi]

7. Color

Are them Patrolers white to keep down the Brownies?!!! Whose working in Ohio's meat packing industries?!!!
God what fools this nation has become!!!

[sanatanadharma]

8. Every out-of-state mercenary demonstrates Texas' failure of law enforcement.

Texas needs to raise taxes and hire more Texans, rather than relying on outsiders invading the state and taking jobs.

[ladym55]

10. Methinks Mikey is worried about the challenge from Renacci

DeWine is looking at a primary challenge from scummy Jim Renacci, so DeWine is pandering to the base.

[Stuart G]

11. Publicity Stunt...Awful, Irresponsible, total Republican Bull**it

[R Merm]

13. They all want to out trump trump, or a race to the bottom

[iluvtennis]

14. Just sickening. I have no words. n/t

[turbinetree]

15. You know what as a taxpayer I think there should be a user fee to "transport" these yahoos down

there from these republican fascist supporting states, like I don't know to travel on a infrastructure that was paid with "our" tax dollars like , interstate, they should pay said user fee of lets say 10 million a piece to get from there fascists' supporting state to get to other fascists' racist's supporting state, and since they can sleep eat or drink from said state the MRI's that they will be eating if that is the case, but I doubt this, they should pay 20 million for each meal...I know this ridiculous but Abbott and these other yahoos are just ridiculous in there deflecting racist's tactics....there collective states are falling apart and they send these yahoos to stand around and waste precious's resources that could be used to like repair a bridge that crosses into Kentucky...Brent Spence Bridge, that is "functionally obsolete" but here the fucking pay Peter to rob Paul plan....

https://www.wcpo.com/news/transportation-development/brent-spence-bridge/renewed-push-to-replace-brent-spence-bridge-at-local-state-and-national-levels

[Paladin]

16. Fuck Greg Abbott for letting travesties like this happen. (nt)

[trof]

17. Yeah, Alabama gov Kay "Mee-maw" Ivey did the same thing.

I guess the 'base' likes this.

[joetheman]

18. Because 400 people were shot and killed at the border over the 4th holiday????

[DownriverDem]

19. DeWine is controlled

by the OH repubs. He backed down on restrictions during the pandemic under pressure. The same with this.

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Sounds right

[SouthBayDem]

29. Uh, just when I thought DeWine was a more reasonable Republican

I sure hope Charlie Baker (MA) or Larry Hogan (MD) don't flip.

[SunSeeker]

20. Republicans playing to their racist, stupid, brainwashed base.

[Scruffy1]

21. Ho Hum.

It's just a another quiet and hot day in El Paso. When they get down here they will be totally useless. The Border Patrol has its own skill set like being highly skilled in tracking in some very rough and hot areas. The local law enforcement knows there area. I suppose they could send them on a snipe hunt, or maybe ship them to "surveillance" in the middle of nowhere. The only places the border is fairly easy to get across is some of the most desolate places on the planet. I think they will spend most of their time in bars and restaurants and pad a lot of overtime. I don't think any of the law enforcement wants the. I know it's that way in El Paso. I'll wager most don't even speak Spanish, which is a requirement for the border patrol and nearly all the locals are fluent in Spanish.

[maxsolomon]

22. "We need a campaign issue! Get down there and make some TV!"

CRISIS AT THE BORDER! WHY WON'T HARRIS VISIT THE BORDER!

Half of this is simply shaping the battlefield for 2028.

[NEOBuckeye]

23. The Republican Party really is the dumbest collection of people that ever lived. n/a

[EndlessWire]

24. The thing that bothers me

is this paragraph:

"Both the National Guard troops and troopers are being sent to “provide non-law enforcement support” to the U.S. Custom and Border Protection after requests for help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Guard Bureau and governors from border states."

Who in the US Dept of Homeland Security is taking it upon themselves to request troops from different states? Who in the National Guard Bureau is making requests? Don't these fall under Joe's authority? The "non-law enforcement support" I recognize as being part of the necessary restrictions placed by our Federal law in order to get them in there. But, I want to know who in Biden's administration is making these requests? What authority do they have to even begin to make such requests? Are these left over from tRumpy's admin? (which case I hope that Joe and Kamala stamp that out pronto.)

These are games they are playing. I think we have played this game before. And, yeah, they are setting up to make it seem like Joe didn't protect us from caravans of brown-skinned women and children. Do they think we are that damned stupid? Vote them out of office!

[lonely bird]

26. Good job, DeWine...

Not!

Another bullshit Republican made up crisis. And, yes, this is red meat for their neurotic, idiotic base for 2022 and 2024.

[ZonkerHarris]

27. have fun boys. gets hot there in July and August. suck it.

[myohmy2]

28. there you go...

...border problem solved; DeWine sending 14 state troopers to Texas...

...what would we do without those republican governors?

...

[Maeve]

30. He tried to act responsibly when the pandemic struck and got GOP grief

So now he's sucking back up to them for fear of being trashed as not RW enough.

And so it goes...

[bucolic_frolic]

31. There's no threat at the Mexican border

The threat is from rogue citizens with guns