GOP donor funds South Dakota National Guard troops in Texas
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she will use a donation from a Republican donor to fund a deployment of up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.
apnews.com
This is somewhat troubling to me at least.
A Tennessee Billionaire; Willis Johnson is donating money to South Dakota. Why? To fund the Governor of South Dakota sending troops to the Texas border.
A private individual is defacto underwriting the deployment of South Dakota National Guard troops
From the Article:
Johnson said he approached Noem about making a donation after hearing about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border barrier push. He figured Texas “has plenty of money” so he decided to help Noem, who governs a state with a significantly smaller budget. He also said he had no plans to donate to other states to send law enforcement officers to the border.
Johnson added that he would have preferred to stay anonymous but that Noem’s office told him they had to at least disclose his name. He declined to say how much he was giving.
“America gave a lot of money to get that border wall done,” Johnson said. “It takes private individuals now.”
Noem, a potential presidential contender, drew a distinction between her decision to send the National Guard and other governors who are sending state police officers.
Not sure what is more unbelievable...that the private individual was able to get a GOP governor to go along with privately hiring an army or that Texas was okay with South Dakota sending troops into their state.
