American Military News by Liz George June 30, 2021
A billionaire “private donor” who referred to himself as a “hardcore Republican” is funding the deployment of up to 50 South Dakota National Guard troops to the southern border in Texas in response to Gov. Greg Abbott’s request for assistance as thousands of illegal immigrants continuing crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The private donation is coming from the Tennessee-based Willis and Reba Johnson’s Foundation. A Vietnam veteran, Willis Johnson told Politico on Tuesday that he met the South Dakota governor at a political fundraiser “a while back.”
“I’m trying to help out the governor and help America,” said Willis Johnson, the billionaire founder and chairman of Copart Inc., an online car auction service. “I believe in her state and Texas,” he said, adding that he is “a hardcore Republican.”
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