DeSantis pitches plan to re-establish the Florida State Guard

[libertybele]

I have some reservations about this especially since DeSantis gave the head of the Dept. of Health the authority to quarantine individuals with COVID or other health issues he felt was detrimental to society. Also, the Florida State Guard has been inactive since 1947 .... so what's his motive??

DeSantis pitches plan to re-establish the Florida State Guard

Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined plans Thursday to ask lawmakers to increase funding for the Florida National Guard, as he seeks to expand the number of armories and re-establish a civilian volunteer force that would be directly under his control.

DeSantis said a budget he will propose next week for the 2022 legislative session will include $3.5 million to re-establish the Florida State Guard, which was a defense force set up during World War II to replace Florida National Guard members who were deployed abroad.

“This funding will support the necessary training, equipment and other support functions for up to 200 members who can aid in the response to hurricanes, natural disasters and other state emergencies,” DeSantis said during an appearance at the Pensacola National Guard Armory. “We want to be able to have a quick response capability. And re-establishing the Florida State Guard will allow civilians from all over the state to be trained in the best emergency-response techniques and have the ability to mobilize very, very quickly.”

The unit has been inactive since 1947 but remains in law as the Florida State Defense Force.

DeSantis said his budget requests also will include $87.5 million to expand the National Guard’s Miramar Readiness Center and to build three new armories across the state.

An additional $8.9 million would go to upgrading armories. Another $2.2 million is being sought to build a new headquarters for the guard’s counter-drug program.............

https://www.winknews.com/2021/12/02/desantis-pitches-plan-to-re-establish-the-florida-state-guard/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Sounds like an old fashioned state militia ... no Federal Government needed.

[Wingnut]

Sounds like an old fashioned state militia ... no Federal Government needed.

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...."

Never meant more than now with Nazi Joe in office.

[catfish1957]

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...."

Never meant more than now with Nazi Joe in office.

Agree.  Every red state needs this on a contingency basis.  Pedo Joe is just licking his chops at the idea of setting up a Un-Vax concentration camp like Australia.

[rustynail]

Skin that smoke wagon Ron.

[libertybele]

Sounds like an old fashioned state militia ... no Federal Government needed.

That's what I'm hoping.

[libertybele]

More...

Gov. DeSantis 'Florida State Guard' proposal prompts alarm from critics

Left-leaning politicians and pundits expressed alarm Friday after Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed the creation of a "State Guard," a civilian-military force that he would control to assist with what his office described as "state-specific emergencies."

DeSantis’ proposal outlines $3.5 million in funding from the state’s armed forces budget toward the creation of a Florida State Guard. The governor’s office said the funds would "enable civilians to be trained in the best emergency response techniques" to assist in the "event of a hurricane, natural disasters and other state emergencies."

The initiative drew immediate pushback from DeSantis’ critics, some of whom alleged the Florida governor was attempting to establish his own paramilitary force. DeSantis, who has frequently clashed with the Biden administration in recent months, noted a state guard was "not encumbered by the federal government.".................

.............."Florida governor Ron DeSantis is either openly preparing for a break from the federal government or he wants his followers to *believe* he is. Either way, it's extremely dangerous for the future of the United States," said Brandon Friedman, a former Obama administration official..............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-florida-state-guard-proposal-alarm-critics

[roamer_1]

Excellent. No 'National Guard' should be allowed to be under the authority of the federal government. NONE.

[libertybele]

Perhaps he is planning on a break from the Feds.  I'd love to see it.   He's been recruiting law enforcement personnel who have been fired because they haven't been vaxed too.  He's obviously preparing for something. 

[mountaineer]

Philip Holloway™
@PhilHollowayEsq
 · 7h
@RonDeSantisFL is looking to create a state defense force. This is hardly anything unusual. It's specifically authorized under Federal Law. Many states already have such a force.
https://t.co/vaNr4V747A

The law in question was signed into law by FDR.

[Wingnut]

"Corporate media’s super-spreaders of disinformation are desperate to score cheap political points against Governor DeSantis, but they aren’t fooling Floridians. Florida is the freest state in the country, because we have a governor who fights to defend our constitutional rights – even in the face of an unprecedented onslaught from the Biden Administration. Protecting citizens’ freedom to live their lives and make their own choices, as Governor DeSantis does, is the opposite of dictatorship,"

Amen.

[libertybele]

Florida is the freest state in the country and it appears that DeSantis plans on keeping it that way. 

[libertybele]

SWFL leaders reacting to governor’s plan to bring back the Florida State Guard

........22 other states have some form of a state guard.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/12/03/swfl-leaders-reacting-to-governors-plan-to-bring-back-the-florida-state-guard/

[Wingnut]

SWFL leaders reacting to governor’s plan to bring back the Florida State Guard

........22 other states have some form of a state guard.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/12/03/swfl-leaders-reacting-to-governors-plan-to-bring-back-the-florida-state-guard/

Phony pearl clutchers.

[LegalAmerican]

Just getting his STATE SAFE and prepared for the Insane. 

[LegalAmerican]

Florida is the freest state in the country and it appears that DeSantis plans on keeping it that way.

 

[catfish1957]

Excellent. No 'National Guard' should be allowed to be under the authority of the federal government. NONE.

Seems some aspects of 1861-1865 weren't resolved afterall.

[EdinVA]

SWFL leaders reacting to governor’s plan to bring back the Florida State Guard

........22 other states have some form of a state guard.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/12/03/swfl-leaders-reacting-to-governors-plan-to-bring-back-the-florida-state-guard/

Virginia has the Virginia Defense Force
https://vdf.virginia.gov/

[240B]

Seems some aspects of 1861-1865 weren't resolved afterall.

I know what you mean. This is prepping for secession.
Texas will be next.

[libertybele]

I know what you mean. This is prepping for secession.
Texas will be next.

A possibility, but FL isn't quite energy independent (yet).


    Florida consumes less energy per capita than all but two other states, but it is the fourth-largest energy-consuming state and uses almost eight times as much energy as it produces.

    Florida's many tourists helped make the state the nation's third-highest motor gasoline consumer in 2018, and the third-highest jet fuel user in 2019.

    Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity after Texas, and natural gas fueled about 74% of Florida's electricity net generation in 2019.

    Coal consumption in Florida's electric power sector fell from about 29 million tons in 2008 to about 9 million tons in 2019, as natural gas-fired power plants replaced older coal-fired units.

    In 2019, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy accounted for almost 4.6 million megawatthours of electricity generation in Florida, about half of the state's renewable-sourced generation.

https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=FL

[mystery-ak]

Absolute Hysteria and Choice Memes Flow Over 'Dictator' Ron DeSantis and His New 'Trump Red Army'
By Bonchie | Dec 04, 2021 3:15 PM ET

As RedState reported yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis caused an earthquake on the left after the governor proposed reinstating the Florida State Guard. DeSantis was accused, among other things, of starting his own “militia” to serve as “Trump’s Red Army.”

(also see Teeth Are Gnashed After Ron DeSantis Goes There on the Waukesha Massacre)

In reality, 23 other states already have a state guard and Florida’s would simply join the already long list, increasing the resources available to respond to natural disasters like hurricanes.

That didn’t stop the hysteria from flowing, though. After my initial write-up, things just went downhill from there. Nikki Fried, who is trying to get the Democrat nomination to run against DeSantis in 2022, went on with Joy Reid last night (because who else?), and hoo boy, was it something.

more
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/12/04/absolute-hysteria-and-choice-memes-flow-over-dictator-ron-desantis-and-his-new-trump-red-army-n486527

[libertybele]

Absolute Hysteria and Choice Memes Flow Over 'Dictator' Ron DeSantis and His New 'Trump Red Army'
By Bonchie | Dec 04, 2021 3:15 PM ET

As RedState reported yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis caused an earthquake on the left after the governor proposed reinstating the Florida State Guard. DeSantis was accused, among other things, of starting his own “militia” to serve as “Trump’s Red Army.”

(also see Teeth Are Gnashed After Ron DeSantis Goes There on the Waukesha Massacre)

In reality, 23 other states already have a state guard and Florida’s would simply join the already long list, increasing the resources available to respond to natural disasters like hurricanes.

That didn’t stop the hysteria from flowing, though. After my initial write-up, things just went downhill from there. Nikki Fried, who is trying to get the Democrat nomination to run against DeSantis in 2022, went on with Joy Reid last night (because who else?), and hoo boy, was it something.

more
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/12/04/absolute-hysteria-and-choice-memes-flow-over-dictator-ron-desantis-and-his-new-trump-red-army-n486527

One big take away point from the entire article:

He is the most effective politician, not just on the right, but in the entire country.

He's effective because he's one of the most conservative and successful governors in the country. I am surprised that the leftists haven't done much to stop him (at least yet). Perhaps they're preoccupied with TX.

Also in the back of my mind, I keep reminding myself that DJT also resides in FL now.  A past president who still represents the voice of millions lives in the freest state in the nation governed by the most effective politician.  That's a pretty powerful combination.