Gov. Abbott Slams Proposal to Give Federal Government More Control Over National Guard

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard by  Luca Cacciatore   | May 7, 2024

The proposal would allow the Air Force to transfer Air National Guard units without the approval of governors.

Gov. Greg Abbott is lambasting the Biden administration over a new proposal that would allow the United States Air Force to transfer Air National Guard units without gubernatorial approval.

In a letter to President Joe Biden, Abbott expressed his opposition to the U.S. Department of the Air Force’s Legislative Proposal 480, which is set to be included in the next National Defense Authorization Act.

The proposal allows the Air Force to transfer the guard units to the U.S. Space Force—the U.S. military’s space services arm, reconfigured to be its own branch in 2019.

Abbott warned in his letter on May 3 that “Legislative Proposal 480, put forth by the U.S. Department of the Air Force, poses an intolerable threat to the Texas National Guard.”

More: https://texasscorecard.com/state/gov-abbott-slams-proposal-to-give-federal-government-more-control-over-national-guard/

[libertybele]

Texas Gov. Abbott calls National Guard, Space Force proposal a 'power grab'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott opposed a proposal that could shift members of the Air National Guard to roles in the Space Force without the consent of their respective governors.

In a letter to President Biden, Abbott, who has clashed with the commander in chief on a number of matters, said the proposal is an "intolerable threat" to the National Guard.

"That proposal would give the Secretary of the Air Force unilateral authority to transfer Air National Guard units to the Space Force — without first obtaining gubernatorial consent," Abbott wrote in the May 3 letter. ..............

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-national-guard-space-force-proposal-power-grab

[libertybele]

I am glad to see the governor's pushing back.

We need to continue to vote in as many conservative governors as possible -- I think this is currently more important than seating a Republican president.