Gov Scott Walker orders Wisconsin National Guard troops to border

[riversedge]

so often, it is depressing living in Red Wisconsin. damn!





Parents ask Gov. Scott Walker to keep Wisconsin troops away from Mexico border

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/19/parents-ask-scott-walker-keep-wisconsin-troops-away-mexico-border/714583002/


Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 1:27 p.m. CT June 19, 2018 | Updated 3:23 p.m. CT June 19, 2018
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MADISON - A group of parents is asking Gov. Scott Walker to reverse his decision to send Wisconsin troops to help U.S. Border Patrol agents in light of President Donald Trump's policy to separate children from parents who cross the border illegally.

"It's our tax money that is going toward separating families at the border and I really ... I'm so heartbroken," Heather Driscoll of Madison said Tuesday as daughter Emma, 5, and son Evan, 2, played a game of tag in a state Capitol hallway.

Though no one in Walker's office would meet with the group without an appointment, a spokeswoman for Walker said later anyone with concerns about the border policy should contact lawmakers in Congress.

"Wisconsin’s National Guard troops are on administrative assignments, and the cost is being paid for by the federal government," spokeswoman Amy Hasenberg said. "The policy related to individuals seeking asylum is a federal policy, and those with concerns should contact their federal lawmakers."..............................







Scott Walker orders Wisconsin National Guard troops to border


http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/wisconsin/scott-walker-orders-wisconsin-national-guard-troops-to-border/article_ab75ac0c-73a5-11e8-8f10-d75667304374.html

By Lisa Neff, Staff writer Jun 19, 2018 Updated 14 hrs ago 0


Gov. Scott Walker. Photo: Gage Skidmore



Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has ordered about two dozen National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico.

The announcement was publicized by state military officials June 18, and progressive activists and politicians in the state responded quickly with protests.

“Gov. Walker’s plan to send Wisconsin National Guard members to the southern border is a misuse of state and federal resources and only serves to give President Trump air cover for his outrageous and cruel plan to separate immigrant families,” said U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., who recently visited the border in Texas.


Walker is following the lead of President Donald Trump, who this spring had directed the Defense Department to support Homeland Security by providing increased border security............................................

[Cha]

1. Of course he does.

[riversedge]

5. Can I come to Hawaii and sleep under a pineapple true? Just kidding. Hi.

[Cha]

10. Yes You Can!

[riversedge]

13. Wish I could. I care around the clock for my

93 yr mom. It is a job some days. She is fragile but her mind is mostly ok, But, she is stubborn as an old goat. But I have my garden now and bought a new bike so I go fishing when I know she is down for an afternoon nap. Life is ok. and I hope it is for you also.

[Cha]

14. I remember you do gardens!

I'm glad to be far away from that tragic mess in DC.. but I understand how people don't want to leave their homes where they are "established" and happy!

[dem4decades]

2. WTF Wisconsin, you used to have SOME decency.

[atreides1]

6. Use to

They had a chance to remove Walker, but they didn't take that chance!!!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Can they refuse?

This is clearly an awful order to receive.
Maybe not technically illegal...
But schockingly immoral nonetheless.

[roamer65]

4. I would refuse to obey the order.

That’s the only way you can be found innocent at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. This, while many other governors are refusing to send them

or are calling them back if already there. Walker is a pig.

[G_j]

8. too many evil men

and I don’t use that word lightly. Same for the word “monster”, but there are some real life monsters in the GOP. Some of the absolute worst human beings you could find.

[dhill926]

9. What a fucking tool...

[RKP5637]

11. Figures ... So pathetic, he is. n/t

[Frustratedlady]

12. Shouldn't they be assigned to the flooding at home? Roads out?

People died during this flooding. Why send those NG members to the border when they could be used at home?

Could it be to impress Trump since so many other governors are defying him and bringing their guards or refusing to send them?