Gov. Ricketts sending Nebraska state troopers to southern border

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Kylee Haueter

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Saturday that the state would be sending about 25 Nebraska state troopers to the nation’s border in Texas.

Ricketts joined Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Idaho Gov. Brad Little in stating his plans to send law enforcement officers to the area after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter requesting that other governors send available law enforcement resources to the border.

Ricketts did not say how costs for the deployment would be covered. A spokesman for the governor on Saturday did not address questions about who would pay for the deployment.

As was the case in Florida and, according to the Idaho Statesman, in Idaho, logistical details of the Nebraska deployment were still being worked out after the governor’s announcement.



Gov. Pete Ricketts speaks on the last day of the legislative session on May 27.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, THE JOURNAL STAR

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Another Republican stunt.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Not a good move, me thinks.

[snowybirdie]

2. DeSantis in Florida

is doing it too. Where do I complain about the deputys in my county leaving for Texas? Crime is rising and they are going to be short of law enforcement officers here! Disgusting Republican stunt.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. State governors can swap National Guard support? What - the deployables?

I thought NG only operated within state borders except when the Federal government at the behest of the President, stepped in.

Is the National Guard the well-regulated militia, or are militiamen private? Where do the deployables fit in?

[3Hotdogs]

6. They are troopers -- cops. Not National Guard.

Will the deployables be in baskets?

[dawg day]

13. The NGs can be deployed in a disaster...

But these are state troopers, which apparently Nebraska doesn't need for awhile, lol.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Oh, wow, early morning I misread that

Thanks. Reality is even crazier.

[Maxheader]

20. None of Nebraska's borders , border texaas...

wtf...

"Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Saturday that the state would be sending about 25 Nebraska state troopers to the nation’s border in Texas."

[bucolic_frolic]

23. It's formulae for the War between the States

Maybe a test invasion to see who's paying attention.

[onetexan]

32. Interesting obseevation which may have some teeth to it

The crazed GOP are manifacturing another faux crisis to gear up for 2022 midterms & rile up their deplorable base of miscreants, in the same fashion the Con sent National Guards to the border against the 'caravan of aliens' invading our nation. This disinformation is so dangerous. I wonder what the DOJ can do about it.

[Maxheader]

36. Well if their going to texas...

they'll have to go the long way..Laura won't let them go through kansaas....

[no_hypocrisy]

4. 740 miles away from Nebraska -- and how does this help Nebraska?

[Warpy]

34. Ricketts thinks it will help HIM

Obviously he doesn't give a shit about public safety in Nebraska, he's hoping all those white farmers are total bigo5s about brown people. What he fails to realize is that those farmers often rely on seasonal workers who are brown people from Central America.

I do hope this stupid stunt backfires spectacularly enough to wake people up. Republcans don't govern. They only come up with schemes to play on fears that will keep them in power.

[Historic NY]

5. They are trying to scheme how there would be authority, when this is not an emergency.

No authority on Federal Land.

[3Hotdogs]

7. To quote Forest Gump: "Stupid is as stupid is."

[Escurumbele]

11. "Stupid is as stupid does" Forrest Gump's Mom

Forrest Gump when quoting he would say "like my momma always says: Stupid is as stupid does."

[Danascot]

8. I'm sure the Troopers will enjoy the sunny Texas weather

High today is forecast to be 108 degrees.

[C Moon]

42. :O

[tanyev]

9. Ohhh. Thought for a second they were expecting an invasion force from Kansas.

They sending them down to the TX/Mexico border in July or August? Enjoy.

[marble falls]

10. Maybe if he positioned it as "Send a Trooper to Summer Camp!"

[Escurumbele]

12. This is an experiment people, they are trying to form a militia and that is why Abbot signed that

bill where people can get guns without permits.

For those interested in history around the World and like to do some study about how dictatorships, totalitarian regimes form? That is one of the steps in the build up to slowly create a militia where people don't even realize it is happening.

One of the newest case studies is Venezuela, that is how Hugo Chavez started his militia, called "The Colectivos", they were equipped with guns and motorcycles, and because the majority of the people were already criminals, they had no qualms on shooting people, killing them during peaceful marches, and then they went on to a "rob & kill" campaign, they also became kidnappers and thus creating panic around the nation.

The forces in USA need to stop the craziness from these governors, the people need to wake up and vote them out while the CIA and FBI begin the process of dismantling the groups associated that make up the militia, like the "Proud Boys" and all these white supremacist groups.

This doesn't look good, when governors start messing around with the military then what is to come is not good because they WILL empower the military to an extent where they will feel empowered and when people least expect it, abuse from those who have the weapons will begin. I expect that this could possibly start a civil war because the difference between a country like Venezuela and the USA is that in the USA even the good guys have weapons, there will be a pushback, but the ideal situation is to not allow it to happen.

We MUST all vote come 2022, we need to get the evil bastards out of office!

[jaxexpat]

17. Correct and good point. Except I think its even worse.

What purpose do "law enforcement" personnel serve in a humanitarian crisis? They're not trained or equipped for assisting in the organization of mass population's care and feeding, much less arbitrating these these thousands of people's cases. So many people think gun carrying officers are required because there're armed people invading our country. That's simply not the case on any level. These governors need to send more facilities and workers to help process these people's requests for asylum. IF there's a crisis it's the fact that the US government can't seem to get these people sorted out quickly enough to alleviate the bottleneck at the border. We already have plenty of ability to shoot on sight or to beat up and intimidate and we certainly have no shortage of sadistic bastards who will volunteer for such duty.

What/Who is needed: More facilities for asylum courts and judges. More temporary facilities for housing and feeding. More actual research on the root causes of this migration. Sending people whose skills are "crime fighting" is about the opposite of what would be best. The CRISIS is that we, as a nation, are so tied up in our retribution fantasies or, on the other hand, stifling our tribal instincts that we can't focus on even the simplest necessary things.

Our national shame is that we can't respond to this efficiently, shame that there are large, misguided groups within the population who support a freaking WAR on these people and that there are state's governors who abet this cauldron of hatred with partisan political stunts.

[PortTack]

18. The militia have been labeled as white supremacy terrorists by the FBI & the DOJ

They can do whatever...they will find themselves squashed like bugs if they do anything stupid.

[paleotn]

15. Not enough going on in Nebraska?

Nebraska state troopers are overstaffed? That's nearly a 1,300 mile border. I'm sure 25 cornhuskers will make an impact.

[Lonestarblue]

16. There was an uptick in the number of migrants at the border in May and June.

I haven’t read about any need for state security to assist the federal government in handling these numbers. This is an Abbott re-election strategy, as well as a national Republican strategy for 2022. The migrant issue is the one with Biden’s lowest poll numbers, and Republicans will do everything they can over the next several months to make the situation appear worse than it is. That’s why other Republican governors are sending support to Abbott. In reality, they will most likely just try to get in the way of federal efforts, trying to slow down the processing of migrants and gum up the works as much as possible so they can point out the failures they cause as Biden’s fault. I hope reporters are on to these tricks and document what these state pseudo border guards are actually doing.

[PortTack]

19. Exactly..they have no real authority to act.

[Turbineguy]

21. Ricketts

Isn't that some sort of disease?

[stopdiggin]

22. yes. definitely a political stunt. but look

for 'the border' to be the hot button spotlight for the GOP through at least the next 2 or 3 election cycles. Nothing out there motivates their base more than this.

[RVN VET71]

24. Wouldn't a good man send medical and other health assistance?

What am I missing here? Could it be that the good Governor wants Nebraska to spill a little latino blood instead of feeding a little latino child? You call it a humanitarian crisis and seek to remedy that crisis with firepower?

(I am exercising enormous vocabulary restraint here. But it is so clear that he is sending his armed uniforms as a vigilante force to fire if and when they feel it is necessary and, of course, to help Abbott’s racists cudgel and bludgeon the people who’ve walked -- walked! -- many of them 1,000+ miles to escape threats of beatings, rape, and executions in their own countries. When it is all over, Nebraska wants to be able to look back on this troop movement and say, with great “christian” pride, of course, that "we contributed to the slaughter of men, women, and even children to help maintain white rule in America”.)

Hillary called them deplorable because the other words she wanted to use would have been censored. I stand with the Dixie Chicks, but I’ll go them one step further. They said they were ashamed of President Cheney/Bush. I’m afraid I’m ashamed of America, or at least of half of its people

[Botany]

25. And who do you think works at Nebraska's farms, meat packing plants, and stockyards Governor?

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[ananda]

26. Is that even legal?

Something about it stinks to high heaven.

[Cryptoad]

27. sumthing stinks in Denmark,,,,,

[Politicub]

28. Abusing immigrants and torturing families by separating children at the border

is a right-wing fetish. They see it as a winning issue, which is sickening. Desperate brown people who are trying to escape horrific conditions are grist for their fundraising mill.

[PerceptionManagement]

29. Performative republican political thearter at taxpayer expense. Waste. Fraud. Abuse.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Just what, exactly, are they going to do besides stand around?

What authority will Texas give them?

Will Texas cops accept them as partners or interlopers?

[mountain grammy]

31. Pure evil going on here..

[machoneman]

33. We need to attack this by informing NE voters how their taxes are being wasted!

[turbinetree]

35. And these fucking right wing supporters of this shit shows, scream and yell that government is

spending to much........what a moron and there fucking logic , the taxpayers are going to foot this shit shows.......
I just wonder if he spent tax payer dollars on his haircut...., he missed some between the ears....

[monkeyman1]

37. FLORIDUH IS A CLUSTERFUCK & THEIR GOING TO HELP ? YA' RITE !!

[DavidDvorkin]

38. Imagine joining the Nebraska State Troopers and thinking, "This uniform is a bit heavy, but at

least I don't have to wear it in some place like southern Texas."

[Jakes Progress]

39. Because ricketts is counting on Nebraskans being stupid as shit.

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Let's see if he's right in the next election.

(No name calling here. I live in Texas where stupid as shit voters elected cruz over Beto. We have nasty abbot and oil tool cornyn. And the cherry on the bottom is gohmert.)

[riversedge]

41. All the widdle Repug govs trying to prove how stupid they are. I imagine they will all get a photoOP

at the border soon.

[Initech]

43. What the fuck are they doing there?

I'd almost be inclined to think they're the ones causing the border hysteria.

[aggiesal]

44. Why are they even needed? ...

Makes me sad to be a Cubs fan, because this a$$h0le would get part of my money.

[myohmy2]

45. we have...

...no money for infrastructure but plenty for republican stunts...

...okay, I can see how that makes republican sense...

...makes me proud to be a Democrat...

[twodogsbarking]

46. I live in Pennsavainya. We got

Jersey to the right, Ohio to the left, Mason-Dixon to the south and NY to the north.

Help.

[samsingh]

47. all repug bullshit show