[ZeroHedge] South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem tweeted Monday that she's sending 50 of her state's National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and will be paid for by a private donation, according to Axios.
Noem said, "I'm officially announcing up to 50 National Guard troops to Texas to help secure our border." She said President Biden has forgotten that a secured border is critical to maintaining a sovereign nation. "We shouldn't be making our own communities vulnerable by sending police to fix Biden's border crisis."
The funding for the troop deployment is coming from a "Tennessee billionaire and high-dollar Republicans," Axios said.
Noem spokesperson Ian Fury told Axios the funds are coming from a foundation run by billionaire Willis Johnson.
| Never heard of him. How many billionaires are running around these days, anyway? |
There was no word on the size of the donation or the exact mission the troops would be conducting.
Johnson has spent millions of dollars to bankroll several political campaigns, including former President Trump's reelection campaign.
Willis J. Johnson (born 1947) is an American billionaire businessman.[2] He is the founder and former chief executive of Copart, a vehicle salvage and auction company, founded in 1982.
Johnson is politically conservative and supports the Republican Party. Since 2001, he has contributed at least $1.5 million to different conservative causes.
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“You’ve got illegals coming in and I just think they ought to follow the rules of America. South Dakota is a small state. They want to help America, I want to help them."
Gov. Greg Abbott has just reached Grand Master level in epic trolling, while also enacting a popular policy that will do some good for his state.
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