[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two hundred isn’t anything like an army— is it even so much as a battalion?- DeSantis pitched the unit - which would be called the Florida State Guard - as a way to give support to the Florida National Guard during emergencies
- He noted that the force, which he says would start at 200 volunteers, would give him 'the flexibility and the ability needed to respond to events in our state'
- The Republican governor wants $3.5million to start up the force and train and equip the volunteers
- However, DeSantis courted controversy when he said one of the benefits of the guard would be that it was 'not encumbered by the federal government'
- DeSantis, who faces re-election in 2022, was heavily criticized by Democratic rivals Annette Taddeo and Charlie Crist
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