“I’ve done it once before…I’ve already talked to my TAG (The Adjutant General), my General, Mancino, we’ve already started putting the numbers together,” says Gov. Kevin Stitt.
Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced he’s deploying the Oklahoma National Guard to Texas amid its dispute with the Biden administration over the right to defend its borders.
Stitt confirmed the deployment on Fox News Friday, saying he’d sent his National Guard to Texas before and that this time would be no different.
“Absolutely,” the governor responded when asked if he’d follow former President Donald Trump’s recent call for all willing states to dispatch National Guard troops to aid Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who’s entrenched in a feud with Biden over razor wire barriers in Eagle Pass.
JUST IN: Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announces he is sending the Oklahoma National Guard to aid Texas in its border battle with Joe Biden.
“We’ve already started putting the numbers together,” he says.
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“I’ve done it once before and we’re looking…I’ve already talked to my TAG (The Adjutant General), my General, Mancino, we’ve already started putting the numbers together,” Stitt said.
“We’ll be in contact with Gov. Abbott.”
Gov. Stitt’s confirmation he’ll send National Guard personnel to Texas comes as former president Trump on Thursday urged states to mobilize their National Guard units to help Texas defend its border.
“We encourage all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Illegals, and to remove them back across the Border,” Trump stated, adding, “Those Biden has let in should not get comfortable because they will be going home.”
The Sooner State was the first to declare its commitment to backing the State of Texas in its entanglement with the Biden administration earlier this week, after which 24 other GOP-led states followed suit.
Oklahoma stands with Texas. https://t.co/67VzVEfEv1
— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) January 24, 2024
Abbott told Tucker Carlson in an interview Friday that 10 states had already sent troops to Texas and that he expected others to do the same.
“I’ll be shocked and disappointed if almost all of them do not send,” said the Texas governor. “There have been about 10 [states] so far that have sent National Guard or other law enforcement. They now are joined together with us. And this is a fight for the future of America, and they all know it. And so I believe that they will all be in on this effort.”
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HISTORIC! All Republican Governors Back Texas As They Stand Up Against The Fed’s Border Invasion pic.twitter.com/ZXoMXJF5ZF
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