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flying_wahini

(8,006 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 11:09 AM Aug 31

I wonder if this is part of the reason Gov Abbott declared victory at the border?

At least 17 Texas Guardsmen have died while deployed during the contentious mission to secure the southern border in the past three years, a Texas military official told state lawmakers earlier this month.
Family members of some of those service members have received $500,000 in compensation thanks to a recently authorized state death benefit, but several others were denied or have their claim remaining under review, according to Shelia Bailey Taylor, the Texas Military Department director of state administration, who revealed the death toll on Aug. 20.
The troops served on Operation Lone Star, a mission consisting of Texas Guard members and other state law enforcement officials that Governor Greg Abbott said was enacted to stop drugs and or people from entering into Texas across the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization.
More at link:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/08/29/at-least-17-guardsmen-have-died-while-on-texas-border-mission/

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I wonder if this is part of the reason Gov Abbott declared victory at the border? (Original Post) flying_wahini Aug 31 OP
What if Kamala Traildogbob Aug 31 #1
Yes, I feel like that may just make the cut on Faux news. flying_wahini Aug 31 #2

Traildogbob

(9,958 posts)
1. What if Kamala
Sat Aug 31, 2024, 11:26 AM
Aug 31

Went to Texas and stand over their gravesites with a thumbs up and that beautiful smile, taunting the border bill Trump and Abbott want no part of, because…..politics keep them in Power. No matter who dies.
Would Fox mention it.
And Maybe have coach block the cemetery grounds people trying to stop them.

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