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GOP donor pays $1M to deploy South Dakota national guard
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Tennessee Billionaire Behind $1M Donation for South Dakota National Guard to go to Texas
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GOP donor pays $1M to deploy South Dakota national guard
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Billionaire GOP Mega-Donor Funds National Guard Mission to US-Mexico Border
A soldier from the Texas National Guard scans the shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas as part of the federal call-up to the Texas-Mexico border. (Texas Military Department/Sgt. Mark Otte)
29 Jun 2021
The South Dakota National Guard is deploying on mission to the U.S. southern border. And the operation is being funded by a billionaire, not the government, Military.com has learned.
Soldiers will serve on state active-duty orders, meaning that traditionally the state would cover the cost of the mission. However, in this case the tab is being picked up by the private Tennessee-based Willis and Reba Johnson s Foundation.
SD Gov. Noem sending National Guard to Mexican border, says Tennessee-based donors will pay
A Tuesday statement from Gov. Kristi Noem s office said the South Dakota National Guard deployment will find up to 50 guardsmen and women at the Texas border with Mexico. A Sioux Falls senator called the deployment a political stunt. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)
PIERRE, S.D. Saying a private foundation has stepped forward to foot the bill, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will send an unspecified number of National Guard members though, no more than 50 1,200 miles south to the U.S. border with Mexico to help, according to her office, secure the border from a surge in migrant crossings.