SPC (ETSed) Jon Doh

TMD needs a complete overhaul. #OperationLoneStar is a clown show

[Davis Winkie @davis_winkie]

Another senior leadership change at Camp Mabry, too: @COLRitaHolton is no longer the state public affairs officer.

[Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats]

Greg Abbott’s failed and embarrassing political stunt, Operation Lone Star, pivots to bussing migrants to Washington D.C. -- yet another political stunt.

It's time to stop treating humans as pawns and create real, humane policy.

After all, Greg's had 7 years to do so. #txlege

[TMD Vigilante @TMD_Vigilante]

"Despite the increased measures, @GovAbbott said none of it would require additional funding."

You heard him @TXMilitary, no additional funding needed. Does that mean we're leaving 1 May?
#OperationLoneStar #TexasBorder

[SPC (ETSed) Jon Doh @Another_SaltyE4]

@Salty_Hammer @GovAbbott Yep, you and thousands of others. The base camps would be desolate wastelands if people could leave.

[SPC (ETSed) Jon Doh @Another_SaltyE4]

I know a lot of soldiers on the border supporting #OperationLoneStar who would volunteer to end the mission and go home but they’re stuck there. Thanks again @GovAbbott for your great work!! You always find a way to waste our tax dollars

[James Barragán 🌟 @James_Barragan]

Press release from Abbott's office says state will offer charters buses * and flights* to send migrants to D.C. Also says the transportation would have to be VOLUNTARY on the part of the migrants. A little different from the message of the press conference...

[TMD Vigilante @TMD_Vigilante]

Apparently #Texas has an unlimited budget to spend on busing migrants to Washington, D.C.

@GovAbbott also "...teased plans to roll out additional border security measures next week."

You're doing it wrong. #OperationLoneStar

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

The new commander of Texas National Guard troops said #operationlonestar "will be more rotational and more sustainable," and that he's looking at ways to lower the number of troops deployed. Changes could come within the next four months.

https://t.co/SZ2ph8PVWI

[TMD Vigilante @TMD_Vigilante]

Today @TXMilitary leaders appeared before the Texas Senate Committee on Border Security.

The committee posed some great questions about past, present & future #OperationLoneStar operations as well as the plan of @TXMilitary going forward.
Archive here --> https://t.co/9XfPAiP40N

[TMD Vigilante @TMD_Vigilante]

“... I’m sorry, but from everything I know and see with my expensive military, you’re really not making good use of your tools. You have too many up there that you don’t really need,” Sen. Hinojosa(@TxChuy)
#OperationLoneStar #TXBorder
https://t.co/hER8mWIB6D -@maggie_glynn1

[Davis Winkie @davis_winkie]

NEW with @James_Barragan/@TexasTribune: Texas lawmakers grilled @TXMilitary officials today on a $531 million cash shortfall that the agency’s top general says is necessary to continue past May 1. Could a reduction in troop levels be imminent?

https://t.co/gqVvUi72dO

[Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 @MQSullivan]

Curious that Greg Abbott’s politically-motivated and poorly constructed border push is running out of money right after the Republican primary…

I’m sure that’s just a coincidence, right? https://t.co/ZCIhbgSgyb

[Rep. Veronica Escobar @RepEscobar]

.@GregAbbott_TX is now seeking an additional $531 𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑶𝑵 to fund his failed political stunt, Operation Lone Star.

Governor, when will enough be enough? Send our servicemembers home.

[SPC (ETSed) Jon Doh @Another_SaltyE4]

@Salty_Hammer @COLRitaHolton @TXMilitary It’s long overdue

[SPC (ETSed) Jon Doh @Another_SaltyE4]

👀👀 even #PurjuryPAO @COLRitaHolton mentioned the funding issue a while back. @TXMilitary has already borrowed money from various state agencies to make it this far. Read: #OperationLoneStar is too large, not enough money to support the needs (wants) of the mission. #EndOLS

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

MG Suelzer: The Guard only has enough money to fund #operationlonestar through May 1. To continue to the end of the state fiscal year at its current optempo, the Guard needs $531M.

[James Barragán 🌟 @James_Barragan]

Now, TMD is saying that they got orders from DPS. King Ranch said they were not requested. "So DPS would have that information?" Sen. Hinojosa asks.

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

Sen. Hinojosa: "I really don't understand the number of having to use 10,000 National Guard troops to have a border security. You can do the job with a lot less."

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

Actual number of troops at the border is about 6,300, not the 10k that's been touted. Those remaining troops support the mission from elsewhere in the state.

[Rose L. Thayer @Rose_Lori]

Sen. Hall on pay issues: "Pay is not an uncommon thing in our society. ... With all the technology we have, I just have a hard time understanding why it's why that particular aspect of it is so difficult to get right."