Defend The Guard

A project of @TroopsHomeUS to keep our National Guard out of unconstitutional wars 🇺🇸 Sign our petition to help pass the bill in your home state!

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"Congress shall have Power, To declare War." Not the president. If Congress can vote to end a war and the executive just ignores it, the states are the last line — and Defend the Guard is the lever. No Declaration, No Guard. No Guard, no war. 👉 https://t.co/WkDgSaYt4d

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[Liam McCollum @MLiamMcCollum]

@DeAngelisCorey He also said in a floor debate to @RepLeeDeming that Montana and the Montana National Guard would deserve to lose federal funding if they passed @DefendTheGuard

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Included on this lineup is @repreneau, whose first bill she sponsored was @DefendTheGuard because she understands that restoring congressional authority over war is the key to saving the Constitution!

We love to see so many friends of our organization included 🇺🇸

[Dan McKnight @DanMcKnight30]

Now, more than ever, we need Defend the Guard.

The men and women we elect – both parties, no exceptions – are not worthy of the sacrifices made by our troops.

If these chickenhawks are so hungry for war, let them line up. Grab a rifle. Lace up some boots. Square up against the foreign leaders they’ve got beef with and Live Action Role Play (LARP) their tough-guy fantasies until their hearts are content.

Of course, we won’t give them real weapons. Lindsey Graham can bring his fairy princess magic wand from Disney World and Ted Cruz can use a foam sword from the Tel-Aviv airport gift shop the next time he flies overseas to demonstrate his true loyalties.

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“As senator for District 41 (Helena), I will support legislation to shut the war machine down at the state level by passing @DefendTheGuard—a simple, constitutional bill that requires Congress to legally declare war before it sends the Montana National Guard into war.”

“This little bill has the power to bring the empire of the war machine to its knees.”

THANK YOU 🇺🇸

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You can hear Massie’s enthusiastic endorsement of our legislation, which would prohibit your National Guard from being deployed into combat for undeclared wars like Iran unless Congress has voted first.

@DefendTheGuard has been introduced in over 30 states!

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In 2023, @MassieforKY endorsed our @DefendTheGuard Act.

In his career, he has opposed unconstitutional wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, Venezuela, and now Iran, along with all foreign aid.

He's the most principled America First advocate in Washington. That record has made him the War Party's #1 target.

Our Chairman @DanMcKnight30 weighs in on Tuesday's upcoming primary in Kentucky's 4th District, and why it's imperative for Americans of all backgrounds to visit https://t.co/piO3r01jtB and GIVE!

We cannot afford to lose the last defender of our Founder's Constitution.

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Joe Rogan, the most popular podcaster in the world, has just released an episode with Scott Horton, the most knowledgeable antiwar advocate in America.

Minutes after walking out of Rogan's studio, @scotthortonshow jumped into ours.

@DanMcKnight30 speaks with Scott—a longtime supporter of @DefendTheGuard—about the importance of this moment, dispels propaganda about the Iran War, and how even neocons are starting to jump from a sinking ship.

Thank you @joerogan for giving tens of millions the opportunity to hear the message of principled non-interventionism!

[Rage Against the War Machine @RageAgainstWar_]

We are excited for the return of @DanMcKnight30, founder of @TroopsHomeUS and champion of @DefendTheGuard

Please donate here to show your support!
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Last month at @RonPaulInstitut, our Chairman @DanMcKnight30 sat down with one of the conference's most incisive speakers, @_starkrealities.

Brian McGlinchey is a U.S. Army and Pennsylvania National Guard veteran and independent journalist who's previously profiled @DefendTheGuard.

He agrees that our legislation to prohibit the deployment of your National Guard unless Congress votes to declare war would prevent unconstitutional wars like Iran from starting.

"I think it would have a tremendous influence. You take some of these vital pieces that they can plug and play when conflict is going, take those pieces off the table—I think it would really impair the ability."

"Not to mention the political dynamic. The debates and stuff that would precede that movement: Okay we want to activate them, and you've got the controversy in the state capital, like 'Wait a minute! We can't do it!' The pushback, the attention, the dynamic to it, there's follow on effects even beyond just the immediate effect of vetoing it."

"You get it in 4 states? The other 46 states are now looking at what's going on over there. And their National Guardsmen and the families of those National Guard soldiers, they're looking at what's happening in these other states [asking] 'Why don't we have that protection?'"

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Yesterday our Chairman @DanMcKnight30 spoke with @KyleAnzalone_ of the @LibertarianInst about the floundering Iran War and how @DefendTheGuard is the solution to what ails U.S. foreign policy.

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Catch our founder, @DanMcKnight30, the national leader of the @DefendTheGuard movement, in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 24!

[Dan McKnight @DanMcKnight30]

When the bravest patriots that I know, like @MatthewPHoh and @joekent16jan19 are behind our movement, it strengthens my resolve and gives me the fuel in the tank to keep up the good fight. Our country needs more Matthew Hohs and Joe Kents.

[Matthew Hoh @MatthewPHoh]

“So far, National Guard units from 18 states have participated in the Iran War, continuing to act as the backbone of the U.S. Armed Forces.”

This is why I believe Defend the Guard to be the most important anti-war action in the US. If we can prevent the US military’s use of the National Guard for illegal, immoral and counterproductive purposes overseas we can hobble the US Empire.

The National Guard belongs to the states and their communities, not to the men and women in Washington, DC who want to use the Guard as pawns on their imperial chess board.

Defend the Guard should be supported by Democrats, Republicans, Independents and third parties. If you want to stop US wars, then pass Defend the Guard in your state.

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[Dan McKnight @DanMcKnight30]

I asked @joekent16jan19 if Defend The Guard passing in a few states would effectively constrain the military adventurism that current U.S. foreign policy exploits. He said it would be "Huge."
He went on, "The dirty secret of the war on terror, but really a lot of our enduring overseas deployments is we need the guard to actually do those. When I was over in Syria as the National Counterterrorism Center director, I visited with the Iowa National Guard. They were running most of the operations inside of Syria. They were the ones who lost those three to the Al Qaeda insider attack. So we the US military would be in a very bad way if they couldn't immediately grab national guard guys to fill in all these different gaps and capabilities. So I think the states grabbing control of that, it gives us more power as as the as the American people."

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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨

@joekent16jan19, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center who resigned in principled opposition to the Iran War, spoke with our Chairman @DanMcKnight30 at the @RonPaulInstitut.

Kent was an early endorser of @DefendTheGuard in 2022.

"When I saw the casualties starting to come in, that for me was like, this is going to keep going and I can't be a part of this. I need to speak out to hopefully prevent more casualties from continuing to come in and to stop the bleeding," Kent explained.

"The level of Israeli influence within our government, it's something I didn't understand until I was actually in it. And that's something major that we have to get out of our political system."

Kent's proposal is that the Trump administration take a page from Ronald Reagan, and use his precedent from Lebanon in 1984 to withdraw our troops from the Middle East—removing Iranian targets—and let the situation deescalate in lieu of a final deal.

"I would like to say to [the president] as a supporter, I truly believe in your message and your mission. You did do amazing things for this country. Come back—77 million of us do still support you; you can walk this back. We want to help you."

So far, National Guard units from 18 states have participated in the Iran War, continuing to act as the backbone of the U.S. Armed Forces.

"The dirty secret of the War on Terror, but really a lot of our enduring overseas deployments, is we need the Guard to actually do those. When I was over in Syria...I visited with the Iowa National Guard. They were running most the operations inside of Syria, they were the ones who lost those three to the Al-Qaeda insider attack. So, the U.S. military would be in a very bad way if they couldn't immediately grab National Guard guys to fill in all these different gaps and capabilities."

Kent supports the Defend the Guard Act, which would prohibit the deployment of a state's National Guard into overseas combat unless Congress has voted to declare war, utilizing federalism as a way to enforce Article I, Section 8. "I think the states grabbing control of that, it gives us more power as the American people."

"We definitely have a problem right now where we want an empire, and we're not very good at empire, and it's costing us our republic," Kent counseled.

Our organization was founded in 2019 by veterans of the Global War on Terror opposed to endless, undeclared wars. Kent said he'd like to see more veterans take up initiative for the good of the country.

"I don't get a lot of push back from War on Terror vets. I get a lot of support. And I think the more War on Terror vets we have step up into some sort of leadership position, especially in the foreign policy realm, I think the better off we'll be because we can say this is a bad idea. I think had more of us been in the room when these decisions were being made on this last iteration of war, I don't think it would have happened."

When asked why it's so difficult for the ideas of Dr. Paul to penetrate Congress and the bureaucracy, Kent explained, "There's no special interest groups that are going to get rich by saying we don't need more war...There's just so many moneyed interests which are making a killing off of sending us to war."

Our team is immensely grateful for Joe Kent's service, his patriotism, and most importantly his loyalty to the men and women he served with 🇺🇸

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This latest episode of the Bring Our Troops Home podcast includes speeches and interviews taken at @RonPaulInstitut with @joekent16jan19 and @_starkrealities, both veterans.

As servicemembers, none of us followed the path of Dan Caine. We made different choices to protect our country.

It's not just about finding better leadership. It's about building a system that doesn't depend on it.

Learn more at https://t.co/PUwhydrApi

[Amy LePore Ph.D. @ArchetypalDork]

No organization does more with just a handful of volunteers, and there is no more worthwhile cause than checking the war party.

We need help in every state, and there is something for everyone to do.

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Our militia system is older than the Declaration of Independence—by a whopping 140 years!

As we celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary, we must pay respects to one of our oldest institututions.

Support @DefendTheGuard and keep our citizen-soldiers out of undeclared wars.