silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protestsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1446arrow-down1external-linkGov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protestsapnews.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square57linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJimmycakes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI think they mostly get paid regardless because of the optics, and cant get fired for missing days. People used to take pride in hiring national guard. I think they will start to see lay offs which will be an interesting dynamic for the maga crowd.
I think they mostly get paid regardless because of the optics, and cant get fired for missing days. People used to take pride in hiring national guard. I think they will start to see lay offs which will be an interesting dynamic for the maga crowd.