Heeding the racist bullhorn from their cult leader, neo-fascist demagogue and liar Donald "Rump" Trump, vigilante groups and white supremacist militia types are heading to the border with Mexico ostensibly to block immigrants from entering. Self-appointed guardians of the border like the right-wing Texas Minutemen, whose president is a clown by the name of Shannon McGauley, say they'll be assisting the Border Patrol and U.S. military, but you know they're itching to shoot some Latinos:
The Texas Minutemen, according to McGauley, have 100 volunteers en route to the Rio Grande who want to help stop the migrants, with more likely on the way.Hyuk hyuk. As you might imagine, the U.S. military isn't thrilled with having some belligerent, racist yahoos running around in camo pretending to be "patriots," who are more likely shoot themselves than any drug mule / rapist coming across the border:
“I can’t put a number on it,” McGauley said. “My phone’s been ringing nonstop for the last seven days. You got other militias, and husbands and wives, people coming from Oregon, Indiana. We’ve even got two from Canada.”
Asked whether his group planned to deploy with weapons, McGauley laughed. “This is Texas, man,” he said. (our emphasis)
According to military planning documents obtained by Newsweek, the military is concerned about the arrival of “unregulated militia members self-deploying to the border in alleged support” of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.So there are some criminal elements among the
The assessment estimates that 200 militia members could show up. “They operate under the guise of citizen patrols,” the report said, while warning of “incidents of unregulated militias stealing National Guard equipment during deployments.” (our emphasis)
BONUS: Perhaps they could call the "militia" "deployment" Operation Eagle With A Tiny Dong.
(photo: Later, the boys are gonna cuddle up 'round the campfire and talk about their problems with wimmen.)
