States are pushing back on the White House’s explanation for singling out Texas & Florida to continue receiving full funding for their National Guard troops’ Covid relief effort while all other states are set to have funds cut by 25% later this month
Texas and Florida to continue receiving full funding for their National Guard troops’ coronavirus relief effort while all other states are set to have funds cut by 25 percent later this month.
“Nearly every governor made an appeal for full federal support,” his federal liaison Casey Katims told POLITICO. “We had phone calls directly with the White House and [Pence] to emphasize the essential role of the National Guard to our pandemic response. A president should never pick which American lives are worth protecting based on personal relationships or political interests.”
“If we’ve got to find 25 percent of the dollars, we’ll find it,” Justice, a Republican, said. “But I would also say that I’m not supportive of that.” The White House has emphasized that states can use the pandemic relief money they received as part of the CARES Act,, to cover their share of the deployment going forward, and noted that Guard members will receive federal benefits until the end of the year.
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