Critics Attack Guv Parson For Signing Border Security Funding Amid National Guard Visit

Notice the juxtaposition . . .

First . . .

The Missouri local news coverage doesn't really see the controversy . . .

And then . . . 

Our NPR pals highlight the Texas visit as if, seemingly, checking in on local troops is a bad thing.

Either way . . .

Read closely and notice that BOTH DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS & REPUBLICANS approve of more border control. 

Check-it:

"Missouri Governor Mike Parson goes back to the Texas-Mexico border, this time to sign a bill aiming to help fund troops there"

From NPR . . .

State Rep. Peter Merideth, D-St. Louis, criticized the effort.

“This is a campaign stunt for a lot of people about the national fight happening over the border,” Merideth said. “What I think is frustrating is, while it’s just politics, it has real consequences.”

The $2.2 million supplemental budget bill passed both legislative chambers in Jefferson City with broad bipartisan support earlier this spring — despite some Democrats' objection to Parson’s decision to send the troops and officers.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Gov. Parson makes it official in Texas, signing bill paying for Missouri troops at the border

Near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, the Missouri governor and top general of the Missouri National Guard touted the bill, which funds the deployment for 200 troops and 22 highway patrol officers.

Gov. Parson makes it official in Texas, signing bill paying for Missouri troops at the border

Near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday, the Missouri governor and top general of the Missouri National Guard touted the bill, which funds the deployment for 200 troops and 22 highway patrol officers.

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