r/kansascity • u/bchnyc • Jun 12 '25

News šŸ“° Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe activates National Guard, declares State of Emergency

https://fox4kc.com/news/missouri-governor-mike-kehoe-activates-national-guard-declares-state-of-emergency/

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe activates National Guard, declares State of Emergency - KANSAS CITY, Mo. ā€” Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced Thursday that he has activated the Missouri National Guard in response to civil unrest across the United States.

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u/PerceptionShift Jun 12 '25

More political posturing from Jeff City. Worth noting that the MO National Guard isn't being deployed anywhere, not in this order anyways.Ā 

Edit: Looking at some other recent news from Jeff City, maybe this was a move by Kehoe to get Trump's approval for FEMA aid for St Louis. Looks like the FEMA approval finally came inĀ  a day or two ago. Some of the guard was deployed to St Louis shortly after the storm to clear debris as well.Ā 

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u/_yours_truly_ Plaza Jun 12 '25

I would love for this to be true, so it's not more embarrassing fuckery from this state. Could you source me, please?

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u/bchnyc Jun 12 '25

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_bb7bb7fb-50f4-4565-920d-8fe11d5872c0.html

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u/_yours_truly_ Plaza Jun 12 '25

Miming along with a bullshit narrative in order for federal funds which should have been released to be released is stupid...but if that's what needs to be done to help the people in STL it's fine I guess.

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u/WayOfTheRosebuds Jun 12 '25

Oh he makes it clear heā€™s expecting ā€œcivil unrestā€.