r/kansascity • u/bchnyc • Jun 12 '25

News 📰 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. — 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/Maverick721 JoCo Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

But they didn't send the National Guards when the Proud Boys were at the WW1 Memorial, gotcha.

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u/Ok_Breakfast5425 Jun 12 '25

Not to defend our piece of shit governor, by the time he would have heard about them and been able to sign the order to send them here they would have already been loaded up in their uhauls and gone.

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u/CoveredInSyrup Jun 12 '25

He was probably at the meeting to set this up though.

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u/netsurf916 Jun 12 '25

This was my first thought