Or is this something that is designed to enhance the already existing? So for the past four years, The National Guard has been working autonomously under [my direction] for the past four years. governor is the commander in chief of the National Guard. So under my direction and what the National Guard have been doing, they built hundreds of miles of a border barrier. (04:17–04:24)
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Asserts that the Texas National Guard has operated autonomously under Abbott's direction for four years.
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