It does not do any good to have the National Guard not deployed and have a city catch on fire, have crime and chaos break out and take a day or two to get them there. We will have 5,000 National Guard prepositioned to make sure that we will be able to respond immediately if crime or chaos or lawlessness does break out. Better to have it, not need it than to need it and not have it. So we'll have it ready here in Texas. Governor, I know you're busy governing a state. (01:27–01:37)
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Asserts that 5,000 National Guard members will be prepositioned in Texas to respond to potential unrest.
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