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Details be damned: Nevada gov. pledges full commitment to Trump immigration plans
A mere 48 hours after saying it was “too soon to opine” on the prospect of using the Nevada National Guard to aid the incoming Trump administration in mass deporting immigrants, Gov. Joe Lombardo signed onto a letter stating he stands “ready to utilize every tool at (his) disposal—whether through state law enforcement or the National Guard.”
Lombardo was one of 26 governors to sign a joint statement released Wednesday by the Republican Governors Association. Only one Republican governor, Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont, did not sign onto the letter.
“As Republican governors, we stand united in support of President Donald Trump’s unwavering commitment to make America safe again by addressing the illegal immigration crisis and deporting illegal immigrants who pose a threat to our communities and national security,” begins the letter.
The letter concludes: “Together, we will continue to defend the American people, uphold the rule of law, and ensure our nation remains safe and secure for future generations. We stand ready to utilize every tool at our disposal—whether through state law enforcement or the National Guard—to support President Trump in this vital mission.”
A full-throated expression of support appears to contradict statements Lombardo made two days earlier, on Monday, at the Western Governors’ Association, a separate bipartisan group.
When asked if he would consider authorizing the Nevada National Guard to aid the Trump administration in mass deportations, Lombardo replied that “the devil’s in the details” and that it was “too soon to opine on the nebulous or the unknown.”
Lombardo said “we have to figure out what is the better need” for the state’s National Guard and “whether the mission takes priority within the state or to the federal picture or the federal windows, that’s the best way we can answer.”
The Nevada Current reached out to Lombardo’s office Wednesday asking him to clarify his position on the usage of the Nevada National Guard for mass deportations, and what, if any, details about Trump’s plans came to light between his comments Monday and the RGA’s statement Wednesday. The office did not immediately respond.
Nevada Current is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Nevada Current maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Hugh Jackson for questions: info@nevadacurrent.com.
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Congressman Mark Amodei will be recognized by the US Chamber of Commerce for his “sustainable business” advocacy on August 10 at the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce. It marks the evolution of the Chamber of Commerce and :{Mark:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}: Eugene Amodei from climate deniers to :{climate pretenders.:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}:
Clean energy jobs are now pouring into northern Nevada and Amodei’s district, thanks to the Biden Administration and the Inflation Reduction Act. Yet Amodei and the US Chamber continue :{to dismiss:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}: and deny any benefits to our economy, let alone our planet. Not surprising, given :{Amodei’s shaky reputation:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}: rooted in moonlighting as a state senator while getting paid to run the Nevada Mining Association, the lobbying arm of Nevada’s:{**largest polluters**:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}:.
:{Nevada ranks in the top 10 :(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}:in the country for clean energy jobs. Just in the last year, more than 11,500 union-based jobs have been created here and 40,000 high paying clean energy jobs are projected in the next 10 years.
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, Amodei’s 2nd Congressional District of Nevada, where I’ve lived for the past six decades, has the second highest number of new clean energy jobs and the fourth largest investment at $9.02 billion, according to a :{new report }:from Climate Power.
Yet Amodei voted to gut the IRA’s incentives to encourage more production and consumption of electric vehicles, aligning himself with MAGA Republicans whose climate-killing refrain is “drill baby, drill.”
New leadership at the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce has received praise for trying to take it in a different direction. This is welcome news. Past regimes opposed planet-friendly efforts by raising corporate PAC money to defeat candidates who don’t tow the big business-first line.
Contrary to the myth both the national and local Chambers love to spread, their members are not small businesses like Truckee Meadow Herbs on Wells Avenue in Reno or Great Basin Brewery in Sparks. The national Chamber is composed of the largest corporations in the world. The Reno-Sparks Chamber’s members are the largest corporations in our region, many of whom are the big money behind Gov. Joe Lombardo, who last month showed his fealty to fossil fuel profiteers over stabilizing our climate when he :{pulled Nevada out }:of the US Climate Alliance.
Reno is the :{fastest-warming city:(style="box-sizing:border-box"):}: in the US. In the past 40 years, we’ve wiped out :{60% of the world’s wildlife }:and :{half of Nevada’s sagebrush}:.
What’s Amodei and the Chamber’s solution? To gaslight us into thinking their greenwashing will make a difference. After all, Amodei belongs to a party bought and paid for by dirty fossil fuel CEO’s, and one of his top donors, :{Honeywell International}:, is a :{greenwashing, fossil-fuel burning profiteer}:.
Perhaps the “sustainability” award for Amodei from the US Chamber makes sense. They work hard to sustain the obscene profits of their corporate donors by keeping climate regulations weak.
As rising temperatures break records this summer, I lament this is the coolest summer my grandkids will ever see in their lives. As long as Amodei and the Chamber call the shots, we won’t have a shot at a livable planet.
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