Governor Pat Thomas

Pat Thomas serves as a state governor who insists on rapid, security-oriented responses when crises threaten public order. In the processed material she pushes to activate the National Guard in response to an approaching flotilla of Cuban refugees, signaling a focus on immediate mobilization and state–federal coordination. She functions as a high-level interlocutor to the White House, elevating law-and-order priorities and creating tension with aides who favor humanitarian and political caution. Her interventions shape emergency resource deployment and the political optics of crisis management.