Remember Jade Helm hysteria? Well I don't want to shock y'all, but...

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

[Stallion]

1. But I saw Obama's FEMA Trucks in the Wal-Marking Lot Myself with my own Eye

[GusBob]

2. I wonder what the word is, in Russian

For dupe
For sucker
For gullible
For deplorable

[Scurrilous]

5. Same as ours....Republican.

[grantcart]

11. республиканец

my god you are right

[lunasun]

3. Obama, Walmart and training the army to take RWers to FEMA camps if I remember .....

[NewJeffCT]

4. Yes!

I remember that - tunnels under Wal-Mart. Crazy, but a lot of Texas Republicans believed it.

[Codeine]

6. They're so dumb;

the tunnels are where the Deep State keeps the secret pedophile network. Fuckin’ amateurs.

[lunasun]

7. What were they coming for ? Let me guess.. da gunz ? Yes & no Turns out multiple whack

I had to look up and found all kinds of crazy..Wikipedia
The conspiracy theories seem to emanate from the map shown here from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command which divides the region into four colors, with two "hostile" states, two "permissive" states, two states leaning one way or the other, and California divided.[17] Jim Shea of the Hartford Courant's wrote that the conspiracy theories included: a "psychological operation aimed at getting people used to seeing military forces on the streets" so that they do not realize when an invasion actually takes place; an international operation aimed to seize people's guns; recently closed Walmarts used by the military to "stockpile supplies for Chinese troops who will be arriving to disarm Americans"; and a military plan to "round up political dissidents" and "remove key political figures" who may be against the imposition of martial law.[18] Other theories have described Jade Helm 15 as a "secret plot" to impose martial law, confiscate firearms, invade Texas, and institute "total population control."[19]

The conspiracy theories also included concern about the name of the exercise, with the "jade" possibly referring to China,[20][21] or possibly an acronym for artificial intelligence developed by the U.S. military.[22] Conspiracy theorist and Texas radio host Alex Jones said that "helm" is an acronym for "Homeland Eradication of Local Militants".[19]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theories

[gratuitous]

8. You have to wonder

When conservatives who swallow this nonsense hook, line, and sinker ever look in the mirror and see a Charms Blow Pop staring back at them, because they're such suckers?

[procon]

9. That was in 2015, the Russians are still at it and who is stopping them?

We isn't there public service announcements warning about these Russian encroachment operations, or frequent news alerts, exposes and a better warning system if they are actively involved in social media???

The Russians are one keystroke away from taking down any electrical grid, shutting down an air traffic control system, blocking internet access, or crippling the financial sector, then what happens?

[Hassler]

10. Jade Helm is when Putin learned that the GOP wouldnt object to disinformation, theyd pushit

[Gothmog]

12. Juanita Jean had some fun with this story

Juanita Jean remembers the furor over this conspiracy theory http://juanitajean.com/jade-helm-was-a-russian-job/

Mot of y’all will remember Jade Helm, a army training operation that every damn nut job in Texas was convinced was a cover for Obama coming to take our guns and put us all in re-education camps. They stormed city council meets and went to the State Capitol to scream and holler.



It was the end of the damn world, y’all.

They even got governor Greg Abbott to send out the Texas State Guard to monitor the army to make sure they didn’t sneak around stealing guns.

Oh Good Lord. Even the day after the training was over and everything was okay, the nuts said it would have happened if they hadn’t been watching. And, you know, scaring crap outta each other and emptying the food shelves of Walmart.

Juanita Jean was happy to see that this was a Russian disinformation stunt

Y’all, I personally know some of the idiots who were convinced that Obama was gonna use the military to take our guns. And, for your entertainment value, the internet machine is filled with pictures.

They got pranked. By Russia.

And the head dope? Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

We’re gonna enjoy this.

[Gothmog]

13. How Greg Abbott Got Played by the Russians During His Jade Helm Freakout

Greg is an idiot who was played by the russians https://www.texasobserver.org/how-greg-abbott-got-played-by-the-russians-during-his-jade-helm-freakout/

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s willingness to pander to the manic extremism broadcast through AM radio airwaves and streamed on the margins of YouTube apparently has him playing right into the hands of Russian disinformation campaigns.

At least that’s what former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden said on a “Morning Joe” podcast about the governor’s decision in 2015 to deploy the Texas State Guard to monitor federal troops.

Hayden said, “There was an exercise in Texas called Jade Helm 15 that Russian bots in the American alt-right media convinced most — many — Texans was an Obama plan to round up political dissidents.”

Abbott fell right into the trap, Hayden said, by legitimizing conspiracy theories with official state action. “At that point, I’m figuring the Russians are saying, ‘We can go big time,’ and at that point I think they said ‘We’re going to play in the electoral process.’”