Texas' Republican leadership is suddenly fine with the White House sending troops to the state
Remember Jade Helm?
CASEY MICHEL
NOV 2, 2018, 4:12 PM
Three years ago, Texas Republican leaders were more than willing to pander to conspiracy theories regarding the prospect of the Obama White House sending troops into the state.
But suddenly, with President Donald Trumps announcement this week that he would be shipping 5,000 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border a political stunt designed to whip up his racist base that fear seems to have vanished, replaced by full-throated support instead.
The 2015 U.S. military training maneuvers, dubbed Jade Helm, werent even half the size of Trumps current operation. Jade Helm spanned a handful of states, including Texas, and focused on training U.S. forces in assorted exercises.
Several of Texas top elected officials at the time, all of whom remain in power, decried the training mission as little more than cover for an Obama administration bent on imposing martial law.
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https://thinkprogress.org/texas-republican-leadership-is-suddenly-fine-with-the-white-house-sending-troops-to-the-state-bfd729b14b8c/