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In reply to the discussion: Has Greg Abbott Gone Mad With Power? [View all]

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14. The power in our red state...
Thu Jan 25, 2024, 09:19 PM
Jan 2024

…is the same rabid base of Trump supporters who always vote in the primary. Abbott always, always plays to them.

In the summer of 2015, the US Army held Special Ops war games of small groups of either occupying or resistance forces in rural areas including Texas.

The right wing fever swamp claimed this was the beginning of an invasion orchestrated by President Obama to confiscate people’s guns. Crazy, right?

To placate the crazies, Gov Abbott publicly ordered the Commander of the Texas National Guard to keep him apprised of the situation, lending credit to this crazy conspiracy theory, just to stay in the good graces of these crazy right wing conspiracists.

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