Texas’ GOP governor is sending the Texas State Guard to monitor a military training exercise after right-wing militia alleged it’s just a cover for the president’s plan to put Texas under martial law.
Source: Texas Governor Deploys State Guard To Stave Off Obama Takeover : It’s All Politics : NPR
“I am horrified that I have to choose between the possibility that my Governor actually believes this stuff and the possibility that my Governor doesn’t have the backbone to stand up to those who do.”
— former Texas state representative Todd Smith