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(11,762 posts) Wed Oct 15, 2025, 01:49 PM Oct 15

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OBAMA: "What if I sent the National Guard into Texas and said I don't care what Governor Abbott says..." [View all]

Brian Allen
@allenanalysis

OBAMA: “What if I sent the National Guard into Texas and said I don’t care what Governor Abbott says… and just kind of took over?”

Imagine that.

Fox News would’ve held a 96-hour emergency broadcast with 18 split screens and a countdown to “Tyranny Day.”

But when it’s Trump doing it? Crickets.

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OBAMA: "What if I sent the National Guard into Texas and said I don't care what Governor Abbott says..." [View all] In It to Win It Oct 15 OP

Hell, they were having hissyfits just pretending that Obama was going to send in the Guard. tanyev Oct 15 #1

A little history: the Army had a planned exercise in Texas called Operation Jade Helm surfered Oct 15 #2

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