Arizona Gov. Gets Confused While Answering Question About Texas Takeover

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at the “Day at the Capitol” event hosted by the Center for Arizona Policy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Phoenix. Gov. Ducey delivered the keynote speech at the event. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) apparently got confused when responding to a question about a military training program that conspiracy theorists have said may be an attempt to take over Texas.

The website AZCentral reported on Saturday that Ducey was asked for his take on Jade Helm 15, the exercise that is set to take place later this year in Arizona and six other western states. The question came after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the state guard to oversee the military training taking place in Texas.

“I believe what you’re referring to, we have been briefed on,” Ducey said, according to AZCentral. “We’re following what’s going on in Texas with great interest, and we’re going to cooperate with the federal government and federal authorities and be supportive in any way we can to protect the citizens of Arizona.”

However, according to AZCentral, Ducey’s office later called to tell reporters that Ducey had confused Jade Helm 15 with another issue. The issue he’d confused it for was never disclosed, the website noted. AZCentral said it followed up to ask Ducey’s office for his take on Jade Helm 15 but received no response.

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  1. OMFG! He totally just let the cat out of the bag! Jade Helm 15 is a false flag operation intended to distract people’s attention from the real actually secret plan to invade Texas, which he clearly was inadvertently alluding to! The pieces are finally falling into place. Bet you anything he doesn’t live out the day for this slip!

  2. Damn, so now that the Guv is tipping off the Feds about all this it means the 101st Airborne won’t be invading Scottsdale? I was depending on a mass fleeing of residents to free up some shorter tee times.

  3. Do these idiots sit around and smoke crack all day?

  4. PCP. Crack is too black-ish.

  5. My wife asked me this morning if this Jade Helm 15 stuff was real. I told her it was a real training exercise, but the rest is just smoke dreams coming from the fevered imaginations of Texas Republicans.

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