White House On A Possible Military Takeover Of Texas: Um, No

White House Press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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The White House said Wednesday that a planned U.S. military training exercise called “Jade Helm 15” would not infringe upon Americans’ constitutional rights, as some conspiracy theorists have posited in recent weeks.

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked to weigh in on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) request that the State Guard monitor the training exercise to ensure that Texans’ “safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed.”

“I have no idea what he’s thinking,” Earnest said Wednesday in a press briefing, according to a transcript.

“I think what is clear is that I feel confident in expressing to you without having a lot of detailed knowledge of the particular exercise is that the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Americans citizens will be in no way affected by this exercise,” he added.

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  1. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    ~facepalm~
    And we coulda’ had Wendy Davis.

    We are well and truly hosed here in TX.

    jw1

  2. Earth to Texas---- nobody really wants you… its just that we’re already stuck with you…

  3. This is so breathtakingly stupid it makes me laugh. Why would we invade our own state?

    It reminds me of the Family Ties episode where Michael J Fox’s character and his friends worked the plan to pick up girls at a bar claiming they were Air Force pilots and they were going to invade Canada the next morning.

    It was funny in a sitcom, it’s just dumb in real life.

  4. “I think what is clear is that I feel confident in expressing to you
    without having a lot of detailed knowledge of the particular exercise is
    that the civil liberties and constitutional rights of Americans
    citizens will be in no way affected by this exercise,”

    Propagandist! Appeaser! Cog in the Mighty Arm that are the Jack Booted Fasista Federal Storm Troopers!

  5. Avatar for theod theod says:

    “Like trying to teach Latin to a pig. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

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