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Doubling Down

05.11.15 | 1:39 pm

FILE - In this July 25, 2011 file photo, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott talks with the media as he leaves the Tom Green County Courthouse, in San Angelo, Texas. Abbott is accusing Google of improperly withholding... FILE - In this July 25, 2011 file photo, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott talks with the media as he leaves the Tom Green County Courthouse, in San Angelo, Texas. Abbott is accusing Google of improperly withholding evidence sought in an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) MORE LESS

The Jade Helm conspiracy theory only took off when Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he was concerned about a takeover too and ordered the State Guard to monitor military activities to be on the look out for signs of a takeover. And now he’s doubling down. It’s Obama’s fault, he says, that everybody is so convinced the military is plotting to takeover Texas.

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