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The same people who responded to the routine, Jade Helm military exercise in 2015 as if it was the beginning of Obama’s totalitarian master plan, will be cheering in the coming weeks as armed federal agents stage coordinated raids across the country.
32% of registered Texas Republicans were concerned about Jade Helm. 50% of Tea Party affiliates were. Greg Abbot, Ted Cruz, and Louie Gohmert all gave the conspiracy theory air. 
You’ll be surprised to hear that Alex Jones was heavily into the Jade Helm conspiracy in March 2015, a mere 9 months before his blockbuster interview with candidate Donald Trump where Trump complimented Jones on his great work.
Fed government headed by white president using massive force to round up brown people = cool, cool.
Fed government headed by black president staging routine military exercises = immanent Sharia Law, grab your guns Patriots!!!
Racism is a helluva drug, Episode 396,630
Fed government headed by black president staging routine military exercises = immanent Sharia Law, grab your guns Patriots!!!
Racism is a helluva drug, Episode 396,630
Check out how Jade Helm played out on social media. The messaging looks and feels remarkably like the MAGA political culture of 2016. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/pete…
According to former CIA director Hayden, Russian bots played a key role in stoking the Jade Helm conspiracy fears on the right. sanangelolive.com/news/county/20…
In October 2016 President Obama connected the dots between the Jade Helm freakout and Trump. This newspaper article is worth reading. Quite the time capsule from a very different time, fall of 2016. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
