If this doesn't disqualify Rand Paul as a potential president, nothing will
by digby
Good Lord:
Des Moines, Iowa radio host Jan Mickelson asked the Republican presidential candidate in an April 21 interview whether he was up to speed on the training exercise dubbed "Jade Helm" that's scheduled to take place in several southwestern states.
"You know I've gotten a few questions about it on the road and I really don't—" Paul responded. "I'm not sure about exactly what is going on with that."
"It's making some people nervous, but it doesn't take much to make people nervous nowadays," Mickelson said. "If you get a chance to, I'd like to know what the rest of the story is on that."
"We'll look at that also," Paul assured him.
A spokesman for Paul did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM on Thursday.
He's going to look into whether or not the US Military is planning to put Texas under martial law and drop death squads into small towns to assassinate conservatives. Good news. I sure hope it isn't true ...
In case you were wondering, this daffy conspiracy theory originated with Rand Paul's good buddy Alex Jones. Paul's been appearing on his show for a couple of decades babbling about black helicopters and the like. These are his people.
By the way, the loons get really, really upset when ask them why they hate the troops so much. It's like their heads explode.
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