' is a question I'm getting a lot,' Cruz warned in 2015. Rand Paul, R-Ky., were among the Republicans who stoked conspiracy theories about 'Jade Helm,' a military exercise which some conservatives alleged was a plot to secretly take over the red state of Texas and impose martial law. Senate Republicans who once pushed a conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama would impose martial law had no problem with President Donald Trump threatening to send the military into American streets against the wishes of governors or police backed by the National Guard unleashing tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters to clear the way for his photo-op in front of a church.
