" The federal government is preparing a military takeover of Texas using secret tunnels built under closed Wal-Mart stores so troops can move silently about the state. Take a moment to digest that. The Obama administration is sending American forces into Texas to...ummm...I dunno. Take control of NASA? (Nah, feds own that.) Seize Lackland Air Force Base or Fort Hood or Naval Air Station Kingsville? (No, they run those too, along with 28 other military installations in the state.) Overthrow the Legislature and the governor? (That would require dismantling Congress and seizing the Supreme Court, since a Texas takeover would be unconstitutional.) Wait! That's it! Obama is going to seize control of Texas for some incomprehensible reason and then launch national martial law!"
Pure drivel...
That is the conspiracy? The author failed to disclose who exactly came up with this drivel.
As far as elected officials (Guv and Senator) are concerned perhaps they came across this same drivel and did the prudent thing by alerting TNG (Abbot), and enquiring with the Pentagon about such plans rather than just take it as gospel (Cruz).
Kurt Eichenwald is a conspiracy nut himself