Rand: I'll Look Into Whether The Military Is Planning To Takeover The Southwest
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"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.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday asked the State Guard to monitor the exercise when it happens in order to ensure "that Texans know their safety, constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed."
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BREAKING:[/font size = 5] In a statement issued today Rand Paul sought to calm fears of the unhinged. "I have looked into this matter. The federal government is not going to take over Southwest ... but they won't be able to land and Love Field anymore."