Rep. Louie Gohmert becomes the latest to buy into the "Obama is imposing martial law on Texas" conspiracy. Wait, he's just now buying in?

Courtesy of Policy Mic:  

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is the latest Republican to express concern that a planned U.S. military exercise in the Southwest known as "Jade Helm 15" may be a ploy for imposing martial law on Texas. 

"This military practice has some concerned that the U.S. Army is preparing for modern-day martial law. Certainly I can understand these concerns," Gohmert said in a statement on the exercises. "When leaders within the current administration believe that major threats to the country include those who support the Constitution, are military veterans or even 'cling to guns or religion,' patriotic Americans have reason to be concerned." 

Gohmert, who has served in the Army and has participated in military exercises, explained that he understands why a training exercise in civilian territory would be a routine occurrence and useful for the military. But he claims that a map depicting the operation's parameters that labels Texas "hostile" territory has stoked his deeper fears that the president could be using the operation as cover for something more sinister.

Wait, there's a map?

 Oh hey, there is a map.

Oh I see, they marked Texas as "hostile."

Well that certainly seems reasonable to me.

Except I don't think it means "hostile" to the military in the same way it means "hostile" to me.

According to the Washington Post, which confirmed the map's legitimacy with Army sources, the map was likely made for local authorities, and the depiction of a domestic region as hostile territory is a regular feature of training exercises which — by definition — are simulating combat with an enemy. 

Oh I see, so the areas marked in red are only pretending to be hostile for the military maneuvers just like has been done for decades. And Louie Gohmert, who was in the military, should know that.

But he either doesn't, or is pretending he doesn't, in order to fit in with the crazy people who are convinced that Obama is going to round them all up and put them in FEMA camps.

My only question is what took Gohmert so long to chime in on this?

After all the Louie Gohmert I know, and think should be institutionalized, would have been taking point on this conspiracy theory, not following up in the rear.

You know if I were a barely coherent moron in Gohmert's district I would be sorely disappointed in the kind of support I was receiving from my Congressman.