(ETH) – The Texas Army National Guard has just been given the orders to dispatch 1,000 troops to five major cities across the state of Texas including San Antonio to prepare for possible post-election chaos and unrest associated with the November. 3rd election.
The report states that Major. General. James K. “Red” Brown, who is the chief of staff for the Texas National Guard commander, said the activation of troops would be for “post-election” support of local law enforcement and the Texas Department of Public Safety, “as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas.”
The Major stated that he had been asked to draft contingency plans in case of trouble at polling places in major cities around the state. This latest report coincides with other reports of law enforcement officials in the state of Washington and around the nation who are reportedly preparing for potential civil unrest from the election outcome.
Officials are reportedly concerned that pressure will only continue to mount in the coming weeks and be met with a contested election, spiking gun sales, and ongoing civil unrest over institutional racism and police violence. On top of this, we also have social media misinformation and conspiracies theories circulating from the right and left, and even from foreign adversaries of the like of Russia and Iran.
