It might work in Houston, the people who gave us Sheila Jackson Lee.
Or it might work in El Paso, the people who gave us Beto O’Rourke and Silvestre Reyes.
Or it might work in Austin, the people who gave us Lloyd Doggett (who only lost Congress because he got gerrymandered out).
No FRiend, Texas is not immune to the Leftist hive-mind. They will welcome martial law, same as other urban kraals across the land.
Thing is, if it happens in those cities (which, IMHO deserve what they get) there won’t be enough manpower to impose martial law elsewhere.
That elsewhere, assuming that the emphasis is on mitigating the risk of cities going up in flames and mass rioting, will be the suburbs and rural areas.