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speak easy

(11,695 posts)
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:17 PM Wednesday

Texas calls in the National Guard against No Kings Day protests.

Abbott is deploying Texas National Guard to anti-Trump protests this weekend

Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned anti-Trump protests this weekend, but he won’t say how many or where they are going — only that they are ready to provide the “most robust response where needed.”

“You break the law, you cross the line, you'll be arrested,” Abbott said at a press conference on Wednesday. “There is freedom of speech. However, if in your protest, you damage somebody's property, or you harm an individual, that's violating the law, and you will be arrested for it.”

Local officials in San Antonio and Austin have said they expect state soldiers to be in those cities ahead of the protests this weekend. The so-called “No Kings” demonstration is billed as a “nationwide day of defiance” to counter President Donald Trump's planned military parade in Washington, D.C. Events are set to take place on Saturday in dozens of cities all over the state, according to the website.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-national-guard-protests-20372682.php
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Texas calls in the National Guard against No Kings Day protests. (Original Post) speak easy Wednesday OP
"And if there is no violence... GenThePerservering Wednesday #1
J6ers broke the law and harmed individuals Skittles Wednesday #2
"DIDN'T they?" speak easy Wednesday #3
yeah about that Skittles Wednesday #5
You took the 'Fork In The Road' bribe? speak easy Wednesday #6
You break the law, you'll be arrested in Texas BOSSHOG Wednesday #4

speak easy

(11,695 posts)
3. "DIDN'T they?"
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:24 PM
Wednesday

They were ANTIFA Agent Provocateurs paid by George Soros. GET WITH THE PROGRAM! :SARCASM:

BOSSHOG

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4. You break the law, you'll be arrested in Texas
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:25 PM
Wednesday

Doing what Greg? Do elected republicans break the law in Texas? Do they cross the line?

Whose fault will it be if anyone is murdered during the demonstration Greg? That’s what ya got PR folks for right Greg?

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