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Trueblue Texan

(3,492 posts)
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 12:51 PM Jun 14

Just returned from the No King's protest in Brazos County, TX

I was astounded at the turnout! This is a super red county, but we lined both sides of the street for several blocks. Perhaps even more encouraging were the overwhelmingly positive responses we got from the traffic, which was amazingly heavy for a downtown Saturday morning. I am more hopeful than I've been in a long, long time. Of course, it was completely peaceful, with several good citizens providing water, lemonade and even snacks and chairs for those who needed them. The crowd consisted of folks of all adult age groups--I saw no children. I didn't see any camera crews, but noted a couple of drones that surely must have been photographing the crowd size. I can hardly wait to see what the local news has to say about the event! We have a lot of good warriors on our side--I even met with one woman who is a Libertarian. Like she said, when you've lost the Libertarians, you don't stand a chance.

Peace and courage everyone! The momentum is on the side of DEMOCRACY!!!!

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Just returned from the No King's protest in Brazos County, TX (Original Post) Trueblue Texan Jun 14 OP
Thanks for sharing this great news! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 14 #1
Same here Beachnutt Jun 14 #2
Look at all those "terrorists" wolfie001 Jun 14 #9
Nice going, Brazos County! Paladin Jun 14 #3
Excellent! Having a brew after our Kerrville one callous taoboy Jun 14 #4
Thank you for the positive report! SheltieLover Jun 14 #5
Good news indeed. Magoo48 Jun 14 #6
Thank you for sharing this news LetMyPeopleVote Jun 14 #7
Wow. Brazis is truly red territory Melon Jun 14 #8
Good! ananda Jun 14 #10
TY! electric_blue68 Jun 14 #11
I'm off to Tustin in about 20 minutes! Initech Jun 14 #12
Thank you so much! hamsterjill Jun 14 #13
So cool...Thanks for posting. n/t iluvtennis Jun 14 #14
Thanks for sharing. Swing States updates needed. NT SayItLoud Jun 14 #15
Anybody have any reports from mwmisses4289 Jun 14 #16

Paladin

(31,092 posts)
3. Nice going, Brazos County!
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:02 PM
Jun 14

I am honestly impressed with the positive report. Brazos Co. is where College Station is situated---home of Texas A&M, one of the more conservative universities in the country. Brazos Co. has been a rightwing locale for quite a while; the last Democratic president to carry the county was LBJ, back in 1964.

Thanks for the news, Trueblue Texan.

callous taoboy

(4,717 posts)
4. Excellent! Having a brew after our Kerrville one
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:09 PM
Jun 14

Which was well attended. At least 400 to 450. We had MAGA cars circling the block, but there were only about 10 of them.

SheltieLover

(71,871 posts)
5. Thank you for the positive report!
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:11 PM
Jun 14

Please let us know if your local news covers the event. We all know M$M will not cover the protests.

hamsterjill

(16,121 posts)
13. Thank you so much!
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jun 14

Both for protesting AND for reporting. Your insight gives me some hope at a time when hope is very much needed for this Texan!

mwmisses4289

(1,566 posts)
16. Anybody have any reports from
Sat Jun 14, 2025, 03:49 PM
Jun 14

harris/fortbend/brazoria/galveston counties? I'm wondering if they got rained out (had to work today, so wasn't able to attend one).

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