Greg Abbott - Gregory Wayne Abbott, former TX AG, now 48th Governor of Texas

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Oh, this will be interesting.

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Lots of skeery footage coming out of UT Austin.

Arrests being made right now & will continue until the crowd disperses.

These protesters belong in jail.

Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period.

Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.

Pro Hamas idiots at UT Austin discover what happens why you try to pull a Columbia in Texas

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Pro Hamas or anti-war?

Also:

Timeless Watches
@TWCanadaUae
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are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?

Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?

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At this moment in time, many of the student protestors appear more angered by police presence on @UTAustin campus than the conflict in Israel-Gaza itself. Big shift in the chanting has primarily been to “off our campus” rather than previous pro-Palestine chanting. Keep overhearing students saying they feel 1A peaceful assembly rights are being violated.

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Pro Hamas or anti-war?

Also:

Timeless Watches
@TWCanadaUae
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1h
are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?

Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?

Anti-war.

tfg said there were people in NJ celebrating, that was false.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... 1-attacks/

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Times have changed.

FLASHBACK: Governor Greg Abbott (⁦@GregAbbott_TX⁩) of Texas in 2019 saying that no one should ban free speech on college campuses. WATCH

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This just played over the intercom across the entire UT Austin campus:

“I command you in the name of the People of the State of Texas to disperse”

Roads leading here are closed, buildings locked down

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JUST IN: Law enforcement has arrested a Fox 7 reporter for "hitting" an officer at the University of Texas after he appeared to rush a DPS trooper.

Video footage shows the man moving towards the group before getting thrown to the ground.

After the incident, the man, who identified himself as 'Carlos' claimed the officers were pushing him and he didn't do anything wrong.

Bizarre.

[sugar magnolia]

Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.

We've been here before, haven't we?

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Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.

We've been here before, haven't we?

It's possible.

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Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.

We've been here before, haven't we?

Yes, and I was just a little kid then.

I just wanted to point out Abbott's lying if he's saying "pro Hamas" when they're anti war. Manipulating public opinion.

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FWIW, in an interview I caught, the student claimed to be pro-Palestine and pro-Israel, but anti-Hamas and anti-Netanyahu. FWIW.

Just in case they've got to plug a kid, I guess. Or a hundred.

State Troopers each appear to be carrying 100+ of rounds of AR-15 ammunition at the UT Austin protest

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Brett Cross is a parent that lost a child in Uvalde.

Shit, if only they’d have moved like that when my son was being murdered.

But what do I expect….1 AR-15 keeps 376 officers at bay.

DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.

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Oh my god what a chant

students are now chanting “who (failed uvalde? dps!” (dps is the department of public safety in texas)

[Dave from down under]

What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November?

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What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November next month?

[W. Kevin Vicklund]

What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November next month week?

[Dave from down under]

Fascist must fascist

[RVInit]

Pro Hamas or anti-war?

Also:

Timeless Watches
@TWCanadaUae
·
1h
are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?

Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?

This seems to be going the way of the Black Lives Matter protests, with people "outside" of the original protests turning it to something dark, in this case, antisemitism. Most of the students that I have heard are against the atrocities that are happening in Gaza, not against Jewish people, but of course, I can't speak for any of them. I don't think this was intended to be antisemitic. And most of the earlier reporting was that the antisemitic chanting and activities were taking place off campus, not the students on campus. I don't know what to think at this point because I have long been wary of how the news reports Israel-Palestinian issues.

I have always held that you can dislike what the Israeli government is doing without being against Hewish people for their religion. I don't like Netanyahu's policies one bit, he's a war monger and has constantly poked at Palestinians, hoping Hamas would harm a handful of Israeli military so he can slaughter thousands of Palestinian civilians. That playbook has worked for him for years.

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https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1 ... 9829211635

JUST IN: Law enforcement has arrested a Fox 7 reporter for "hitting" an officer at the University of Texas after he appeared to rush a DPS trooper.

Video footage shows the man moving towards the group before getting thrown to the ground.

After the incident, the man, who identified himself as 'Carlos' claimed the officers were pushing him and he didn't do anything wrong.

Bizarre.

https://x.com/MeredithonFOX7/status/1783324854357205046

JUST IN: Our photographer has been charged with criminal trespassing. @fox7austin

#NEW: A FOX 7 Austin photographer was arrested during the protests at UT Austin. After the protest line was moved back, the photographer fell, and was then detained and taken to jail. https://fox7austin.com/video/1446129

Update our photographer was released just now from Travis County Jail.

He was booked last night at 8:29pm.

@fox7austin

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No jackbooted thugs so far today at UTAustin, but local news reports about 5x the number of people protesting.

The American Association of University Professors announces a statement of no confidence in UT President Jay Hartzell.

“Faculty demand that criminal charges against students and others be dropped”

“End Hamas Now” in the background from a group of Jewish counterprotesters

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Brett Cross is a parent that lost a child in Uvalde.
https://twitter.com/BCross052422/status ... 9606334636

Shit, if only they’d have moved like that when my son was being murdered.

But what do I expect….1 AR-15 keeps 376 officers at bay.

DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.

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Oh my god what a chant

students are now chanting “who (failed uvalde? dps!” (dps is the department of public safety in texas)

And because some NEWSMAX piece of shit had to talk crap...

There were 376 officers from several different agencies.

DPS had 91 officers on the scene.

Don’t ever think you know more about my son’s murder than me.

@communitynotes This is Deceptive. The responders to Robb Elementary School were from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department.
Based on the patches in the video these officers ere Texas Highway...

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Even morons should know that TX Highway Patrol is a division of TXDPS. It even says so on their patches.

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Gov. Abbott turned down $450 million in federal funding for a summer lunch program that would have benefitted ~3.8 million Texas kids.

I can guarantee that whatever Abbott is trying to ban has nothing to do with actually helping kids.

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Gov. Abbott turned down $450 million in federal funding for a summer lunch program that would have benefitted ~3.8 million Texas kids.

I can guarantee that whatever Abbott is trying to ban has nothing to do with actually helping kids.

I was gonna say Abbott only cares about the unborn, but probably not even then.

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Abbott cares about Abbott.