Hijinks in Austin

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Protest sparks Texas lawmaker threats of gun violence

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of protesters opposing Texas’ tough new anti-“sanctuary cities” law launched a raucous demonstration from the public gallery in the Texas House on Monday, briefly halting work and prompting lawmakers on the floor below to scuffle — and even threaten gun violence — as tense divides over hardline immigration policies boiled over.

Activists wearing red T-shirts reading “Lucha,” or “Fight,” quietly filled hundreds of gallery seats as proceedings began. After about 40 minutes, they began to cheer, drowning out the lawmakers below. Protesters also blew whistles and chanted: “Here to stay!” and “Hey, hey, ho, ho, SB4 has got to go,” referring to the bill that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law this month.

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State House leadership stopped the session and asked state troopers to clear the gallery. ... There were no reports of arrests.

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But even after the protest ended, tensions remained high. Rep. Ramon Romero, a Democrat from Fort Worth, said he was standing with fellow Democratic Rep. Cesar Blanco of El Paso when Republican colleague Matt Rinaldi came over and said: “This is BS. That’s why I called ICE.”

Rinaldi, of Irving in suburban Dallas, and Blanco then began shouting at each other. A scuffle nearly ensued before other lawmakers separated the two.

Later, a group of Democratic lawmakers held a press conference to accuse Rinaldi of threatening to “put a bullet in the head” of someone on the House floor during a second near scuffle. They said the comment was made in the direction of Democratic Rep. Poncho Nevarez, from the border town of Eagle Pass.

In a subsequent Facebook statement, Rinaldi admitted saying he’d called federal authorities and threatened to shoot Nevarez — but said his life was in danger, not the other way around.

“Nevarez threatened my life on the House floor after I called ICE on several illegal immigrants who held signs in the gallery which said ‘I am illegal and here to stay,’” Rinaldi wrote. He said Democrats were encouraging protesters to ignore police instructions and, “When I told the Democrats I called ICE, Representative Ramon Romero physically assaulted me, and other Democrats were held back by colleagues.”

Rinaldi said Nevarez later “told me that he would ‘get me on the way to my car.’” Rinaldi said he responded by making it clear “I would shoot him in self-defense,” adding that he is currently under Texas Department of Public Safety protection.

I suppose it won't be long before these fellows begin wearing body armor to their legislative sessions.

[TheReal_ND]

LUGENPRESSE

[TheReal_ND]

Getting real fucking tired of the misleading, lying media.

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Pic related is an immigrant holding the sign that Rinaldi described, corroborating his story.

SB4 was already passed and goes into effect in September. Not sure why all the slowbro-protesters flipped out today (besides it was the last day of the session).

Our governor hates sanctuary cities with a passion. Abbott isn't going to back down. Enforce the ICE retainers or go to jail.

[PartyOf5]

I am beginning to ignore most news media. I have lost all trust in them. Every day I bring up Google news page and at least 7 of the top 10 stories are anti-Trump or blatantly misleading. Washington Post, CNN, NYT, it doesn't matter the source, they all have similar propaganda. I have tuned it all out, both online and on TV. I stopped reading actual newspapers over a year ago and feel better for it. The media's mission is to promote their shared political agenda, not report factually on events. Burn it down.

Our local big city paper is the same pro-liberal trash so we dropped it. Now they send us emails almost every week begging us to come back.

[TheReal_ND]

I'm addicted to news but I only get it from aggregators with comments. I've been burned by literally fake news but usually if there are more than ten comments the truth can be sussed out. Unless of course it's reddit.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

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I wonder if this represents the next step in our regression. What's next--congressmen getting caned on the House floor?

[TheReal_ND]

Senators were weak and effeminate toward the end of the empire. If this demonstrates decline it's the fucking Mexican representative threatening violence over due process.

[Fife]

I wonder if this represents the next step in our regression. What's next--congressmen getting caned on the House floor?

We all were sea-swallow'd, though some cast again
(And by that destiny) to perform an act
Whereof what's past is prologue; what to come,
In yours and my discharge.


http://history.house.gov/Historical-Hig ... entatives/

Wisconsin Republicans John “Bowie Knife” Potter and Cadwallader Washburn ripped the hairpiece from the head of William Barksdale, a Democrat from Mississippi. The melee dissolved into a chorus of laughs and jeers, but the sectional nature of the fight powerfully symbolized the nation’s divisions. When the House reconvened two days later, a coalition of Northern Republicans and Free Soilers narrowly blocked referral of the Lecompton Constitution to the House Territories Committee. Kansas entered the Union in 1861 as a free state.

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