Protest sparks Texas lawmaker threats of gun violence

[teach1st]

Source: Washington Post

AUSTIN — Hundreds of protesters opposing Texas’s 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 argue — and even threaten gun violence — as tense divides over 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 lawmakers below.

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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 news 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 Nevárez, from the border town of Eagle Pass.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/violent-threats-on-texas-house-floor-after-protest-on-anti-sanctuary-cities-law/2017/05/29/fa0b6622-44b7-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html

[billh58]

1. Trump's campaign call

for a "Second Amendment solution" was music to right-wing extremist's ears. I'm afraid that it's going to get much worse before we can take our country back from these traitors.

[Initech]

2. And that's how terrorism comes to America.

[Jake Stern]

3. Civil War 2.0 is fast approaching.

Have to wait and see what touches off the powder keg.

[LeftInTX]

4. Guns are now allowed in the Texas state capitol

The good news is they are done for 2 years barring a Special Session.

[riversedge]

5. Nasty confrontation breaks out between tea party Republican and Latino Democrats at Capitol

Nasty confrontation breaks out between tea party Republican and Latino Democrats at Capitol





http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Confrontation-breaks-out-between-tea-party-11180816.php




By Elena Mejia Lutz and Peggy Fikac Updated 9:01 pm, Monday, May 29, 2017







Photo: JERRY LARA / San Antonio Express-News
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Protesters gather against SB4 at the State Capitol, Monday, May 29, 2017. The bill, known as Sanctuary City, was signed by Governor Greg Abbott and will take effect on Sept. 1, 2017. It gives local law ... more




AUSTIN — On the final day of a legislative session a marked with bitter strife, a tea-party Republican got into an altercation with Latino Democrats after calling immigration officials on people protesting the recently passed sanctuary cities ban.

The dustup on the House floor escalated with the Republican saying he would “put a bullet” into the head of Democratic Rep. Poncho Nevárez of Eagle Pass, said Rep. Justin Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who claimed to have heard the remark.

In an interview with reporters, Republican Rep. Matt Rinaldi of Irving denied the comment, but later posted on Facebook that he would “shoot him (Nevárez) in self defense.”

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, who later spoke to immigration advocates at a rally outside the capitol, said that Rinaldi racially profiled every protester in the gallery by calling U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement just because “he saw a bunch of people that are a shade darker.”

“This is a clear example of how SB 4 will eventually encourage more incidents like the one earlier today (Monday),” he said...............................