Posted on 01/16/2021 2:34:19 AM PST by Armscor38
The Texas Department of Public Safety abruptly announced the closure of the state Capitol on Friday evening after uncovering new intelligence that intensified safety concerns and prompted the agency to further tighten up security.
The closure affects the building and the Capitol grounds, which only reopened to the public this month after being closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and damage that officials said protesters did to state property during protests in May and June.
The closure begins Saturday and continues through Wednesday.
In a statement, DPS Director Col. Steve McCraw said that "the Texas Department of Public Safety is aware of armed protests planned at the Texas State Capitol and violent extremists who may seek to exploit constitutionally protected events. As a result, DPS has deployed additional personnel and resources to the Capitol and are working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Austin Police Department to monitor events and to enforce the rule of law."
Parking lots at Home Depot, Lowes etc will loaded with illegals looking for work. IMO
It won’t surprise me in twelve months if all fifty state capitals have added around 100k armed security guards. The DC capital building? They can run Nat’l Guardsmen for two or three months, but I’d expect at least 2k additional Capital Police to be hired, and the building mostly closed down to only Representatives, Senators and their staffs.
Bttt
Probably called in by some libtard who wants to keep working from home.
Can you say police state.?
Can you say police state.?
Texas?
Almost every single day for the past 4 years the public has had to endure terror attacks by democrats two paramilitary terror groups, Antifa and BLM that democrats PROTECTED. And now they want us to believe they are concerned? They don’t give to flying sh—s. This is all about optics with them, not that they realize they can connect riots and terror attacks to Repubs now comes the play acting.
“Extremism in the defense of China is no vice! Moderation in the pursuit of China’s aims is no virtue!”
Would apply here IMO.
I hope not.
Austin. Isn’t that place loaded up with communist sympathizers?
More theater.
The bogey man is coming. Unite to fend him off!
Oldest trick in the Animal Farm play book.
I hope its a grift to naje a radical leftist magnet and then round the ba$tards up,
We’ll be full Soviet - or full China - as of Jan. 20, complete with all the visuals. I’m waiting for the tanks in the street.
you’d think China has a division or 2 in every state capital and DC at this point
Abbot is nominally one of us but has been governing like a Democrat as far as these shut downs are concerned.
Yes Austin is full of aging democrat-voting hippies and SJWs of all stripes. Since they are into ‘peace and love’ it is hard to imagine them getting violent. If any violence does happen it will be because of imported agitators.
Also any problems will most likely be contained to Austin city limits and immediate area. Lots of folks around Austin will not put up with pantifa/blm crap.
Why does our government behave as an occupying force?
We are witnessing a bloodless takeover of the country. They succeeded. You can flame me all you want, but that is exactly what has happened and they mean business. The Democrat states especially allowed the Anti-fa and BLM to riot, loot and murder and then turn and claim we're all going to revolt. Big fat lie. I have to go to work to pay bills. You FBI analysts reading this...words can not begin to describe what all of us think of you. You KNOW you're wrong. Problem is, it won't be us who repays you. God WILL repay. He says He will and I believe Him.
Perhaps that will turn out to be the way to stop the anarchists...
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