Posted on 06/17/2016 4:43:56 PM PDT by SSS Two
HARRIS COUNTY (KTRK) -- As preparations continue for Donald Trump to take the stage in The Woodlands, authorities had to make an arrest at the rally location.
A man with a gun was taken into custody Friday afternoon in the parking garage of the hotel.
Many are braving the heat for a chance to be front and center when the presumptive Republican nominee speaks to supporters.
"Just because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity and we wanted to be part of it," said Kim Deal. "I think he's speaking to the heart of the American people. People are fed up."
She spent the night at the hotel and was outside as the first in line at 8:30am Friday. Quickly, the line grew behind her despite the oppressive heat.
"I agree with his views," said Kevin Somers, a Trump supporter who said standing in the heat was worth it. "I like his views on the border, social security, second amendment and I'm here to watch him make history."
"I want to sit out here because I want to vote for Donald Trump," said Diane Gabourel. "I believe in him and I think we need a change and I think the change is Trump. People either seem to love him or really not like him. Why do you think that is? Because he speaks the truth. He's very blunt. And he's different."
It was not only supporters here early. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office brought in an incident command center, limited access, and put up barriers for the safety of those attending and those who might protest. Harris County deputies were there to assist. The Transportation Security Administration brought dogs for security checks. The United States Secret Service is in charge of security for the event.
Among those standing in line awaiting entry into the venue were John and Celena Garcia. They are twins who drove from San Antonio. Both support Trump despite much of their family strongly opposing him.
"We're both Latino Americans supporting Trump," said John Garcia. "Might be a shock for most people. We lived in Arizona for a while so we know about the crime and everything. We're for the wall. We're for a lot of policies."
"Actually my boyfriend hates me right now because I'm here," added his sister Celena. "I was like 'you can get over it'. It's weird, my mom is really against us supporting Trump."
Trump said Thursday in Dallas he expects to do well with Hispanics despite much of the opposition to his campaign comes from those who don't agree with his policies on immigration.
Trump's rally in Dallas captured between 3,000 and 4,000 people. His public event in Atlanta on Wednesday was just as large. Both did draw relatively minor protests compared the numbers of supporters who showed up for the respective rallies and compared to protests in other cities.
If your feeling is that the suspect was a “gentleman of color,” YOUR FEELINGS ARE CORRECT!
Where’s my African American?
... uhhhh ... :-)
.... and also that an attempt will be made on Trumps life and it would dearly PO me ....I absolutely despise the Left and the Left wing media.
After looking at your video, I would suggest “Black Lives Matter” type person...or a hired gun for HIllary or Hussein...
They look afraid of soap.
Watched news video:
Could be son of Obama.
Was Brad Thor in town?
The Che Team.
I used to work at a radio station in Houston located in the old Rice Hotel. Nixon was doing a speech there once and my boss didn’t know about it.
He picked that day to buy a new Winchester 94, and he was going to park as usual in the basement parking and carry it upstairs to his office rather than leave it in his car.
Of course, the Secret Service in the parking garage were
not amused. However, after some quick, fast convincing talking, he was let go and sent directly home with the new rifle.
I was going to snark at the photo, but I was laughing so hard at yours, I can’t.
No race mentioned. I have one guess.
Dreadlocks might be a clue!
http://www.click2houston.com/news/donald-trump-visits-houston-area-friday
They had a picture of him being questioned by police on TV but only showed his hind side. Shoulder length very black hair - maybe Hispanic? Couldn’t see his hands and his arms were covered. Not Amish hair style.
He is black.
“EZLN”
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Those guys should bring it, since they’re not afraid of revolution, there’s a huge number of us on the other side would be more than happy to engage them and their leftist allies in the real thing.
The followers I've seen are committed and devout. It could become very ugly and it should.
Better odds, he answers to the most common first Black Panther Muslim name?
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