As President Trump’s multi-million dollar military parade and festival commenced in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, “No Kings” day marches—billed by organizers as a rejection of authoritarianism—filled the streets of cities nationwide. In Texas, protesters marched in dozens of cities, from El Paso to Beaumont, Brownsville to Wichita Falls, waving flags and signs objecting to the administration’s policies. Following a series of actions protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in cities such as Austin and San Antonio, Saturday’s events comprised the largest protest to take place so far during Trump’s second term.Ahead of the protests, Governor Greg Abbott deployed 5,000 Texas National Guard and at least 2,000 Department of Public Safety troopers to cities across the state, warning protesters on X, that they would be“ready to…
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