Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardons man who shot and killed armed protester at Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020
Republican Texas.Governor Greg Abbott announces complete forgiveness The award goes to a man convicted of killing a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Austin in 2020. A jury found Daniel Perry guilty of murder in April 2023 after deliberating for 17 hours during an eight-day trial. Perry claimed he shot Garrett Foster in […]
Texas Democrat accuses Abbott of ‘alliance with white nationalists’ over pardon
Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro (R-Texas) announced Thursday that Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) will honor the Army sergeant who was convicted of shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrator. After pardoning him, he accused him of being “in league with white supremacists.” In 2020. “Before Daniel Perry killed a veteran in 2020, he […]
Governor Abbott Pardons Daniel Perry, Former Army Sgt. Convicted For Shooting BLM Protester In 2020
(Left) Texas Governor Greg Abbott. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) / (R) FILE – This booking photo provided by the Austin, Texas Police Department shows U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry. Perry was found guilty of murder in 2020 for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator during nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice, and a […]
Texas Gov. Abbott says Biden forming ‘power grab’ with military proposal
Texas Governor Greg Abbott strongly opposed a proposal that could move Air National Guard members into Space Force roles without the consent of their respective state governors. Abbott, who has clashed with the president on a number of issues, said in a letter to President Biden that the proposal poses an “intolerable threat” to the […]
‘Alligators are in the Rio Grande’: Texas Gov. Abbott warns would-be illegal aliens about risks of crossing border river
Texas’ Republican governor, Greg Abbott, recently warned would-be illegal aliens looking to cross the Rio Grande into the United States illegally that the waters are dangerous. Crocodiles are rampant. Abbott reshared a video post on X showing an alligator in a river near Eagle Pass, Texas. According to the post, the video was taken by […]
Texas Gov. Abbott faces backlash after mass arrest at UT Austin pro-Palestine protest
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is facing accusations of state overreach after Texas police arrested more than 50 people at a protest at the University of Texas at Austin this week. On Wednesday, police in riot gear broke up an unauthorized but nonviolent demonstration at the state’s flagship university. Among those arrested was a journalist from […]
Abbott endorses Texas congressman who called colleagues ‘scumbags’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) is facing criticism from Republicans after he called two far-right members of his caucus “scumbags” on Wednesday, including Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas). and defended the lawmaker. Gonzalez went after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) over the weekend, saying members of the Freedom Caucus were “walking around […]
Border crisis: Abbott hits 100 days since locking out feds in Eagle Pass
Border Patrol agents remain unable to access the border in Eagle Pass more than 100 days since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered the state military to fence the area to prevent federal police from cutting through state-installed barbed wire. Federal law enforcement has been locked out of a strip of the border in south-central […]
Texas Gov. Abbott blasts Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis: ‘Bunch of lies’
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has slammed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis, saying the secretary has been telling only lies to the American people. “What Mr. Mayorkas has said is nothing but a litany of lies,” Abbott said in an interview with FOX4 News. Mr. Abbott said he was impeached in part […]
Greg Abbott says Eric Adams is ‘aiding and abetting’ border crisis with NYC’s sanctuary status: ‘Country is being invaded’
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday accused New York City’s Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of “aiding and abetting” the Biden administration’s open borders policy by sacrificing the city. fox news digital report. Mr. Abbott was responding to Mr. Adams’ previous claims that the governor was “morally bankrupt” and using immigrants as “political pawns,” saying […]