{"id":2230455,"date":"2024-04-25T19:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T23:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-cheer-tough-police-response-to-ut-austin-protest-dont-mess-with-texas\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T23:09:39","slug":"republicans-cheer-tough-police-response-to-ut-austin-protest-dont-mess-with-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-cheer-tough-police-response-to-ut-austin-protest-dont-mess-with-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans applaud strong police action at UT Austin protest, advocating &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with Texas."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-cheer-tough-police-response-to-ut-austin-protest-dont-mess-with-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans \u2062from Texas, \u2064led by Gov. Greg\u200d Abbott and University of Texas \u200dat Austin, swiftly\u200b stopped \u2062a pro-Palestinian protest.\u200d Rep. Beth Van Duyne expressed, &#8220;Don\u2019t Mess with Texas.&#8221; State Rep. Craig Goldman supported the action, contrasting it with delays at Columbia University protests. UT Austin&#8217;s President\u200b Hartzell received praise \u200cfor the handling. Arrests were made\u2062 among the protesters. The swift halting of\u200c a pro-Palestinian protest by \u200dTexas Republicans, \u200dwith Gov. Greg Abbott and University of Texas at Austin taking \u200bthe lead, garnered attention. Rep. Beth Van Duyne&#8217;s &#8220;Don\u2019t\u200b Mess with Texas&#8221; statement resonated. State Rep. Craig Goldman commended the contrast with delays at Columbia University. UT Austin&#8217;s President Hartzell was praised \u2062for his handling, with \u2062arrests \u2064made\u200c among the protesters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>AUSTIN \u2014 <\/strong>Republicans from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> praised the success that Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/university-of-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>University of Texas<\/a> at Austin had shutting down a pro-Palestinian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protest<\/a> on campus just hours after it got underway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake your intifada and shove it! Don\u2019t Mess with Texas,\u201d said Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) in a post Thursday on X.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>State Rep. Craig Goldman applauded the Austin effort and said authorities in New York, who have taken a delayed approach to protests on campus at Columbia University, ought to take note.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how it is done @Columbia. Thank you @JCHartzell,\u201d Goldman wrote in a post, tagging the president of UT Austin.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), whose district includes the outskirts of Austin, also cheered on UT Austin for how it handled the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUT President Hartzell got this right. Thank you,\u201d Roy said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1783496867608686918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> to X.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Steinhauser, a leading GOP political consultant in Texas and partner with\u00a0Steinhauser Strategies,\u00a0said, \u201cTime will tell whether [Hartzell] will be rewarded\u201d or punished for \u201cstanding up to the antisemitic radical left.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>WATCH: here\u2019s a 90-second look at yesterday\u2019s Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">university officials<\/a> used emergency alert loudspeakers to tell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-schoolgirl-admits-lying-about-teacher-who-was-murdered-for-showing-class-muhammed-cartoons\/\" title=\"French Schoolgirl Admits Lying About Teacher Who Was Murdered For Showing Class Muhammed Cartoons\">student protesters<\/a> to leave the grounds and police enforced that order <\/p>\n<p>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KKVnYnTk7V\">https:\/\/t.co\/KKVnYnTk7V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lgw0RwIPoe\">pic.twitter.com\/Lgw0RwIPoe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1783525887180161108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fifty people were arrested out of the hundreds of protesters who participated, the Texas Department of Public Safety told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Thursday. The department had hundreds of state troopers on campus Wednesday afternoon into the evening until the officers successfully pushed the group away from academic buildings on campus and toward a commercial street.<\/p>\n<p>Other state officials touted that the police\u2019s swift movement onto the scene prevented the situation from getting out of control on a campus with 51,000 undergraduate students and mere blocks from downtown Austin.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Now at UT Austin: <\/p>\n<p>Protester walked up to Austin Police and starts yelling \u201cfuck you,\u201d to which one officer responded, \u201cthank you for your support.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSVm8fbyyB\">pic.twitter.com\/kSVm8fbyyB<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1783254310287024629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThank you to @TxDPS and @Austin_Police for their quick response and commitment to keeping our city safe during the ongoing protest at @UTAustin,\u201d Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police were back on site Thursday as protesters regrouped for the second day. State and local police were also on campus with campus police taking the lead in enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, at the request of the University of Texas (UT) and at the direction of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel remain on standby in order to support UT Police in maintaining the peace on the University campus,\u201d a DPS spokesperson wrote in an email to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> Thursday evening. \u201cWhile we do not discuss operational specifics, DPS is continuously monitoring events and their impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-d-c-mayor-extends-emergency-declaration-for-15-days\/\" title=\"Washington, D.C. mayor extends emergency declaration for 15 days\">public safety<\/a> and will adjust operations as needed in order to assist our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nazi-guard-living-in-tennessee-deported-to-germany\/\" title=\"Former Nazi Guard Living In Tennessee Deported To Germany\">law enforcement partners<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott and the University of Texas at Austin, received praise for swiftly halting a pro-Palestinian protest on campus. Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) bluntly stated, &#8220;Take your intifada and shove it! Don\u2019t Mess with Texas,&#8221; in a recent post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2230456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7086-1024x593.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2230455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7086-1024x593.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}