{"id":2500010,"date":"2025-10-17T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-and-youngkin-mobilize-national-guard-for-no-kings-rallies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:30:17","slug":"abbott-and-youngkin-mobilize-national-guard-for-no-kings-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-and-youngkin-mobilize-national-guard-for-no-kings-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott and Youngkin mobilize National Guard for &#8216;No Kings&#8217; rallies"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fabbott-and-youngkin-mobilize-national-guard-for-no-kings-rallies%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=2500010&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>Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin have mobilized their states&#8217; National Guard units in preparation for the upcoming nationwide &#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests scheduled across more than 2,200 cities worldwide. Abbott announced the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Austin, emphasizing a zero-tolerance stance toward disorder, property destruction, or violence during the demonstrations. Similarly, Youngkin authorized Virginia National Guard personnel to be on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-450k-reparations-for-border-crossers-exceeds-payments-to-9-11-victims-american-military-families\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s 0K Reparations for Border Crossers Exceeds Payments to 9\/11 Victims, American Military Families\">active duty training<\/a> and in a state of readiness, coordinating with law enforcement and protest organizers. Detailed plans within the Virginia National Guard include rapid response units equipped with non-lethal weapons to handle incidents. The &#8220;No Kings&#8221; rallies follow previous protests that were mostly peaceful, but current concerns are heightened due to recent incidents such as the assassination of Charlie Kirk and an armed attack on a Texas ICE facility, raising fears of escalating political violence linked to antifa activity. Both governors aim to ensure public safety amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-starmer-tries-weaseling-behind-podium-so-trump-dismisses-him-like-a-4-year-old-who-drank-too-much-juice\/\" title=\"Priceless: Starmer Tries Weaseling Behind Podium, So Trump Dismisses Him Like a 4-Year-Old Who Drank Too Much Juice\">tense political atmosphere surrounding<\/a> these protests.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Abbott and Youngkin mobilize National Guard for &lsquo;No Kings&rsquo; rallies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2373935\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) announced the deployment of their states&rsquo; National Guard in anticipation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3851272\/no-kings-protests-shutdown-what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;No Kings&rdquo; protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott was the first to announce the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Austin through a foreboding statement on X, warning that any disorder wouldn&rsquo;t be tolerated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3854296\/maga-nonsense-experts-bristle-trump-fix-ai-electricity-price-spikes\/\">Experts bristle at Trump&#8217;s fix for AI-driven electricity price spikes: &#8216;MAGA nonsense&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3854614\/zelensky-speaks-with-us-weapons-and-energy-companies\/\">Zelensky speaks with US weapons and energy companies ahead of Trump meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3854076\/island-fundraisers-rooftop-soirees-babydog-birthday-bonanza-washington-shrugs-shutdown-optics\/\">Island fundraisers, rooftop soirees, and a Babydog birthday bonanza: Washington shrugs at shutdown optics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I directed the Dept. of Public Safety and National Guard to surge forces into Austin ahead of an Antifa-linked protest. Texas will NOT tolerate chaos. Anyone destroying property or committing acts of violence will be swiftly arrested. Law and order will be enforced,&rdquo; Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1978888798424420721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said in a post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin spokesman Peter Finocchio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpm.org\/news\/2025-10-17\/youngkin-virginia-national-guard-no-kings-protest-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told VPM News<\/a> that the governor&rsquo;s office put the Virginia National Guard in a state of readiness in anticipation of the protests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Governor has authorized state active duty for training to help ensure the Guard will be ready to respond if needed to help keep people safe,&rdquo; he said, adding that the governor&rsquo;s office was coordinating with both law enforcement and protest organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia National Guard spokesman A.A. &ldquo;Cotton&rdquo; Puryear told the outlet that it hadn&rsquo;t received a formal request for assistance, but personnel &ldquo;will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >state active duty conducting training<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An internal Virginia National Guard document obtained by the outlet showed detailed plans for the protests, establishing a task force consisting of a &ldquo;Quick Reaction Force&rdquo; and &ldquo;Ready Reaction Force&rdquo; staged outside of Richmond on Friday, including a &ldquo;Non-Lethal Weapons Platoon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The document said the task force &ldquo;may be employed as a unit to a single incident site, or by distributing squads to multiple incident sites, dependent on the needs of the supported agency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are 2,500 planned &ldquo;No Kings&rdquo; protests across 2,200 cities on Saturday, including cities outside the U.S., such as Madrid, Paris, and London.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3853197\/left-greenlights-political-violence-on-eve-of-no-kings-revolts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEFT GREENLIGHTS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON EVE OF &lsquo;NO KINGS&rsquo; REVOLTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last &ldquo;No Kings&rdquo; protests in June went by largely without incident, but Saturday&rsquo;s protests come amid a far more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberty-safe-announces-new-privacy-measures-after-public-backlash-over-fbi-debacle\/\" title=\"Liberty Safe responds to public outcry with enhanced privacy measures following FBI controversy.\">heated political climate<\/a>. The assassination of Charlie Kirk last month and an attack on a Dallas ICE facility have triggered anxiety from conservatives about rising political violence. President Donald Trump declared antifa a terrorist group in response, buoyed by cells around the country&rsquo;s violent involvement and agitation in protests.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have grown increasingly worried about the threats posed by antifa after increasingly brazen terroristic actions, such as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3853827\/texas-antifa-members-indicted-on-terrorism-charges-for-ice-attack-first-time-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">armed assault<\/a> on a Texas ICE facility in July. Abbott notably featured the network in his statement on deploying the National Guard to Austin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbott, Youngkin deploy National Guard ahead of protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2500011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25234673148778.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3697,37479,15109],"class_list":["post-2500010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abbott","tag-national-guard","tag-youngkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25234673148778.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500010","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500010"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500014,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500010\/revisions\/2500014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}