TEXAS HOUSE DENOUNCE RALLY SCHEDULED AT A&M

  

Texas state lawmakers have begun bipartisan efforts to get Texas A&M to block a planned "white lives matter" rally on that university's campus next month.

Dallas Democratic Rep. Helen Giddings said during a House floor speech Monday that A&M administrators should "unequivocally denounce and fight against" racist groups and that Texas should reject hate in all forms with one voice. Nearly every House member stood alongside her.

Rep. Paul Workman, an Austin Republican, said a petition is being circulated for A&M graduates in the House, attempting to "keep this from going on on our campus."

White nationalist Preston Wiginton, a former A&M student, is organizing a Sept. 11 rally at Texas A&M.

A&M spokeswoman Amy Smith told The Battalion student newspaper that Wiginton's rhetoric is "counter to the core values of Texas A&M."

Smith said in an earlier statement to The Dallas Morning News that the university didn't invite any white nationalists, but that it can't stop them from coming. She says anyone can reserve space on the public university's campus.

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  1. So many politicians and others, fearing for their careers, reacting to their fears. Quite simple.

  2. A black person can protest against a white rally and it’s ok a white person protest against a black rally and he is called a bigot . makes no sense to me differnet standards for differnet races thought we were all suppose to have equal rights I think that this is what you call the tail wagging the dog

    1. And these individuals wanting “safe spaces” in college and wanting to be segregated from everyone else…MLK would be rolling over in his grave. It is quite funny but sad when you think about how today’s generation is undoing a lot of the work from past generations.

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