Gov Abbott Betrays the Lie by Deploying National Guard BEFORE Saturday's Protests

Governor Abbott really betrayed the lie by ordering the National Guard to his state of Texas in advance of Saturday’s No King protests.

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Republicans aren’t very good at this whole Big Lie about anti-Trump and anti-ICE raids protests, but Governor Abbott really betrayed the lie by ordering the National Guard to his state of Texas in advance of Saturday’s protests.

This proves that the National Guard is not being deployed because the situation is out of control, but rather as a form of intimidation against the First Amendment rights of Americans.

“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy National Guard across the state in response to protests,” ABC News reported. Following it with the more informative point that he did this AHEAD of the protests, “The move comes ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio and follows days of protest in L.A. and across the nation.”

“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that he’ll deploy the National Guard to locations across the st…