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May 27 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
DEVELOPING: Thousands of protesters came to Discovery Green on Friday to protest the first day of the #NRAconvention, where Texas leaders such as @GovAbbott and @SenTedCruz were scheduled to speak alongside former President Donald Trump.
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➡️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… Protestors Karen Nguyen, left, and Angel Ly, right, engage iProtestors engage in a demonstration at Discovery Green agaiA child has a photo of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years
In sweltering 95 degree heat, protesters chanted “shame” in the direction of @GRBCC and listened to a parade of speakers including @BLMHOU founder @AshtonPWoods and Parkland shooting survivor @davidhogg111 who had been personally touched by gun violence. ⬇️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
Nineteen children lined up on stage wearing the pictures of the children killed in Uvalde around their necks.

🗣️“I'm just tired of the NRA subordinating children’s rights for gun rights,” said Ken Council, 65, of Houston. ⬇️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
@BetoORourke, former El Paso congressman, walked onto the stage to chants of “Beto!” from thousands of onlookers at Discovery Green. ⬇️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
He began his remarks by discussing how he was “welcomed into the home” of the parents of Alithia Ramirez, one of the students killed in Uvalde, where balloons from her birthday still clung to the ceiling and her bed was still unmade. ⬇️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
🗣️“I want (her parents) Jess and Ryan and that family to know that their child will always live with us for as long as we live. We'll pass her story and her name down to the generations that follow us,” O’Rourke said. ⬇️houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

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