Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a defiant statement Sunday, vowing that the demands made by student protesters at the University of Texas at Austin for the school divest itself from companies manufacturing weapons for Israel, and calling for the resignation of UT president Jay Hartzell, will “NEVER happen.”
“This will NEVER happen,” Abbott wrote on X about the demands. “The only thing that will happen is that the University and the State will use all law-enforcement tools to quickly terminate illegal protests taking place on campus that clearly violate the laws of the state of Texas and policies of the university.”
This will NEVER happen.
The only thing that will happen is that the University and the State will use all law-enforcement tools to quickly terminate illegal protests taking place on campus that clearly violate the laws of the state of Texas and policies of the university. https://t.co/Qah3dvZ9H1
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 5, 2024
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