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Greg Casar: “Independent journalists right there are describing these…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Texas Congressman Greg Casar Discusses Peaceful Protests and Immigration Policies

Published | Video Starts at 00:19

Well, first of all, I just described it as peaceful. It looked very peaceful. What are they telling you people you're texting with on the ground? Yeah. You know, Independent journalists right there are describing these peaceful protests where we just had protests in San Antonio just a couple days ago. Same thing, hundreds of people, zero incident. But people like Donald Trump and Governor Abbott are actually trying to escalate the situation. Right. They're trying to light the fire, pour gasoline on it. (00:19–00:28)

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Asserts that independent journalists describe recent protests in San Antonio as peaceful.

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