'Bar Lives Matter' Protesters Descend on Texas Capitol to Oppose Closures
Share
[aggregation-styles]
Newsweek
On Tuesday, Texas bar owners protested the Texas capitol building in Austin, declaring “Bar Lives Matter” in response to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s June 26 order to close all drinking establishments. Abbott’s order sought to stop his state’s dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases.
Appropriating language from Black Lives Matter protests against anti-Black police violence, Tuesday’s protest speakers told bar owners to reopen their establishments in defiance of Abbott’s order, according to KXAN.
On the protest’s Facebook event page, organizers wrote that bars had been scapegoated for the state’s rise in newly confirmed coronavirus cases.
“No other businesses are being shut down. It’s wrong and affecting the livelihood of hundreds of thousands across the state. From owners to bartenders, waitresses, entertainers… we will all take the hit,” the event page read. “It’s up to us to take a stand and let our voices be heard as loud as the people that caused the numbers to go up.”
Read More →
Newsweek
On Tuesday, Texas bar owners protested the Texas capitol building in Austin, declaring “Bar Lives Matter” in response to Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s June 26 order to close all drinking establishments. Abbott’s order sought to stop his state’s dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases.
Appropriating language from Black Lives Matter protests against anti-Black police violence, Tuesday’s protest speakers told bar owners to reopen their establishments in defiance of Abbott’s order, according to KXAN.
On the protest’s Facebook event page, organizers wrote that bars had been scapegoated for the state’s rise in newly confirmed coronavirus cases.
“No other businesses are being shut down. It’s wrong and affecting the livelihood of hundreds of thousands across the state. From owners to bartenders, waitresses, entertainers… we will all take the hit,” the event page read. “It’s up to us to take a stand and let our voices be heard as loud as the people that caused the numbers to go up.”
Read More →
By Daniel Villarreal | 30 June 2020
RELATED TOPICS:
Planned Parenthood Sues Trump Administration Over Planned Defunding
Politics /
30 minutes ago
Two Border Patrol Officers Injured After Gunman Opens Fire in Texas
Crime /
33 minutes ago
Fresno Police Arrest 9 at Independence Day DUI Checkpoint
Local /
58 minutes ago
Schumer Wants Probe of National Weather Service Response in Texas
Weather /
1 hour ago
Israeli Guilt Over Gaza Lurks Beneath Silence and Denial
Opinion /
1 hour ago
Trump Criticized for Using Antisemitic ‘Shylock’ to Describe Bankers
Politics /
1 hour ago
Iran President Says Open to Dialogue With US, Accuses Israel of Assassination Attempt
World /
2 hours ago
Shy but Sweet Field Survivor, Poppy the Pup, Now Up for Adoption
Animals /
2 hours ago
Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Douglas Wayne Brittain
Local /
2 hours ago
Trump Says Will Impose 25% Tariffs on Japan, South Korea
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday said he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Japan and South Korea starting on August...
Politics /
9 minutes ago
Categories
Latest
Videos

Politics /
9 minutes ago
Trump Says Will Impose 25% Tariffs on Japan, South Korea

Economy /
11 minutes ago
Wall Street Knocked Lower by Tariff Jitters, Musk’s Political Plan Hurts Tesla

Politics /
30 minutes ago
Planned Parenthood Sues Trump Administration Over Planned Defunding

Crime /
33 minutes ago
Two Border Patrol Officers Injured After Gunman Opens Fire in Texas

Local /
58 minutes ago
Fresno Police Arrest 9 at Independence Day DUI Checkpoint

Weather /
1 hour ago
Schumer Wants Probe of National Weather Service Response in Texas

Video /
4 days ago