Gov. Greg Abbott, UT Austin shift from championing free speech to policing protesters’ intentions

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Four years ago, as Texas Republicans worried that conservative voices were being silenced at universities, Gov. Abbott signed a bill that enshrined new free speech protections on campuses. But since last week, he's deployed DPS to crack down on protests at UT Austin that he vociferously disagreed with.

Four years ago, as Texas Republicans worried that conservative voices were being silenced at universities, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that enshrined new free speech protections on campuses."Some colleges are banning free speech on college campuses. Well, no more because I'm about to sign a law that protects free speech on college campuses in Texas," Abbott said in 2019.

At Columbia University, administrators called New York Police Department to empty a campus encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, which resulted in the arrest of more than 100 people.In an April 25 email obtained by The Texas Tribune — addressed to fundraising staff who would be getting questions from donors about the university’s response — administrators described the intel they had.

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