A part of the Texas Capitol was evacuated on Tuesday evening amid an active shooter threat.
A protest at the Capitol in support of Rep. Collier has been pushed outside after the building was closed due to an active shooter threat. But while the Capitol is closed, the grounds are still open. @cbsaustin pic.twitter.com/0RIrZkQDD0
— Andrew Freeman (@AFreemanNews) August 19, 2025
A protest erupted after Democrat State Rep. Nicole Collier slept in the state Capitol last night to protest the Texas DPS escort amid a redistricting fight with GOP state lawmakers.
Texas Democrats returned to the Capitol on Monday after fleeing to Illinois for two weeks in an effort to block GOP redistricting efforts.
More Texas Democrats are expected to join Rep. Collier and sleep in the state Capitol tonight.
Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth remains locked in the Texas House Chamber after spending the night in protest of rules assigning DPS to Democratic representatives who broke quorum. She refused to sign the “permission slip.” Here’s what Speaker @Burrows4TX has to say. @cbsaustin pic.twitter.com/KNosvAevAg
— Andrew Freeman (@AFreemanNews) August 19, 2025
Rep. Collier waved to her supporters from the window on Tuesday. She is locked in amid the active shooter threat.
WATCH:
You can see Rep. Collier waving to her supporters from the window. @cbsaustin pic.twitter.com/TioMtUb26e
— Andrew Freeman (@AFreemanNews) August 19, 2025
Kamala Harris called Texas Rep. Collier and encouraged her to keep going with her stunt.
BREAKING: Vice President @KamalaHarris just called Rep. @NicoleCollier95 —
Who’s been staying on the House floor for 30+ hours rather than submit to GOP police state tactics.“You are those who history will reveal to have been heroes of this moment.”
The nation is watching… pic.twitter.com/EhLwBws4RP— Texas House Democrats (@TexasHDC) August 19, 2025
CBS Austin reported:
Parts of the Texas Capitol grounds were evacuated and closed to visitors on Tuesday evening after reports of an active shooter threat.
The building itself was shut down, prompting a protest in support of Representative Nicole Collier to move outside.
Despite the partial closure of the Capitol, the grounds initially remained open, allowing Representative Nicole Collier to wave to her supporters from a window.
Protest organizer Melody Tremallo said she was shown a video of the threat. “The captain came up to me and informed me that there was likely going to be… likely going to clear out the Capitol building on the grounds due to an imminent shooter threat. I was shown the video of somebody whose rhetoric basically went to the effect of…,” Tremallo said, and then CBS Austin’s reporter Andrew Freeman heard DPS announce it was closing the grounds.
DEVELOPING…
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