Abbott previously deployed 5,000 Texas National Guard troops and 2,000 Department of Public Safety officers during similar demonstrations in June.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered a surge of state troopers and National Guard troops into Austin, a Democratic stronghold in the state, ahead of a planned protest that he has called “Antifa-linked,

As 'No Kings' rallies erupted nationwide Oct. 18, over 3,000 peaceful protestors convened at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Airport Boulevard in Pensacola.

A new round of "No Kings" demonstrations took place in cities across the country, including Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago on Oct. 18.