A video clip posted to Facebook by gun-rights activist Kory Watkins depicts the encounter. It opens with Nevarez saying he will not be voting for the legislation, which prompts several in the group to ask the lawmaker if he has read the Constitution.
“You won’t be here very long, bro'. We the people are coming to take Texas back,” says one. "You need to find a new job, bro'."
Another adds: “As far as I’m concerned, you are a tyrant to the Constitution of the United States of America.”
After a few more exchanges, Nevarez rises and asks them to leave his office, saying he is going to call Capitol security. They then grow more hostile, at one point appearing to even block the lawmaker from closing the door.
Watkins, a member of the gun-rights group Open Carry Tarrant County, said he dropped by the offices of all 181 legislators to deliver petitions supporting Stickland’s measure. Of the lawmakers they visited, he said, Nevarez was the only one who reacted in that way.
“He was very rude to us, very sarcastic, definitely didn’t care what we had to say,” he said. "Everything was very good until we went into that office — a lot of respect from others, even if they didn’t support the cause, they still were very respectful."
Fellow gun-rights activist C.J. Grisham said he initially accompanied the group as they stopped by Capitol offices, but left before they reached Nevarez because he disagreed with how they were interacting with lawmakers.
“I just can’t believe the utter lack of professionalism, tact and really common courtesy, that I saw today,” Grisham said. “It was intimidation, it was talking down, it was speaking over, it was childishness, and it did absolutely zero to even engage in conversation.”
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