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Texas Governor to declare Chris Kyle Day in honor of sniper
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday he would officially declare Feb. 2 Chris Kyle Day in the state, in honor of the late Navy Seal sharpshooter portrayed in the film American Sniper.
The movie, starring Bradley Cooper as Kyle who was killed by a disgruntled U.S. veteran on a Texas gun range in 2013, has been a box office hit as well as a flashpoint of debate between liberals and conservatives.
Abbott, a Republican, made the announcement during a speech at the Texans Veterans of Foreign Affairs Mid-Winter Convention in Austin, according to a statement from the governors office.
In honor of a Texas son, a Navy SEAL and an American hero a man who defended his brothers and sisters in arms on and off the battlefield I am declaring February 2nd Chris Kyle Day in Texas, Abbott said during the speech, according to the statement.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/texas-governor-to-declare-chris-kyle-day-in-honor-of-sniper/
Peace,
kp
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Thus, this is stupid and 100% political show.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Action_Patrol
(845 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Put another way...yep, that's Texas.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Chris Kyle was Ted Bundy in desert camo. Just the kind of guy that gives the right wing a raging boner.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)Ron Green
(9,822 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)He has been quite vocal about his low opinion of Chris Kyle.
Matrosov
(1,098 posts)Either he was a serial killer if his stories about events like Katrina or true
Or he was a pathological liar if the stories are not true
Not to mention he was mentally disturbed for how he relished killing A-rabs/Mooselims in a combat zone
Which Chris Kyle is Texas celebrating today?
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)give a dead Texan an enema and you can bury him in a shoebox
Paladin
(28,264 posts)I had school friends who lost family members that day. And I am thoroughly outraged by the whole "Chris Kyle Day" thing.
I thought you ought to be informed of the foregoing, given the broad brush with which you're smearing the entire state of Texas.