AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During an antifa roundtable with President Donald Trump Wednesday, a reporter asked the president about an item that was previously removed from Austin City Council's Thursday agenda.
The item would have waived more than $120,000 worth of fees for a 'No Kings' protest scheduled to march from the Texas State Capitol to Auditorium Shores on Oct. 18. Of that, $80,000 would have been used to waive Austin Police Department patrol fees, according to city documents. You can find the full cost breakdown here.
Trump, who did not appear to have been aware of the city council item, responded with the following:
"I would love to do something about that. Bring a lawsuit, do something. You know, the best thing you can do is have honest elections. Because the elections are totally rigged in so many of these places. You take a look, the people, they're all loving you, they can't breathe they love so much. Every one of them."
KXAN has reached out to the Travis County Clerk's Office to comment on Trump seemingly insinuating that Austin's elections may be rigged. KXAN has no previous reporting to indicate that is true.
The resolution the questioner is referring to is item No. 52 on the agenda Thursday: "Approve an ordinance waiving or reimbursing certain fees for the No Kings Day 2 event to be held October 18, 2025 at Auditorium Shores."
"I would like you to make a big deal, though, if they're waiving a fee. But I guarantee they wouldn't do waive it for... it's not Trump, if it were a conservative rally, they wouldn't be waiving it," Trump said.
"Unlike President Trump, I fully support the First Amendment and the people’s right to peaceably assemble," the items sponsor, Austin City Council Member Chito Vela, said.
According to Austin Mayor Kirk Watson's office, that item was pulled from the agenda because of the cost associated with it. The mayor's office said they do not expect the item to return to a future agenda. Vela's staff confirmed that.
“Item 52 was withdrawn by its sponsor from the council agenda earlier today and prior to the comments from the President," Watson said.
Austin City Council members each get up to $6,000 annually for special events fee waivers, according to a city audit report from 2017 that looked a fee waivers. That means even if every city council member and the mayor had pooled their annual fee waiver budget -- at $66,000 -- it still would have fallen well short of the projected $120,000+ cost in the item.
KXAN has reached out to the city of Austin and the Travis County Clerk's Office for additional comment.
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