"As protesters came to the Capitol building in Austin on Friday, bottles of urine and feces, and even tampons..."

"... were confiscated by state troopers as they tried to prevent anything from disrupting the debate."

Those attending the debate were searched, and any item that could potentially be thrown from the gallery, including tampons, were confiscated, according to the Washington Post.

A senator later stopped security officials confiscating tampons, calling the move 'bone headed.' However, Texas Department of Public Safety officers were reported to have found one jar suspected to contain urine, 18 jars suspected of holding feces and three jars suspected to contain paint.

The photos — at the link — of the protests over abortion restrictions look like the old 2011 Wisconsin protests. There was even the chanting of "Shame! Shame! Shame!"


Note how the word "suspected" is slipped into the text further down. [ADDED: It's not in the quote in the post title.] Are we to wonder what was in those jars? 18 of them makes it sound like a coordinated plan. Were the jars opened and sniffed?

Something has an off smell.