"It’s hard to imagine a safer space in Houston than West University Place.
A place where four girls just entering their teens could head out for ice cream and cookies, unaccompanied, to a spot called Tiny’s Milk & Cookies.
It was March 31, 2018, the Saturday before Easter.
They were coming from a church group meeting.
So there they were, four girls around the age of fourteen, with long, shiny hair and braces on their teeth.
They were chatting and giggling as they took their places in line at Milk & Cookies, which is basically a take-out window for a restaurant called Tiny’s No. 5, which itself is pleasantly appointed with assiduously tended gardens of Texas wildflowers and other natives.
...There’s often a line at Milk & Cookies because its chocolate chip cookies are considered some of the best in town, even if they cost $2.50 each.
...It took a few seconds for the girls to recognize the commotion behind them and then to realize it was directed their way.
A woman in line, a few spaces back, seemed to be in some sort of state.
She was tall and thin, and her hair was cut short.
She was with a man and two little boys.
“Grab ’em by the pussy!” the woman declared, staring straight at the girls while using that very bad word.
She had a fist up in the air.
“Woohoo!” she added, along with what sounded like the start of a crazy chant: “Maga!!”
At first, the girls had no idea why this woman was acting so weird, as if she were mad at them or something.
What had they done?
They couldn’t think of a thing.
That is, until one of the girls pointed to the T-shirt another was wearing.
The former was on her phone at the time, talking to her mom about what was going on.
“It’s your shirt!” she said, interrupting her own conversation.
They all stopped and looked.
The offending garment was a souvenir from a trip to Washington, D.C. Across the front, in big, bold letters, was a word that may be the most divisive in America right now: TRUMP..."
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They were chatting and giggling as they took their places in line at Milk & Cookies, which is basically a take-out window for a restaurant called Tiny’s No. 5, which itself is pleasantly appointed with assiduously tended gardens of Texas wildflowers and other natives.
...There’s often a line at Milk & Cookies because its chocolate chip cookies are considered some of the best in town, even if they cost $2.50 each.
...It took a few seconds for the girls to recognize the commotion behind them and then to realize it was directed their way.
A woman in line, a few spaces back, seemed to be in some sort of state.
She was tall and thin, and her hair was cut short.
She was with a man and two little boys.
“Grab ’em by the pussy!” the woman declared, staring straight at the girls while using that very bad word.
She had a fist up in the air.
“Woohoo!” she added, along with what sounded like the start of a crazy chant: “Maga!!”
At first, the girls had no idea why this woman was acting so weird, as if she were mad at them or something. What had they done?
They couldn’t think of a thing.
That is, until one of the girls pointed to the T-shirt another was wearing.
The former was on her phone at the time, talking to her mom about what was going on.
“It’s your shirt!” she said, interrupting her own conversation.
They all stopped and looked.
The offending garment was a souvenir from a trip to Washington, D.C. Across the front, in big, bold letters, was a word that may be the most divisive in America right now: TRUMP..."
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