See all these pickup trucks with Trump flags? They were sitting along I-35, waiting to ambush

[soothsayer]

Link to tweet

?s=21


Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
#VanillaISIS

Dr. Eric Cervini
@ericcervini
I flew down to Texas to help with the Biden/Harris bus tour, intended to drum up enthusiasm at polling locations. Instead, I ended up spending the afternoon calling 911. 1/

See all these pickup trucks with Trump flags? They were sitting along I-35, waiting to ambush the Biden/Harris campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio to Austin. 2/

These Trump supporters, many of whom were armed, surrounded the bus on the interstate and attempted to drive it off the road. They outnumbered police 50-1, and they ended up hitting a staffer’s car. 3/

The police refused to help. When I flagged down one officer, he said his hands were tied: “not my jurisdiction.” He was wearing a blue stripe bandana. 4/

Understandably, though nobody was hurt, the rest of the tour was cancelled. And as a historian who studied the rise of the Third Reich, I can tell you: this is how a democracy dies. 5/

While Germany still had elections and Hitler was merely a disgraced politician, his militia of Brownshirts interrupted his opponents’ political meetings and incited violence on the streets. You know what happened next. 6/

We don’t know what Trump’s supporters (or Russia) have planned for Tuesday. We don’t know what kind of intimidation and suppression will inevitably occur. 7/

But we can be prepared. In the next four days, we can create such a landslide that their efforts are futile, sending a message that Nazi tactics have no place in America. 8/

Consider traveling to a swing state near you to canvass in person: joebiden.com/where-to-canva… 9/

And if you can’t, please commit to one shift of phone banking per day. Since we can’t celebrate Halloween, you could do it with your roommates or loved ones. joebiden.com/take-action/ 10/

We have four days, and I sure as hell don’t want to wake up on Wednesday wishing I had done more to save our democracy. Please join me. 11/11

[Iliyah]

1. And the .....

authorities did nada. This needs to be exposed big time. Glad no one was physical hurt but emotionally they were.

[katmondoo]

2. Truly scary stuff.

[pazzyanne]

42. Recent research uncovered this information about the attempted kidnapping of Gretchen Whitmer.

Scary is mild as to what happened.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/9/1985118/-Michigan-sheriff-says-accused-terrorists-were-within-their-rights-to-arrest-Governor-Whitmer

Also check out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Sheriffs_and_Peace_Officers_Association

[BComplex]

61. Are you F***ING kidding me? The US Supreme Court gave them this authority?

"Sheriff Leaf spoke of the historical duties, rights and powers of the Sheriff. and shared this US Supreme Court case on the power of the Sheriff:

The Sheriff represents the sovereignty of the State and he has no superiors in his county and in the execution of his law enforcement duties the Sheriff represents the state and a “county commission has no direct control over how the sheriff fulfills his law enforcement duty”. McMillian v Monroe County, 520 US 781, 791, 792-94; 117 S Ct 1734 (1997)."

How in the hell did we miss this little court case?

[pazzyanne]

72. I felt the same way.

The more I read, the more my spider sensors kicked into play. The fact that the sheriff's group and the Oath Keepers have so successfully inserted themselves into legitimate law enforcement is mind boggling. Frankly, this scares the s**t out of me. Subversive activities openly in law encorcement is unbelievable. Makes more sense of Bob Kroll and the Minnapolis police union and their ability to negatively influence the Minneapolis City Council's work to restructure the police department. The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) hosts training sessions to train their members who inturn train the units they work in.

Just yesterday I got a fundraising call from "a national law enforcement group". They gave their push on supporting law enforcement and asked if they could send me a formal contribution letter with return envelope. I asked who the envelope was addressed to and the phone call ended right then and there. This is happening all over our country. People are financially supporting this group because they are not aware of the mission of this group.

[Grasswire2]

76. Remember Ruby Ridge? nt

[Grasswire2]

80. Here's a PHOTO from INSIDE THE BUS

[link:http://

Link to tweet

?s=20|

[keroro gunsou]

115. As i said elsewhere....

Such good little Brownshirts... der feuhrer would be so proud....

[UpInArms]

3. I cannot express my absolute hatred for these Nazis enough

eom

[no_hypocrisy]

4. A historical reminder as we approach the anniversary of Kristlnacht (Hitler's Night of Broken Glass)

Hitler had his Brownshirts target only Jewish stores and shops for destruction and looting. The Police did nothing. The owners watched in helplessness, some being physically assaulted, some killed. When the owners made claims to their insurance carriers, the fix was already in. No payments were made as the Third Reich had condoned the violence as part of the "righteous outrage of the German Volk (People)" and therefore, the damage was to be expected and forgivable. IOW, the owners assumed the risk by being Jewish in a Nazi Nation.

I watch these RW group become larger and bolder. If not stopped, it's a matter of time.

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. So. Harris didn't visit Texas yesterday? I saw nothing on the news about cancellations. Nt

[soothsayer]

9. Think it was a bus that visited polling locations to drive enthusiasm

[SheltieLover]

53. But scum may not have known she wasn't on this bus!

[CanonRay]

28. She was in McAllen

[TexasBushwhacker]

65. She was also in Houston n/t

[LeftInTX]

39. She was in Texas

She was not on this bus.

This bus had local candidates on it. Wendy Davis was on this bus. Events in San Antonio were also cancelled.

[C_U_L8R]

6. That's what losing looks like

They've already lost.

[Clearly fogged in]

10. Yup, losers.

We can make them wear the label.
They were losers for much longer than the last 4 years of losing. They have always been losers. They are losers now and will always be losers.

[BKDem]

26. Born losers.

Not bright, unwilling to learn, happy to follow any authority figure who pretends to embrace them, eager to hate anyone who is unlike them.

Dumbass motherfuckers.

[dalton99a]

34. +1. Fucking Trump trash

[Hortensis]

103. Yes. BAD losers, but doomed to the wrong side of history. nt

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

7. Make no mistake, these goons are ignorant Nazi psychopaths.

They have absolutely no conscience.

Many of us who live in rural areas of red states in the West are hyper-aware of these Gestapo/Stormtrooper wannabes, who have literally been driven foaming at the mouth rabid mad from being propagandized by Fox news, hate radio, and peer support on the internet for decades.

VOTE HIM OUT in an epic landslide

[MoonRiver]

16. or brains,

just like their master

[diverdownjt]

116. They are acting like the home guard in the movie...

Cold Mountain.....w/ Nicole Kidman and Jude Law.

[gab13by13]

8. The cops didn't arrest anyone because

they were their friends.

[dalton99a]

40. +1. Arrested for burning a Trump flag:

https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/local/activist-burns-nazi-confederate-flag-outside-williamsport-court-house/article_3b72d3b0-cd00-11ea-bffb-ff8cbcb38123.html

[LeftInTX]

46. Good grief!

I thought maybe he stole the flag, but had to read the story.

The good news! He got press coverage. He was given a citation for burning without a permit. If I were him, I would go to court to challenge the citation, just to be a PITA and get more coverage.

[ananda]

11. That was not Kamala's bus.

Kamala made stops in three cities in Texas
and did fine.

[soothsayer]

13. I imagine hers is protected

[JI7]

22. She has secret service protection but there are others campaigning for the team

also .

[Liberal In Texas]

35. Thanks for pointing that out.

Near as I an tell she flew to all of the campaign stops.

Still pretty embarrassing to have those yahoos acting like jerks. The rural areas are still a stronghold for the magats. It's like living in two different states, the cities being mostly blue and when you drive out of town you set your clock back 60 years and lose 50 IQ points.

[LeftInTX]

48. The San Antonio events were cut short because of the MAGATS too.

We've got these yahoos in town too.

[ananda]

56. Agree. It's still horrible! And those so-called policereptiles..

.. well, nuff said.

[Clearly fogged in]

12. Losers on parade. A literal sideshow. nt

[calimary]

15. What is this thing they have for big-ass pickup trucks?

Penile extension devices or something?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

19. They're fun to drive.

[YessirAtsaFact]

30. Yep, if you don't give a shit about the environment.

nm

[WhiskeyGrinder]

32. And even if you do!

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

70. some of us do give a shit

I used to drive a suburban. I loved that truck and to this day wish I hadn't let my my family use her as a trade in (I stopped driving voluntarily, medical reasons).

My Forest Wraith was aka my 'Truck of Science'


I had equipped her with two 55 gallon drums to hold water. Then she was also carrying everything needed to run various water infiltration tests, permeability tests, shallow (mini, as in less than a few feet deep) well installation, and equipment to run tests on those same wells.

So, some of us love our trucks and love the environment.

I also took her fishing and many other places


For Halloween a Bat to Light your way:

[zackymilly]

108. At first glance I thought you had a mobile still going on. LOL n/t

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

111. I don't have pics of that part

we try not to tell people that we could rearrange University equipment for such entertainment purposes.


Actually, I can't drink thanks to migraines, but many of my Geo friends figured I didn't drink because I would do things like:

and

[DBoon]

91. make that "if you want to brag about not giving a shit about the environment"

right up there with "fuck your feelings"

[panader0]

20. As a guy who used a pickup for 40 years of construction--

loading it with a pallet of block or a yard of sand or scaffold, etc., I see these guys with
their big pickups that have never been used for work. Not a scratch on them. I wonder why.
Now that I am 90% retired, I drive my '95 Buick most of the time for comfort and mileage.

[SergeStorms]

97. They consider them assault vehicles.

It cracks me up when I see these guys creep over a bit of broken pavement, because they're so afraid their big, tough pickem'up will sustain a scratch on the finish. You wouldn't want one of those two ton bastards hitting you in a traffic accident though. That's why they like them, because they're afraid they're going to get hurt.

[Clearly fogged in]

23. My feelings, in this neighborhood -

Very many owners of these trucks are socialists by their own terms. While they collectively denounce the use of any community resources for the needy, they in abundant numbers work in public service as deputies, firefighters, emergency services, and other government jobs. Their pay scale is sufficient for them to afford payments on $50,000 trucks. The same bullying, overbearing, and dismissive attitudes that drove them into career choices of entitlement flood our roadways. They push on our rear bumpers deliberately placing headlights to glare in our mirrors and block our views; they play leapfrog - rushing in from behind and swooping away at the last moment to pass, closely hugging the painted line, and finally and abruptly cutting back in far too soon. Often times they have sounds added to the intimidating maneuvers- loud tires, loud exhausts, billowing smoke, and boisterous clanking engines billowing smoke.

So, in answer to it being penile extensions or not, I'll go with that's what they think they have. They act more like they're using butt-plugs.

[dalton99a]

36. +1

[calimary]

38. Yep. That's about it.

I think they’re intimidation devices. Certainly used for bullying in cases like these. Big and in-yer-face. All the way to their noxious tailpipes and the oversized trump 2020 flags flapping out the back end.

Everything over-sized, jacked up, souped up, attempted domination, intimidation, and overwhelm. With lots of unnecessary noise pollution for punctuation. Eyesores on wheels.

A work tool or hauling tool is one thing. But that’s not what I see when the trumpers get in my way and crowd the road and attempt to “strut their stuff” with them.

Speaking, here, as one who’s anything but impressed (assuming that’s part of the motivation for having one).

[LeftInTX]

63. Agree 1,000,000%

I wonder if this wins votes? Or do they think this intimidation wins votes? Do they feel that being domineering will somehow win more to their side. (My nextdoor neighbor thinks like this..she feels that show of domination wins people over..."be on the winning team".)

I had someone email me and tell me to stick my Biden signs up my a__. I did a background check on him. He is not registered to vote and has a criminal record. I don't have to worry about his vote.


(Someone at his house was marked as a Democrat, so I had previously stopped there and that is how he obtained my email)

[Ferrets are Cool]

81. It's all about bullying

[Mariana]

31. "Penile extension devices or something?" Yes, exactly. nt.

[TexasBushwhacker]

69. Sometimes it's for a business

This MAKES NO SENSE, but a "heavy" truck or SUV can be 100% deductible the first year of ownership, no matter what kind of business you have. A regular vehicle or light truck/SUV can only be depreciated $18.9K the first year.

So my boss's wife, who is a real estate agent, went out and bought a $70K Chevy Tahoe that won't fit in their garage.

[Clearly fogged in]

83. See there?

The binkie clutching is proving them not to be penile extensions. But it was a good try...

[calimary]

113. LOL!!!

OMG - "binkie clutching"???

I really did laugh out loud!

[certainot]

14. i imagine they were egged on by local rw radio stations. if so those stations should lose all

advertisers

[calimary]

54. It'd be better if they lost their licenses.

I wish we had a liberal organization or patron that could start buying up some hate radio properties, and then changing the format away from trump-talk.

[certainot]

68. we can't wait for liberal billionaires but there are 2 reasons the ad industry will have to break up

the monopoly

i don’t think it would take much activism to convince them. with AI making it so easy to digitize talk radio and list advertisers, making a stoprush x100 inevitable, along with limbaugh’s impending demise, they just need to be jabbed into action. they can’t replace limbaugh's ad dollars - owners will choose different blowhards for those stations and no one can replace him. and with AI any boycott will scare them — they wouldn’t want it to grow to where they have to ask all their clients if they really want to support global warming denial, and racism etc

[LymphocyteLover]

17. WHAT THE HELL!!! EVIL FUCKS

[highplainsdem]

18. This sort of intimidation should get a lot more media coverage.

[LeftInTX]

41. It should!

[SheltieLover]

21. Those idiots must be made examples of! And that cop...

This is just surreal!

It looks to me iike some license plates are visible.

Mob action?

Are police not required to assist when summoned during the commission of a crime? Jurusdiction or not!

[Tech]

24. The bots and pooh boys are hitting that thread hard.

[soothsayer]

25. You ain't kidding

[cry baby]

27. They are! I just had to stop reading the replies.

Started my day off badly.

[Grasswire2]

78. yes

I decided to stay out of it -- don't want any of them at my door step.

[AllaN01Bear]

29. i am holding the police in comtempt with this as well.

[dalton99a]

33. Evil Must Be Defeated.

[llashram]

37. They are chomping at the bit

to take part in Civil War Redux2.0. The anticipation of the coming turning point election is deeply delicious. America, make it or break it. Wow, just wow

[MFM008]

88. They need to

Remember how history repeats itself.

[themaguffin]

43. I am so fucking pissed. Fucking cult.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. More

Link to tweet

?s=19

[dalton99a]

50. +1

[2naSalit]

45. Bet this will be on the news by tomorrow...

The election anchors at MSNBC are on tomorrow and I'll bet there will be a moment or two with Mr. Nance about this. If not, he has a bullhorn with them so he'll get it on the news and probably soon. There is a concern for how it's presented as well. Don't want to encourage copycats.

[BigmanPigman]

101. I just saw a video posted on Keith Olbermann's twitter feed so maybe

he will mention it on Worst Persons on Monday.

[2naSalit]

110. I saw mention of it here via other

accounts so I'm sure there will be some kind of response to it.

[aeromanKC]

47. Blue Texas is getting close!!

It cannot come soon enough!! Let it be Tuesday!!!!

[area51]

64. +1 n/t

[BlueWavePsych]

90. Yes, so close ....

[SKKY]

49. How is it possible this is NOT being covered on any of the major news networks?

[ego_nation]

51. That's my question too.

There had to be people on that bus capturing video, right?

[SheltieLover]

52. Kicking again for visibility

[bluestarone]

55. KICK!

What ASSHOLES they are!

[Blue_true]

57. This morning in my red county, I saw a guy in a big pickup flying a massive Trump

sign from the truck bed. Then I did a double take and looked closer, it was a massive “FUCK TRUMP” flag that looked almost exactly like the Trump flags.

[flying_wahini]

58. I had plans to visit her here in Ft. Worth but when my Trumpie Bro in law got a text about

Showing up and ruining our day I changed my mind and didn’t go. As it turns out;
they had moved the venue an hour before and was changed to by Invitation Only.

And he never would say who sent it. Coward.

[niyad]

59. Disgusted, outraged KNR

[BComplex]

60. GET LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS!!! Once we take back the country, I want every one

of those assholes thrown in jail.

[WyattKansas]

62. Simple...

Exit the Biden/Harris bus leaving only the driver and someone to take photos before going into threatening territory and get unmarked rental cars with that State's tags for the rest, without any indicators pointing them out. Let the dipshits do their damage, while the bus driver and photographer are left to deal with the police reports and turning over evidence/photos or video for prosecution. Torment them for their criminal activity records from now on going forward, especially if they are connected to the tRUMP/Republicans until they learn to crawl back under their rocks.

[Tink41]

66. Interesting

Isn't Biden entitled to Secret Service protection having been Vice President? I'm not discounting what's happening, just hoping they are not relying on a police force that doesn't support the candidate. Horrifying

[soothsayer]

67. I'm sure when candidates are aboard they're protected

[Vinca]

71. I don't understand why this isn't on CNN and MSNBC and other news sources.

I also don't understand why these assholes haven't been arrested for reckless driving - at the very least - and are not in the custody of the Secret Service. It doesn't matter whether or not a candidate is on board. It has to be assumed they are when you seen the bus. This is not "campaigning," this is a crime.

[Mersky]

73. More truck than brains

Likely the same numbnuts that think they’re patriots at the same time they have secede stickers on their bumpers. Lost in the wilderness of their own making, smh. Texas is better than this, but it’s big enough to have pockets of welling ignorance. Still, they are ultimately outnumbered in the state.

I’m embarrassed and angered that happened in my state. That the pResident has incited micro mushroomed idiots with vanity trucks (and a hearse?!! good grief, that’s dumb death cult shite) to violent acts such as these. I hope the fascist cops and parade of dolts are prosecuted.

[Tracer]

74. Copycat Bozos right here in MA!

While on my errands this morning, I passed a line of 6 or 7 pickups --- all decked out in flags, tRump signs, banners etc --- all blowing their horns and giving the finger to the other lane's drivers.

The stupid lives everywhere, and that is so depressing.

[superpatriotman]

75. Cant read tweets

So this LONG thread has no links to any news source for those who are unable to read tweets.

PLEASE POST A LINK!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

104. If you scroll down in the OP you will be able to see the text version of the tweets.

I will cut and paste them in a reply to you if you are still unable to read the text.

The tweets are the links in this case. The text version should be visible. If you need more help let me know.

❤ lmsp

[superpatriotman]

77. Nevermind. I'll do it myself

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/us-election-biden-bus-trump-supporters-texas-event-cancelled-b1477876.html?utm_source=reddit.com

[dalton99a]

79. +1. Per order of the Dumpsterfuhrer:

[Mersky]

82. Here's another link

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/democrats-cancel-central-texas-events-after-trump-supporters-surround-follow-biden-bus-on-i-35/

[dalton99a]

84. +1

[MarcA]

85. When the leaders of an Institution do nothing about the bullies/abusers

let them know "no Justice, no Peace".

[dalton99a]

86. Terrorists in pickups with flags

[moondust]

87. Domestic terrorists.

21st Century Brownshirts (Hitler)/Blackshirts (Mussolini). In the 1920s-30s I'm pretty sure they didn't have all the guns and loud pickup trucks they have now so their mobility and tools of intimidation back then were more limited.

Nevertheless...

[BlueWavePsych]

89. Redneck Taliban

[dalton99a]

92. +1. Murderous trash

[soothsayer]

93. Vanilla Isis

[hadEnuf]

94. The right wing are TERRORISTS.

Let's call it what it is.

[orangecrush]

95. 2 more days

And the bill will be due for Putin.

[C Moon]

96. This was the kind of thing I was expecting these idiots doing last week.

They sure waited until the last minute.
I sure hope the FBI investigates these bastards and some of them do fed time.

[BainsBane]

98. subhuman waste

and that includes the cop.

[BlueIdaho]

99. Ambushing bus riders

What does that remind you of?

[BobTheSubgenius]

100. This leaves me apprehensive and a little scared.

I wish there was a good strategy to employ that would counter this.

[Blue Owl]

102. The Covid Convoy

Fuck these pieces of trash

[yellowdogintexas]

105. this is part of the reason Kamala's appearance in Ft Worth was invitation only

and location not disclosed. Of course she flew from FW to Houston and then McAllen

I saw a Trumper thing on FB that she was at Miller Ave and to gather there "You know what to do" I don't know where she was. However someone could have leaked Miller Ave to send them the opposite direction.

[soothsayer]

107. 99.9% sure they're all invitation only. It's for crowd control

Cuz... Covid.

[zackymilly]

106. I would be afraid to canvas in person in another state. It's too crazy now. Phone banking, yes. n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

109. If you'd like to help out here in Texas here is a link

I really enjoyed talking to you all this afternoon! Thank you for calling with us. Hope to see you on a phonebank soon—Beth



Link to all the phonebanks from now through Tuesday in Arlington TX

https://www.mobilize.us/tdporganizing/event/336061/

We are in zoom rooms and folks from all over are helping us out.

[MFM008]

112. brought to you my

Mississippi Burning...........

[radius777]

114. The networks need to cover this, the backlash

will continue to erode GOP support with women, college educated and PoC.