FBI Investigating "tRump train" truck attack on Biden bus!

[SheltieLover]

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/31/biden-trump-texas-bus/

The highway skirmish came as Democrats close ground in a state that is polling competitively in the race for president. Recent polls indicate the presidential race in Texas between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden is tight, with some national prognosticators calling it a “toss-up.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a Friday incident in which a group of Trump supporters, driving trucks and waving Trump flags, surrounded and followed a Biden campaign bus as it drove up I-35 in Hays County, a law enforcement official confirmed to The Texas Tribune Saturday.

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“Rather than engage in productive conversation about the drastically different visions that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have for our country, Trump supporters in Texas [Friday] instead decided to put our staff, surrogates, supporters, and others in harm’s way,” said Tariq Thowfeek, Texas communications director for the Biden campaign.

When reached for comment, the Texas GOP Chairman Allen West dismissed questions regarding the incident. “It is more fake news and propaganda. Prepare to lose ... stop bothering me,” West said in a statement.

Ooooopsie, inconvenient question!

More at link. Sad, isn't it, that we had to wonder whether this would be addressed?

Since hate mongers are so fond of lynchings, maybe it's time to revert to that process for traitors. Publicly!

[ProfessorGAC]

1. West Is Quite The Liar!

There's video of the incident. How can it be fake news?
West is a liar & a moron!

[SheltieLover]

2. Yes he is, Professor!

Likely embarrassed at how desperate his (terrorist) party is to stop the inevitable blue tsunami!

They should lock him.up with the rest for obstructing justice & whatever else they can prove.

[Illumination]

3. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing"...

Edmund Burke, Author & Philosopher. Happy to hear the F.B.I. is on this! This is NOT ok. We can't let criminal behavior be the norm because of this corrupt fake "pres."!...

[SheltieLover]

4. Absolutely!

I was really happy & relieved go see this headline!

It continues to amaze me the way police let such things go on.

If a group of people robbed a bank on video, would same cop say "not my jurisdiction?" I highly doubt it!

Those truck morons must be made examples of in the justice system!

[onetexan]

6. Note TX' GOP governor & GOP leaders have stayed silent, & their silence is complicity.

TX Dems need to turn out in droves again to throw Abbott & the crooks out.

[SheltieLover]

20. Absolutely!

[Illumination]

14. Agree SheltieLover! It will be interesting if we hear more details in the days to come. There were

lots of ignoramuses that I saw in that video. It's amazing how they can turn on each other when they're threatened with jail time, fines, etc. These are basically American terrorists...

[SheltieLover]

21. Yes they are!

As bad, or worse, than any terror cell in our country!

How dare they!!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. It is a big mistake for you to advocate extrajudicial killings. You forgot Floyd's extrajudicial

You forgot about George Floyd's extrajudicial killing? Breonna Taylor?

Please don't even think of suggesting it.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. Agree completely. What is needed is justice.

While I get that such impulses come from seeing Rs getting away with murder, literally, we've got to band together to demand justice, not vigilantism.

The OP may have been joking, but imo this stuff isn't a laughing matter.

[reACTIONary]

9. +10 nt

[jaxexpat]

10. It's also a big mistake to imagine the FBI under the current DOJ doing a damn thing about it.

If Biden wins, possibly. If Trump wins, the terrorists become heroes instead.

Oh, I agree. I'll never support murder or idolize murderers. I've read about the "Ft. Pillow Incident". The spirit of Nathan Bedford Forrest is the single greatest motivation among the GOP's minions.

However, I doubt that the last thoughts of a person being lynched are, "I'm sure glad our side doesn't condone lynching". Although i could be wrong about that.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. Every R now feels free to remove all doubt that they are just like their Dear Leader.

They're idiotic, immature, petulant, mendacious, violent criminals who will continue to infect thIs nation, not just with COVID, even if we manage to oust the head of their Death Cult.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. More fascism in plain sight, and Cult 45 praised and whipped up to continue.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. In the modern digital age, they cannot operate in secrecy to spread hate and fear

I wonder if Hitler would have been deposed if Nazi Germany had our modern communication methods, both inside and vis-a-vis the rest of the world?

[localroger]

15. Unlikely it would have made much difference

The Nazis weren't operating in secrecy; they were quite open about what they were doing, in a society which had a free press and foreign journalists operating well into Hitler's rise to power. The big problem is the troublingly large minority of asswipes who read Mein Kampf and thought "what a good idea" instead of "what a douchebag."

[Ramsey Barner]

13. This part troubles me -- local Sheriff blames victims for attempted assault

"According to Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler, the Biden campaign did not notify his office that it would be passing through the county to allow law enforcement to prepare for any possible confrontations. “The planning of this was questionable,” said Cutler, a Republican running for reelection on Tuesday."
- from the linked article

[localroger]

16. Indeed

The FBI needs to investigate the do-nothing cops as well as the hooligans they let rampage.

[Yeehah]

18. Unbelieveable

That sheriff doesn't deserve to wear a badge.

"Planning" for driving on a public highway through your shithole county? It would be comedy if it wasn't so fucking tragic that this asshole is a sheriff.

[SheltieLover]

25. Maybe sheriff wanted in on the "fun"

[SheltieLover]

22. That bothered me too!

Patriarchy is great at revictimizing people!

[no_hypocrisy]

17. It will never happen, but Donny Junior should be indicted on incitement to riot.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/donald-trump-jr-biden-bus-texas-kamala-harris-campaign-b1482882.html

[SheltieLover]

23. Yes he should!

Not sure why chumputin spawn have not been arrested and held on various state crimes already.

[dalton99a]

19. The Trump Train group gets its kicks from terrorizing people of color:

https://democraticunderground.com/100214405656

[SheltieLover]

24. Of course they do!

Antisocial personality disorder. Prisons are full of such.

[wnylib]

26. NPR news reported that Trump retweeted

this story and added his own comment, "I love Texas."

I'm not on Twitter. Has anyone seen this?

[Danascot]

27. Right here

Link to tweet

For those who can't see Twitter Trump tweeted "I LOVE TEXAS" with a video of the Trump trucks and the Biden bus.

[wnylib]

28. Thanks. More stochastic terrorism

from the orange fascist.

[Blue Owl]

29. I wanna see some fucking MAGA heads rolling

[SheltieLover]

30. Absolutely!

Tx judges up for reelection! (Stallion just posted recently)

Vote them out & lock them up!