US election: Biden event in Texas cancelled as 'armed' Trump supporters threaten campaign bus
Source: MSN.com
Joe Biden campaigners were forced to cancel an event in Texas on Friday as tensions flared in the key battleground state ahead of election day.
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According to local Democrats, the same group of Trump supporters has been following the bus around the country in an attempt to disrupt events in key battleground states.
Rafael Anchía, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, said some of the agitators had been carrying weapons.
"Armed Trump trolls harassing Biden Bus on I-35, ramming volunteer vehicles & blocking traffic for 40 mins," he said, before accusing Mr Trump's son Eric of inciting "violence".
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cilla4progress
(24,718 posts)Afghanistan? Taliban's got nothing on us. Evil that lurks in the heart of ALL men!
Canoe52
(2,948 posts)Im still hoping we can turn that around, but barely.
FakeNoose
(32,596 posts)I guess he got his money's worth out of that stupid orange-face TV actor.
Evolve Dammit
(16,697 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)republican talk radio needs to be told they are responsible for COVID deaths, trump, global warming
reader1
(55 posts)If we start backing down means we do not stand a chance if Trump and his criminal gang, after loosing the election, refused to concede.
BeyondGeography
(39,351 posts)Im sure the cops would have been appalled by the ramming of vehicles.
PutGramaOnThePhone
(236 posts)triggers . Sorry, I tend to be more emotional than logical in discussing political topics. Trumpists parroting - as I see it - words and phrases like law and order, socialism, personal responsibility - to highlight some easy examples - really frustrates me. Its feels like a world turned on its head, where these apparent Parrots (apologies to some very fine birds) seem (again, maybe the emotional me) to be able to claim the moral high ground, and demonize those acting in the spirit of Antifa, and BLM, and Greta Thunberg, and, and... I know a story as old as time...but so much in our faces right now. I guess we are way beyond Goodwins law now on DU - I think there is no denying that this thread is about Nazi brownshirts.
So, after my classic example of being triggered, and sputtering out words, my ultimate intent was to say: nice, succinct post, and awesome screen name (I guess thats what people say).
Cant hold my tongue - I just have to chuckle and role my eyes a bit (or maybe a lot) that is is necessary for you to add a sarcasm tag on DU.
BeyondGeography
(39,351 posts)Now THAT is a screen name.
Welcome to DU.
Feeling your pain all the way. Trump is the lamest President ever, but Im pretty sure hell also go down as one of the most consequential. He has intoxicated and empowered the worst among us, people who are armed to the teeth and have more cops on their side than we want to know. Well be cleaning up this mess for decades.
PutGramaOnThePhone
(236 posts)the warm welcome!
Your words more cops on their side than we want to know resonate through my whole body. Shame on me, but I basically kept myself in a naive place about cops in general - as a white male living in small(er) town Minnesota. Recent times have made me believe that we most likely have a cop problem worse than many of us could, or wanted to, ever imagine.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Makes me sick to see these freaks wave American flags around. What the hell is remotely patriotic about their behavior?
I completely agree.
bdamomma
(63,801 posts)America, these proven right wing extremists, or should I say domestic terrorists.
Arrest their asses!!!!!
lastlib
(23,163 posts)They call themselves "patriots". No--they are f*cking NAZIs! Beer-belly Brownshirts!
GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)is too kind for these buffoons.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I read an earlier post on this in which it was stated that a police officer was flagged down, shrugged & said "not my jurisdiction."
Is this the case in all areas where these same people have been stalking candidates and interfering with campaigning?
I sure hope this hits the MSM and that people - thinking people - are paying close attention!
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not sure if they got cop's name & badge #.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)Local law enforcement did nothing. Shouldn't National Guard have been called? Impediment of National roadways, intimidation, etc.
But I'm sure TX Gov Greg Abbott is happy.
ananda
(28,836 posts)Fuggeddaboudit
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Ty duppers!
Duppers
(28,117 posts)catrose
(5,060 posts)More than the bus was in danger if these people were trying to run them off the road.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Absolutely unacceptable!
mwooldri
(10,301 posts)Sorry not familiar with the Texas specific names for various police departments.
On an aside note sounds like time for a big rig Biden/Harris convoy. Those pickups are no match for a Class 8 big rig, even if it's hauling an empty dry van.
DBoon
(22,340 posts)2naSalit
(86,332 posts)local agencies have jurisdiction by agreements. According to Malcolm Nance who was there and tweeted about it, said that the one cop he flaged down was wearing a gang bandana, blue/white striped, and told him it wasn't his jurisdiction so wasn;t going to do anything about it. I guess some federal protection is in order.
When the states can't handle an issue like this, the feds are supposed to step in.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)It was Round Rock or Georgetown since it was 17 miles north of Austin on I35.
yellowdogintexas
(22,231 posts)down to Brownsville, I believe. I am pretty sure the Highway Patrol covers the federal highways.
onetexan
(13,023 posts)Damn cultish thugs.
Cirque du So-What
(25,908 posts)I have no reason to believe Austin police would be any more helpful than any other PD.
Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)Though we have plenty of the type in the surrounding communities. I still remember the first womens march here in Austin following Trumps inauguration where young white men lined up along the streets with their assault rifles, most over their shoulders but some in menacing stances. The woodwork around this state is full of worms like this. They have also been a menace along the border for years, using vigilante justice to deal with anyone near the border. They assume theyre all illegal, though they dont care if they harass legal Hispanics also.
End Of The Road
(1,397 posts)In Hays County.
Austin is in Travis County. So Austin police had no jurisdiction.
drray23
(7,618 posts)call the cops, whatever but dont back down. This will embolden them more.
Surround the buses with unintimidated Dem volunteers (unarmed).
These are bullies, like their cult leader.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)not only trump is commander in chief of the US military, he is commander in chief of paramilitary.
keithbvadu2
(36,667 posts)bdamomma
(63,801 posts)terrorists. Period.
onetexan
(13,023 posts)Call them out for who they really are: domestic terrorists.
dalton99a
(81,404 posts)BComplex
(8,019 posts)are against this country. It's going to land his and his son's asses in jail, I hope.
And where in the hell are the people who are supposed to uphold the laws in Texas?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)over this. THIS IS POLITICAL ROAD RAGE.
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)TryLogic
(1,722 posts)bdamomma
(63,801 posts)homicide and intent.
calimary
(81,125 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,697 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Conspiracy to interfere in election?
Attempted murder?
They need to be made examples of!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)bdamomma
(63,801 posts)in an election is a felony.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)How about interfering in interstate travel / commerce?
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)Trump flags, on flag poles, they must sell then as kits ... I see them on telephone poles, that must be illegal, and on the rear of trucks and vans, gotta be a code violation. Saw a panel truck, plastered with Trump stickers windows and all, flag on the rear, riding around parking lots blasting pro=Trump garbage with a loudspeaker. Don't know what they hope to accomplish. Few undecideds. Also see Trump spray painting on roadways, crossed out, removed, blacked, out, returned, XXX'd out.
These people know no boundaries. Does the war start or end Wednesday?
Initech
(100,041 posts)I really fear what his biggest supporters are capable of doing if he loses on Nov. 3rd.
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)At all.
There is a sure cure for bully behavior.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)We have our Trump types where I live (far Northwest Chicago 'burbs), but I haven't seen any of those big, rusty
pick-ups with the Trump flags, and yellow snake flags yet. I'm sure I will as we get closer to Tuesday.
Morons.
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)Do they have a platform? Other than Trump and guns, I mean. A real life platform, like for living the good life. They seem to have enough trucks and food. They wouldn't accept a razor if you donated them.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)they've been deluded into believing Trump is the answer to their problems.
LeftInTX
(25,140 posts)The stupid flags were blocking a yield sign.
This was a mile from my home. I live in Trump hell...
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)Thank goodness for the digital age, it enables us to be aware, communicate, and use history to our advantage
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)Its all around us right now. And most of these people are absolute nut cases.
Have you seen where the driver of the black truck from yesterdays incident has been identified and is the same crazy that tried to run into a group of protestors at the Alamo a couple of months ago? Also has a DWI charge in his history.
If the FBI doesnt make an arrest, Im going to be VERY suspicious.
In any event, Im stocking up on things because I think Texas is going to be a war zone after Tuesday. I so hope Im wrong.
BarbD
(1,192 posts)We still shall overcome!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)bluestarone
(16,870 posts)They are fucking SCARED that Texas will be BLUE!!!!!!
bdamomma
(63,801 posts)they are inciting fear on others, won't work.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Absolutely!
*IF* elections are not interfered with!
whathehell
(29,034 posts)You might want to put a 'k' in there somewhere. Just a thought.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)threat of violence and police not interfering. Are those armed militia group going to stalk strategic polling places in Tuesday?
DeeDeeNY
(3,354 posts)Very scary
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)Trump-Humpers think it's because there's no support for Biden, instead of rational people's fear of attracting the attention of their violent mob.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)but I dont want to endanger my family from trumpers who drive through and have no shame posting your home address online for trump militia to ruin.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Not an option here.
DENVERPOPS
(8,790 posts)that the Secret Service also protects presidential candidates. Am I wrong? Where were they when this was coming down????
It goes to show Dems, if they think the police are going to help, forget that silly notion........
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Kamala was not on this bus.
I'd read local candidates were on bus.
PatrickforO
(14,559 posts)These fucking, drooling, uneducated pieces of Confederate shit want to restart the Civil War? Then, GAME ON. Let's call in the regular Army.
Duppers
(28,117 posts)R's are currently in charge of those tanks..
That's gonna change.
bdamomma
(63,801 posts)an exception could be made. We are dealing with domestic terrorists.
sarisataka
(18,497 posts)Who is ultimately in charge of the tanks? Do you think the tanks will be rolling towards Trump supporters?
birdographer
(1,309 posts)does this not as clearly demonstrate what trump has wrought on this country as anything the campaigners could say? They are manifesting precisely what we are fighting against. Trumpers will applaud them since they love this stuff, and Biden people will just be more determined to get rid of these vermin than they were before all this. This is all basically supporting Biden and making his point without anyone having to say a word.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)Biden's group needs lots of security. This incident also needs to be investigated! We cannot let this go or it will only get worse! The same way you would treat a scared bully!...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing"...Edmund Burke, Author & Philosopher...
AirmensMom
(14,637 posts)This is at the feet of every fucking evil shitstain moronic asswipe who did not vote for Hillary and Democrats. Period. It doesn't matter who was running. We needed to stop Trump. We needed to stop the republicans. We saw what they were doing as soon as McTurtle gained power and abused it. The anti-Hillary voters and non-voters were complicit in getting these fascists their huge audience.
Hillary was right about a basket of deplorables, except that we're seeing it's WAY more than a basket. It's a whole fucking cult of them and it stretches across the country. They are in the open now instead of cowering in the dark. Where they belong is in the coldest, dampest, loneliest cell in some third world country to live out their lives with their fantasies, without guns or audiences or rights.
If it were not so dangerous and sad, I'd find it humorous that these maggots believe they're part of a master, superior, race. They represent the worse humanity has to offer.
Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I'd read local candidates only.
JDC
(10,117 posts)Power at any cost.
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)We may be on the cusp of some very dangerous times.
But where was law enforcement?
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)They know the writing is on the wall that Texas is going to flip
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)of gun toting, angry, snarling, morbidly obese incels, in flag adorned pickup trucks, threatening innocent people.
I doubt any American moms want their boys to turn into "that guy".
northoftheborder
(7,569 posts)I've had mine off all day. This is a totally disgusting, disturbing development.
COL Mustard
(5,871 posts)And disrupt the Beltway caravan. They're planning to go 35mph the whole freaking way around the Beltway and I'm sure it'll only clog up traffic terribly. Way to win over undecideds!
Mersky
(4,980 posts)Who are these trolls making Texas look like a place it aint? The state is better than this. tRump incited these more truck than brains goons to violence.
These are the same type idiots that cant drive for shit and will inevitably roll their top heavy truck into a field somewhere. Theyre losers who like to look big and theyre gross.
Throw a tRump flag on that rolling mess, and believe me, they reveal themselves for the overcompensating fools that they are.
Prosecute them for this violent act. And prosecute the fascist cops that were basically escorting their truck nut buddies.
LiberalFighter
(50,788 posts)Hmmm.... Maybe some of those trucks can be hacked.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,104 posts)Where the FUCK do we live? This is not America. This is Trumperica. I fucking HATE it.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)And here we are.
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)He is bringing this country to the brink of civil war and no one is doing anything about it on the Republican side.
All Republicans in office from this day forward should be held accountable and anytime they open their mouths some democratic leader needs to say you have lost all credibility for siding with a traitor to the US.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Initech
(100,041 posts)Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)calimary
(81,125 posts)Domestic terrorism is what this is shaping up to be.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)bdamomma
(63,801 posts)this should let the police see it and take down the license plates. But would the police do anything???
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,781 posts)He's a political candidate for President and a former VP. Thei rdd job is to protect him.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)NT
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)Because I don't think they're overly bright people and probably thought at least Harris was on it. In which case, it is a matter for Secret Service.
kimbutgar
(21,056 posts)Threaten his opponents supporters like Nazi thugs? If MF45 gets another term look for MF45s brown shirts threatening you and your family if you dont support him? splice videos of the Nazi brownshirts Bringing down Jewish business and how MF45 like Hitler.
LeftInTX
(25,140 posts)perdita9
(1,144 posts)The Brownshirts are here and out in force. They disrupted a Biden car parade today in Northampton County, PA.
Volaris
(10,266 posts)Is a federal matter for the FBI if the local cops wont act. Oh, and not that it needs to be said, but if that was a black or Hispanic speeder on the road, you bet your ass it would have been 'our jurisdiction'.
Get their names, remember who they are. If we get a new executive in january, PROSECUTE these domestic terrorists to the full extent of the law. 10-15 in federal lockup for these fools should handle the problem nicely.
trueblue2007
(17,194 posts)BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)hands down. I can't believe this. It's crazy, it's like we're a third world country now, where campaign staffers and volunteers can't safely attend events because of Trump's American ISIS. Where do we go from here? What if Trump wins again and we have four more years of this insanity? Will they start looking up people's addresses who are registered Dems and harrassing or stalking us? Will there be more assassination attempts and summary executions of anyone perceived as enemies to Trump? We've rounded a corner all right.
jmowreader
(50,529 posts)If we do win the election, as it looks very much like we will, on Wednesday the Democrats in the House need to file articles of impeachment against one Donald John Trump for violating 18 USC 2383:
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; ?and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
We also need to charge the entire Trump Bund, with the possible exception of Barron, with the same thing. And that means all his cabinet members, all his talking heads and ESPECIALLY that worthless fuck Gavin McInnes.
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)"looking forward not backward" dance, and pretend that we can get back to normal without there being a reckoning regarding how many times these people broke the nation's laws, damaged our national security, incited violence, profited off their positions, etc. There better had not be any let-bygones-be-bygones shit.
jmowreader
(50,529 posts)Trump has been abusing the Democrats for so long, they're going to be after his ass once he loses.
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)LaMouffette
(2,020 posts)I think they should park the Biden Bus, stop campaigning in public, and not give these dickheads a target.
And here's an idea:
Put out a decoy Biden Bus with no one on it but journalists, photojournalists, and FBI agents. Have them take pictures of license plates and videos of Trump thugs as they are rolling along.
Stop the bus and allow the agents to flash their badges. Watch the Trump Terrorists flee in terror.
Then once Biden is sworn in, go after them. Make arrests, and impound and sell at auction every big-ass pickup involved in the harassment.
struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,919 posts)There is plenty of evidence of serious wrong-doing during this episode.
The serious question that must be asked:
WHO IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
Governor?
Attorney General?
State Police?
Anybody??????
What happens from here on will tell you everything you need to know about the "Law & Order" 'party.'
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)I live in this hellhole. People are mad. They shoot guns freely in their backyards.
niyad
(113,075 posts)Tumbulu
(6,268 posts)and the far right killed his brother and Dr Martin Luther King.
That these murderers have been given free reign to terrorize all liberals and Democrats in the red areas since the mid 1980s is the real source of the civil war unfolding upon us.
This using public airwaves to encourage violence against liberals and feminazis and all the rest of it should have been stopped decades ago.
The urban liberals abandoned us and we have been terrorized. Now the rest of the nation is living through what we have all been subject to for 3 1/2 decades.
I hope we can get through this. But these are violent people who are well armed and most are close or related to the folks in law enforcement.
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Hire professional armed security for the campaign, if the cops won't do their job.
Let's see how brave these goobers are then.
Tumbulu
(6,268 posts)Yes, they need to be confronted once and for all.
orangecrush
(19,430 posts)Avoids confrontation whenever possible.
They would also take the optics of the situation into consideration, not giving fuel to the " radical libruls" b.s., not overreacting.
Kind of like a bouncer in an upscale nightclub.
The goal is to remove the disturbance as quietly and inconspicuously as possible.
King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)and their infamy of being the place where a President of the United States was assassinated.
Does anyone think today's Republicans in Texas give a flying fuck about the murder of "a liberal"?
Texas is still Texas. If Biden were ever shot, I'd wager it would happen in Texas.
When I see reports like this, I feel like . . . FUCK TEXAS!
These people are Dangerous. Psychopathic. Antisocial. Fascistic. Deluded. Deranged. Ignorant.
But most of all, they are Dupes who are manipulated by a political propaganda machine
that reinforces all of this evil and brainwashes them into believing that they are true "patriots"
when they act this way. And Trump, in true psychopathic fashion, applauds them for it!!!!
Yes, it has been said a thousand times: This is how the Nazis began their empire of terror.
It needs to be PUT DOWN swiftly and emphatically.
Tumbulu
(6,268 posts)Paladin
(28,243 posts)....when the plot by those lunatics to kidnap/murder the governor was uncovered? Did you post a big FUCK MICHIGAN message?
No, I didn't think so.
StaunchDemocrat1957
(66 posts)Or Secret Service since the Vic President is involved?
keroro gunsou
(2,223 posts)such good little brownshirts....
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)The "Family Values Party" sure does attract a lot of adulterers & sex offenders.
The "Christian Country Party" sure does attract a lot of people who don't seem to know or care about the answer to WWJD?
Need I go on?
Orrex
(63,172 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Seig Heil Indeed.
These knuckle draggers are panicked that their hero is likely to lose badly. If that happens dont be shocked if Twitler tries to flee the country to avoid what is likely coming down from the New York AG and others.
Saw a few of those Trumpsters as I stood in line to vote in Suburban Columbus......but we Democrats far outnumbered them as most took the pamphlet from Democrat volunteers listing which Judges to vote for as their is no D or R listed on the ballet. It was not difficult to pick out the Trump lovers either.