Video shows Trump goons ramming Biden staffer’s car, harassing campaign bus
As the moon rises and the election draws near, tensions are at an all-time high across the United States — and you can probably guess which side is getting nasty. The Joe Biden team was forced to cancel several campaigns stops in Texas yesterday after a convoy of armed Trump supporters began harassing and tailgating them across the state. Driving enormous, overcompensating pickup trucks emblazoned with TRUMP slogans and covered in flags, the 12-vehicle “Trump Train” followed the Biden Bus for hundreds of miles, creating traffic jams and putting the Biden team in danger with their antics.
This is a 1st for me – but we just cancelled a joint event in Pflugerville w/ @JoeBiden campaign, @AustinYoungDems, & more, due to security reasons. Unfortunately, Pro-Trump Protestors have escalated well beyond safe limits. Sorry to all who looked forward to this fun event. https://t.co/tSq4moqro0
— Sheryl Cole (@SherylCole1) October 30, 2020
Today, @realDonaldTrump supporters followed the Biden bus throughout central Texas to intimidate Biden supporters. They ran into a person's car, yelling curse words and threats. Don't let bullies win, vote. pic.twitter.com/CIyEWwbvqU
— Katie Naranjo (@KatieNaranjo) October 30, 2020
One particularly disturbing video appears to show a Trumper attempting to ram a Biden volunteer’s car off the road.
These tactics have no place in Texas, my home state, and no place in America.
Please vote. Please volunteer this weekend. The future of our democracy is at stake. pic.twitter.com/G0O4yg2vnJ
— Dr. Eric Cervini (@ericcervini) October 31, 2020
The anti-Biden protesters far outnumbered the present officers of the Texas police, who are staunchly pro-Trump and refused to help anyway. It cannot be understated how disturbing it is to see American law enforcement looking the other way while the goons of a white supremacist fascist use thuggery, intimidation, and violence to interfere with a presidential election campaign.
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/
— Dr. Eric Cervini (@ericcervini) October 31, 2020
These goons know exactly what they are doing. The state of Texas is threatening to turn blue for the first time since 1976, and Trump’s fans will clearly stop at nothing in their efforts to make sure that Biden’s get-out-the-vote efforts don’t deliver the political upset of the century. This kind of political aggression is the kind of thing you see in the nations across the global south whose democracies have been upended by CIA meddling, and it breaks the heart to see it happen here. With four days left before the 2020 election, it’s clear the stakes couldn’t be higher — and we must drive Trump and his fascist cronies from office if we want to save our country as we know it.
