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The Daily Beast reports:
When the Biden campaign bus drove to Austin, it was greeted by a blockade of pro-Trump demonstrators, leading to what one Texas House representative described as an escalation “well beyond safe limits.” The stop’s cancelation comes amid national anxiety about voter intimidation, a tactic the Trump campaign has implicitly endorsed.
Historian Dr. Eric Cervini was driving to help with the Biden campaign stop when he filmed a line of pickup trucks along the highway, many of them flying Trump flags. The drivers were “waiting to ambush the Biden/Harris campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio to Austin,” Cervini tweeted.
“These Trump supporters, many of whom were armed, surrounded the bus on the interstate and attempted to drive it off the road,” he alleged. “They outnumbered police 50-1, and they ended up hitting a staffer’s car.”
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/ pic.twitter.com/gKAjv7gv85
— Dr. Eric Cervini (@ericcervini) October 31, 2020
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/
— Dr. Eric Cervini (@ericcervini) October 31, 2020
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/
— Dr. Eric Cervini (@ericcervini) October 31, 2020
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
As the Biden bus rolled down 11th street toward I-35, Trump supporters scrambled to their trucks to follow it. @cbsaustin pic.twitter.com/idnbDqFU3L
— Jordan Bontke (@JBontkeCBS) October 30, 2020
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
The Biden campaign says Trump supporters in Texas put their “staff, surrogates, supporters, and others in harm’s way.“
Here’s more from a local news source about an incident on the highwayhttps://t.co/g66rnAjPG2
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 31, 2020
While harassing the Biden bus in Texas yesterday, the Trump convoy included a HEARSE. This image really sums up the two campaigns. pic.twitter.com/1qMNgi65nl
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) October 31, 2020
Over 100 MAGA trump supporters in trucks harassed the @JoeBiden bus on I-35 in Texas, some armed. They followed the bus for hundreds of miles. The biden campaign was forced to cancel a stop. pic.twitter.com/GmdQb5VvBP
— ALT-immigration ? (@ALT_uscis) October 31, 2020
And one has to ask, where in the hell were the TX Rangers on this? BC people on the Right often have guns, if they come after me like this, I’m going to be fearful. And whether or not the cops LIKE Biden over Trump is, or should be, besides the point.https://t.co/BocK7CLznT
— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer ??? (@RachelBitecofer) October 31, 2020