# Biden campaign bus, cars driven by staffers attacked on highway **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 1, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454 "2020-11-01T01:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/1 "2020-11-01T01:37:54Z")
A Biden campaign bus, and cars driven by other campaign staffers, were attacked on a freeway in Texas by a group of cars flying Trump 2020 flags. There’s a video in the link. > **[Vehicles flying Trump flags try to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a...](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/31/us/elections/vehicles-flying-trump-flags-try-to-force-a-biden-harris-campaign-bus-off-a-highway-in-texas.html)** > > Vehicles flying Trump flags tried to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas. Trump chuckled about it at a rally later that evening. Every time I think things are as bad as they can possibly get, they get worse… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/2 "2020-11-01T01:44:13Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Vehicles flying Trump flags tried to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas [Non-paywalled version](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8901207/Texas-Trump-supporter-convoy-harasses-Biden-campaign-bus-tries-run-road.html) (fu NYT). [Here’s another.](https://lenexweb.com/vehicles-flying-trump-flags-try-to-force-a-biden-harris-campaign-bus-off-a-highway-in-texas/) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/3 "2020-11-01T01:45:21Z")
Antifa, OK? Antifa is dangerous. These Trump supporters were obviously just good old boys having a little fun. The Biden bus should have just lied back and enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/4 "2020-11-01T01:55:28Z")
[https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/video-caravan-of-trump-supporters-follows-biden-bus-in-texas/](https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/video-caravan-of-trump-supporters-follows-biden-bus-in-texas/) A quote from this article in LawEnforcementToday. > **DALLAS, TX** – On October 28th, the Biden campaign kicked off a bus-tour of the state of Texas in an effort to get folks on board for a Biden/Harris ticket in November. Instead, the Biden bus was trolled by a line of numerous vehicles hosting Pro-Trump flags and signs. > > **Needless to say, the optics were kind of funny.** I guess that’s why, despite repeated calls to 911, police refused to respond. Looks like the fuckers in blue are loyal to their master rather than the citizens they serve. More video of [the incident.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLeYRXtGdnM) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/5 "2020-11-01T02:01:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > quote from this article in LawEnforcementToday. > > > **DALLAS, TX** – On October 28th, the Biden campaign kicked off a bus-tour of the state of Texas in an effort to get folks on board for a Biden/Harris ticket in November. Instead, the Biden bus was trolled by a line of numerous vehicles hosting Pro-Trump flags and signs. > > > > **Needless to say, the optics were kind of funny.** Wow. Just… wow. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/6 "2020-11-01T02:02:41Z")
I suspect most of the local cops were otherwise occupied, driving those Trump trucks. Some reports I read mentioned one cop on the scene who said “Not my jurisdiction”. Some reports I read mentioned cops were outnumbered by Trump Truckers 50:1. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/7 "2020-11-01T02:08:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > More video of [the incident.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLeYRXtGdnM) All I saw there was the same video plus a guy reading a twitter feed. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/8 "2020-11-01T05:16:00Z")
As near as I can tell, there’s no video that shows anyone trying to force the campaign bus off the road, as the NYT headline implies. The only video posted I’ve seen shows a trump-flag-flying truck nudge (_very_ unsafely) a sedan trailing the bus. Which is plenty alarming. Just trying to get a bead on what happened exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/9 "2020-11-01T10:20:54Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > The only video posted I’ve seen shows a trump-flag-flying truck nudge ( _very_ unsafely) a sedan trailing the bus. Comeon, guys. It’s just one count of vehicular manslaughter. Practically a prank. > [@squeegee](#): > > As near as I can tell, there’s no video that shows anyone trying to force the campaign bus off the road, as the NYT headline implies Did you see the video Trump himself posted, with the tagline"I LOVE TEXAS"? What do you think would happen if a bunch of armed black men (wait, we already know how this story ends) surrounded a Trump bus while flying Biden flags (or, the good lord forbid, BLM flags)? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/10 "2020-11-01T11:47:57Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > As near as I can tell, there’s no video that shows anyone trying to force the campaign bus off the road, as the NYT headline implies. The only video posted I’ve seen shows a trump-flag-flying truck nudge ( _very_ unsafely) a sedan trailing the bus. Which is plenty alarming. Just trying to get a bead on what happened exactly. Before that nudge it appears to me that a pickup also nudged the bus up near it’s left front wheel. If he didn’t hit it, it sure was close. These fuckers belong in jail. We can see license plates and identify vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/11 "2020-11-01T13:36:27Z")
Encouragement of violence by the president results in violence by his supporters. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/12 "2020-11-01T13:51:40Z")
The CNN story reads, “Staffers on the bus called 911, which eventually led to local law enforcement assisting the bus to its destination.” > **[Biden campaign cancels Texas event after Trump supporters surround bus on...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/biden-bus-2020-campaign-texas-trump-supporters/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump on Saturday night appeared to embrace the actions of supporters in Texas who surrounded a Joe Biden campaign bus in what a Biden campaign official described as an attempt to slow down the bus and run it off the road. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/13 "2020-11-01T15:26:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Before that nudge it appears to me that a pickup also nudged the bus up near it’s left front wheel. If he didn’t hit it, it sure was close. These fuckers belong in jail. We can see license plates and identify vehicles. This is the most depressing story in a month. If there was any contact between vehicles, or any attempt to divert the Biden cars, then there **needs to be arrests**! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/14 "2020-11-01T16:08:45Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > This is the most depressing story in a month. If there was any contact between vehicles, or any attempt to divert the Biden cars, then there **needs to be arrests**! When Trump loses next week, his supporters will really lose their shit. And Trump will egg them on like he has been doing. All because he want’s adulation, and fears prosecution. The man is a traitor to the ideals of the USA. If NBC hadn’t canceled his stupid show, we wouldn’t be in this mess. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/15 "2020-11-01T16:12:00Z")
The GOP is a violent white nationalist movement. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/16 "2020-11-01T17:10:08Z")
You know, I should call this trolling except I agree with it. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/17 "2020-11-01T17:13:35Z")
We have many, many examples like this of the GOP using violence to suppress voting and disrupt the democratic process. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/18 "2020-11-01T17:17:53Z")
Despite the abundance of evidence, my Trump-supporting friends deny that anything inappropriate happened. And, even if it did happen, what the liberals have done is worse. This strikes at my heart. This is not some far-off land. This is my home. I drive on Interstate 35 all the time. My wife is from New Braunfels, where some of the video was shot. I am from Austin. In fact, I’ll be driving a (not a campaign) bus on this very stretch of I-35 tomorrow morning. This is my home. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/19 "2020-11-01T17:24:59Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > This strikes at my heart. This is not some far-off land. This is my home. I drive on Interstate 35 all the time. My wife is from New Braunfels, where some of the video was shot. I am from Austin. In fact, I’ll be driving a (not a campaign) bus on this very stretch of I-35 tomorrow morning. This is my home. If I lived in that area, I’d be worried about showing Biden/Harris bumper stickers, yard signs, etc at this point. I don’t know if I’d take them down but this footage would be on my mind whenever I’m driving down that road. I’m hoping that these are the desperate acts of a movement that knows it has been beat. But I’m not confident in that at all. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/20 "2020-11-01T17:26:38Z")
Just … FUCKING HELL. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454.md?page=2)