# 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:** 7
**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 3, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/121 "2020-11-03T20:23:01Z")
Seems like he would be locked up somewhere and not driving around had he done that. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/122 "2020-11-03T20:30:53Z")
One would hope. I don’t understand why the “investigation” is taking so long. Over the weekend it didn’t sound as though the police had even talked to the drivers involved. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/123 "2020-11-03T20:42:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Seems like he would be locked up somewhere and not driving around had he done that. Depends on what the protest was and how severely anyone was hurt. If the police disapproved of the protest and could get away with not catching the guy, they might well not do so. The police do not make the law or justice, but they do have an enormous amount of latitude in how the law is executed, in that, if they choose to let you off with a warning, you effectively cannot be prosecuted. ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/124 "2020-11-03T22:40:42Z")
Excuse me. Your glorious democratic leader Maxine Walters said something to the effect of what should democrats do when they see republicans and Trump supporters: “If you see anyone from that cabinet at a restaurant, in a department store, at a gas station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. You tell them they are not welcome”. [LINK](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/maxine-waters-trump-officials/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/125 "2020-11-03T22:53:56Z")
Did she suggest the use of deadly weapons against them? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/126 "2020-11-03T22:56:33Z")
Well, fear, fear can cause heart attacks that kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/127 "2020-11-03T22:58:54Z")
Especially fear of toddlers. Better tear gas them. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/128 "2020-11-03T23:38:59Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Your glorious democratic leader Maxine Walters said something to the effect of what should democrats do when they see republicans and Trump supporters: “If you see anyone from that cabinet at a restaurant, in a department store, at a gas station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. You tell them they are not welcome”. [LINK](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/maxine-waters-trump-officials/index.html) > [@Chronos](#): > > Did she suggest the use of deadly weapons against them? Did she encourage them to commit actual violence? Did she offer to pay their legal fees if they did? Did she praise them repeatedly **when** they did? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/129 "2020-11-03T23:47:14Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > > Your glorious democratic leader Maxine Walters said something to the effect of what should democrats do when they see republicans and Trump supporters: “If you see anyone from that cabinet at a restaurant, in a department store, at a gas station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. You tell them they are not welcome”. [LINK](https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/25/politics/maxine-waters-trump-officials/index.html) > > [/quote] > > > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > > > Did she suggest the use of deadly weapons against them? > > > > Did she encourage them to commit actual violence? Did she offer to pay their legal fees if they did? Did she praise them repeatedly **when** they did? Is she the President of the United States? Does anyone here consider her to be their glorious democratic leader? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/130 "2020-11-03T23:50:25Z")
UrbanRedneck is really getting desperate now. What else can he dredge up? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/131 "2020-11-03T23:50:41Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Your glorious democratic leader Maxine Walters What a bunch of bull. Jeez. Also, I think you meant “Waters.” I can’t believe you’re defending a terrorist attack on a presidential candidate with some ridiculous whataboutism. ---
**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 3, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/132 "2020-11-03T23:57:17Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Your glorious democratic leader Maxine Walters Like others said, it’s Waters. If you’re going to mischaracterize someone, get their name right. Also, she’s the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd Congressional District. How does that make her a leader? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/133 "2020-11-04T00:01:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How does that make her a leader? Since we’re on this tangent, I can’t help but notice that Waters is a frequent target for criticism in the various pre-made right-wing memes my Trumpist relations share, as are AOC and Ilhan Omar. I can’t help but notice a certain commonality in this grouping beyond the fact that they’re all members of the House of Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/134 "2020-11-04T03:08:30Z")
But Maxine’s biggest downfall is that she is not hawt enough for RWers to, uh, nm. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/135 "2020-11-04T15:17:03Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > she’s the U.S. Representative for California’s 43rd Congressional District. How does that make her a leader? To pick a nit here, she is A leader; it does not make her THE leader. As opposed to the President of The United States - you could reasonably call him THE leader of his party. You could reasonably call the Presidential candidate of the opposition party THE leader of his party. So, yeah, UrbanRedneck is full of shit - she is not the leader, she is a national voice, and THE leader of the Democratic party has voiced opposition to such tactics. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/136 "2020-11-04T19:15:34Z")
urbandredneck2, ‘push back’ has a figurative meaning (to resist) which is much more commonly used than it is meant to physically assault someone. But you knew that. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/137 "2020-11-04T20:34:54Z")
Kind of ironic that the cnn counties map shows the counties where the incident took place a voting for Joe. ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/138 "2020-11-04T22:51:42Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > So, yeah, UrbanRedneck is full of shit Moderating: This claim is not permitted outside the pit. No warning this time but don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/139 "2020-11-05T15:20:26Z")
I apologize. My intent was to point out the inaccuracies of UR’s claim, not insult the poster. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454/140 "2024-09-12T01:50:10Z")
And the civil trial has begun, with four of the Democratic operatives who were on the bus suing six of the drivers of vehicles in the “Trump train”. Trial is expected to run for two to three weeks. > **[Trial begins over Texas 'Trump Train' highway confrontation](https://apnews.com/article/texas-trump-train-trial-ca5727a0eb9e9e06067e69bd6b23954e)** > > A federal trial has begun in Texas in a lawsuit against six supporters of former President Donald Trump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-campaign-bus-cars-driven-by-staffers-attacked-on-highway/924454.md?page=8)