Biden campaign bus, cars driven by staffers attacked on highway

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Summary of the evidence so far:

Highlights:

  • civil trial is in federal district court
  • Claim is based on the Ku Klux Klan Act, passed by Congress to prevent intimidation of the exercise of political rights
  • Wendy Davis, former Democratic candidate, has testified that she felt intimidated
  • Davis, a Biden staffer, and the bus driver testified that they feared for their lives
  • Made numerous 911 calls
  • organised by a Facebook page run by a Republican pastor and his wife
  • Defendants are asserting they were using their First Amendment rights
  • exchanged texts afterwards, celebrating that the Democrats cancelled campaign events as a result of the encounter
  • Pastor’s daughter and husband were originally defendants, but reached a settlement which included an apology
  • Other defendants were originally planning on defending themselves, until a lawyer who previously acted for Michael Flynn volunteered a couple of weeks ago to act for them.
  • This was not an isolated incident; the Trump Train was organised for other events in the area.
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Thanks for all this. Wow.
Organized by a pastor? Wow.

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It is a bit weird that the best search term for Google on this is “Trump Train Texas Trial”.

All that alliteration makes me feel like an Old English bard.

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“Do unto others. That’s it, just do unto others.”

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“Scare thy neighbor.”

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I would be surprised if a fascist attack in Texas wasn’t planned by a pastor.