Democrats and the media erupted with rage over the weekend after a video showing a Biden/Harris campaign bus in Texas was being followed by a number of vehicles sporting Trump flags.
Media personalities were quick to condemn the incident, with The New York Times claiming that the Trump supporters tried to force the vehicle off the road, citing "social media posts from witnesses and accounts by party activists." CNN anchor Jake Tapper commented on the incident affirming that the Trump supporters were trying to put the Biden campaigners "in harm's way."
A number of Democratic Party operatives such as Katie Naranjo, chair of the Travis County Democratic Party, suggested that this was an attempt to "intimidate Biden supporters."
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
President Donald Trump was quick to offer support to his voters, tweeting a video of the incident alongside the caption "I LOVE TEXAS!" After the FBI announced that it would be investigating the incident, the President once again tweeted about the incident, calling his supporters "patriots."
In my opinion, these patriots did nothing wrong. Instead, the FBI & Justice should be investigating the terrorists, anarchists, and agitators of ANTIFA, who run around burning down our Democrat run cities and hurting our people! https://t.co/of6Lna3HMU
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2020
The remarks were quickly denounced by the Biden campaign as an attempt to intimidate them.
What the President tweeted in regards to Texas is reckless, dangerous and an intimidation tactic. It’s not something we should come to accept from our leaders. The people of our great country have the opportunity to turn the corner here. VOTE. HIM. OUT.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) November 1, 2020
New evidence suggests, however, that the opposite is true, with local police stating that the "at-fault vehicle may be the white SUV and the victim appears to be the black truck,” according to WFLA-TV, an NBC affiliate in Florida. The white SUV belonged to a Biden campaign staffer who was travelling behind the campaign bus.
“Calls to the driver of the white SUV have gone unanswered and SMPD has not been contacted by the driver of the black truck. Since SMPD has not spoken to either driver at this time, additional investigation would be required to fully ascertain who was at fault,” the police said.
The police's statement appears to be supported from video evidence. While Democratic Party officials and news media members showed footage of the campaign bus being followed by the Trump supporter's vehicles, other footage shows that the white SUV appears to have intentionally swerved directly into a Trump supporter's vehicle.
This is the full video of the collision in Texas. The white SUV swerved into the truck’s lane while the Biden bus straddles both lanes. The Biden supporter whose thread went viral edited this video and cut out all the commentary explaining what happened. pic.twitter.com/FDm8wdWPBq
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 31, 2020
The Democratic Party has not yet responded to the statements by the police.
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