{"id":175895,"date":"2020-10-31T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T02:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/10\/31\/i-did-nazi-that-coming\/"},"modified":"2020-10-31T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T02:45:00","slug":"i-did-nazi-that-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/10\/31\/i-did-nazi-that-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"I Did Nazi That Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-color: black; border-image: none; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border: 1px solid black; float: right; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; width: 330px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2B30zHE7DJ0\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><br \/><i>Politically motivated terrorism<\/i><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/biden-camp-cancels-austin-texas-event-after-pro-trump-ambush-on-campaign-bus\">group of Trump supporters tried to run a Biden campaign bus off the road in Texas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The use of Brownshirt is now appropriate, now matter what Godwin&#8217;s law says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #2b00fe;\">Joe Biden\u2019s presidential campaign canceled a Friday event in Austin, Texas, after harassment from a pro-Trump contingent.<\/p>\n<p>Texas has emerged as a battleground state in Tuesday\u2019s presidential election, with polls showing the typically Republican stronghold now only marginally favoring President Donald Trump. The Biden campaign scheduled a Friday event in the state, in a bid to drum up last-minute support. <\/p>\n<p>But 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 \u201cwell beyond safe limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cwaiting to ambush the Biden\/Harris campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio to Austin,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericcervini\/status\/1322336226792321025\">Cervini tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Trump supporters, many of whom were armed, surrounded the bus on the interstate and attempted to drive it off the road,\u201d he alleged. \u201cThey outnumbered police 50-1, and they ended up hitting a staffer\u2019s car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Video from the highway shows trucks surrounding the bus, at one point colliding with an SUV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/biden-campaign-cancels-austin-rally-trump-supporters-reportedly-harass-bus-on-i-35\">Footage from a CBS affiliate<\/a> in Austin shows Trump supporters with signs and bullhorns surrounding the bus when it parked, with one person screaming that Biden was a communist.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Sheryl Cole, a Democrat representing nearby Pflugerville in Texas\u2019s House, announced that a Biden event in her city had been canceled due to the harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign\u2019s Texas communications director, Tariq Thowfeek, said holding the event would have placed Biden staffers and supporters at risk. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than engage in productive conversation about the drastically different visions that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have for our country, Trump supporters in Texas today instead decided to put our staff, surrogates, supporters, and others in harm\u2019s way,\u201d Thowfeek told The Daily Beat. <span style=\"color: black;\">[Yes, the <i>Daily Beas<\/i>t misspelled their own name right here, I double checked.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign\u2014and often Trump himself\u2014has encouraged in-person conflict around the polls. Trump used the first presidential debate to urge supporters to act as \u201cpoll watchers,\u201d a call that sparked concerns of voter intimidation. His son, Donald Trump Jr., made an explicit call-out regarding the Biden campaign\u2019s Texas outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-cheers-on-maga-calvary-that-ambushed-biden-bus\">president himself relished in news of the MAGA contingent harassing Biden\u2019s campaign bus<\/a>, retweeting video of the incident along with the caption, \u201cI LOVE TEXAS!\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This does not bode well for the future of the republic.<\/p>\n<p>Also, can we <b>PLEASE<\/b> give Texas back to Mexico?<\/p>\n<p>Cervini&#8217;s tweet storm embedded after the break<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<b><b><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"2500\" src=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/embed\/1322336226792321025.html\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"500 px\"><\/iframe><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politically motivated terrorism A group of Trump supporters tried to run a Biden campaign bus off the road in Texas.&nbsp; The use of Brownshirt is now appropriate, now matter what Godwin&#8217;s law says: Joe Biden\u2019s presidential campaign canceled a Friday event in Austin, Texas, after harassment from a pro-Trump contingent. Texas has emerged as a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[364,374,405,373],"class_list":["post-175895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-evil","tag-politics","tag-presidential-campaign","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}