The FBI says it is investigating a disturbing incident that took place on Friday in Texas as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ campaign bus drove from San Antonio toward Austin for a planned event. While the bus was on the freeway, dozens of President Donald Trump’s supporters surrounded it in trucks and cars. Videos show trucks flying Trump flags trying to run Biden campaign cars off the road. CNN described the incident saying, “People in vehicles that were part of a ‘Trump Train’ began yelling profanities and obscenities and then blockaded the entire Biden entourage, according to a source familiar with the incident. At one point they slowed the tour bus to roughly 20 mph on Interstate 35, the campaign official said. The vehicles slowed down to try to stop the bus in the middle of the highway. The source said there were nearly 100 vehicles around the campaign bus. Biden staffers were rattled by the event, the source said, though no one was hurt.”  The campaign event had to be canceled in a state where Biden enjoys a slight lead. 

Ahead of the Trump train incident in Texas the President’s son Donald Jr. egged on Trump supporters on social media telling them to give the Biden campaign and specifically Kamala Harris a, “Trump train welcome.”  After Trump’s supporters took Donald Jr. up on his invitation to harass Biden, President Trump posted a video of the trucks surrounding Biden’s campaign bus with a caption saying, “I LOVE TEXAS!” He later bragged about the intimidating incident at a rally in Michigan. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDonald attempted to claim that Trump doesn’t endorse harming people. But Trump, after learning that the FBI was investigating the incident tweeted angrily, “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!” The international human rights organization Amnesty International condemned Trump saying, “Stop condoning violence and intimidation. You have an obligation to prevent this from happening.” There were reports of so-called “Trump Train” intimidation tactics in multiple parts of the nation over the weekend.  

Another incident of violence that took place in Graham, North Carolina, on Saturday also appeared to benefit Trump. Police pepper sprayed and arrested voters who were rallying to the polls in a large group. Many of the voters were African American and wore T-shirts celebrating the late voting rights icon Congressman John Lewis. The participants in the event marched to a confederate statue and then intended to head finally to a polling place to highlight the importance of voting. According to the Washington Post,