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Joe Biden campaign event canceled in Texas over security concerns

Posted at 12:30 PM, Oct 31, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-31 13:30:07-04

Events supporting Joe Biden's campaign were canceled in Texas over security concerns.

A group of supporters of President Trump allegedly followed the Biden campaign bus as they made their campaign stops.

The Biden-Harris bus made a brief appearance in downtown Austin Friday. Texas Democrats were hoping to host speakers like Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Wendy Davis and Austin Mayor Steve Adler.

A local news outlet was told they canceled the event so not to take attention from Kamala Harris who made three stops in Texas.

The Biden bus has also been closely followed by Trump supporters while on the road, according to reports.

A representative with the Travis County Democrats said it's the same dozen people looking to disrupt events and its been happening all throughout the country, including in Houston's Missouri City earlier this week.

In Pflugerville, Texas House Representative Sheryl Cole tweeted the Biden bus was supposed to make a stop there with the Austin Young Democrats but she wrote they, too, had to cancel due to security reasons.

"Pro-trump protesters have escalated well beyond safe limits," she said.

"Both leaders have to call for calm," said Hrair Balian, the Director for Conflict Resolution at The Carter Center. "Dehumanizing the other side and seeking to take everything and leaving nothing for the other side, those are signals that things may go very wrong."