A Texas city has agreed to a $175,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by four passengers on one of President Joe Biden’s campaign buses in 2020 that was surrounded by a caravan of Donald Trump supporters. The settlement was announced Wednesday. The highway episode was days before the November election.
FILE - Then-Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis waves to supporters after making her concession speech, Nov. 4, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. In a settlement revealed Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, city of San Marcos, Texas, officials agreed to pay $175,000 to former Texas state Sen. Davis and three others who were harassed by supporters of former president Donald Trump while campaigning for President Joe Biden in 2020, according to a legal settlement.
“The intimidation we experienced on the highway that day and the threat to our safety, simply for engaging in the political process and supporting the candidate of our choosing, should never happen in this country,” Davis said in a statement.
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