Trump boats sink in Texas
At least four boats at a pro-Trump boat parade today sank, just like the president's poll numbers. The event was held at Lake Travis, Texas, and there was rough weather on the water.
Here's some video from local TV KXON
TCSO responded to multiple calls involving boats in distress during the Trump parade on Lake Travis. Several boats did sink.
- Travis County SO (@TravisCoSheriff) September 5, 2020
"A parade of boats on a Texas lake intended to honor President Donald Trump threatened to turn disastrous when multiple vessels began sinking," reports HuffPo.
Rough waters on Lake Travis as hundreds of boats in Trump boat parade. Several swaamped. #Statesman @bobphoto pic.twitter.com/DPpKKhgljF
- bobphoto (@bobphoto) September 5, 2020
Excerpt from HuffPo:
At least four boats sank, according to The New York Times. Firefighters on the scene rescued people from the water, the Lake Travis Fire Fighters Association president told the Times. No injuries were reported as of midafternoon.
The sinkings were under investigation, but law enforcement did not suspect foul play, Dark told The Associated Press.
Trump supporters on Lake Travis, Texas. What a site to see at least three to four hundred boats. See if it make news today! pic.twitter.com/2K1uJ8Ln3i
- Linda Hawthorne (@l_hawth67) September 5, 2020
AP spoke to the Travis County sheriff's office in Texas, which said "several" boats sank Saturday while taking part in the boat parade in support of President Donald Trump.
"We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank," but there are no reports of fatalities or injuries and investigators have not determined how many boats sank on the lake near Austin, according to sheriff's spokesperson Kristen Dark. "We have no reason to suspect foul play in any of these," sinkings, Dark said.
Uh oh.
- Brandon Lee CBS5 & 3TV (@BrandonLeeNews) September 5, 2020
A Trump Boat Parader's boat sunk...
pic.twitter.com/sz3uEA5Lla
When Fox News covered the Trump Boats, they didn't even mention the boats sinking, because we live in North Korea now and everything sucks.
surprise, not a mention of Trump boats sinking in Texas on Fox News pic.twitter.com/00H8FDAGWw
- Peter Wade(@brooklynmutt) September 5, 2020
Congratulations to the brave submariners of the Autonomous Antifascist Navy for their magnificent victory at the battle of Lake Travis
- Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) September 5, 2020
What the media falsely calls the Beautiful "Boaters" thought they could steal spotlight from "Trump" and his successes with vaccine, Big 10 Football and much more, but they got caught! So reckless and irresponsible. Obey boating rules! Time to bring back lake police?
- David Roth (@david_j_roth) September 5, 2020