Texas Republicans endangered themselves on Saturday by failing to safely hold a boat parade.
“Multiple 911 calls have been made regarding boats being in distress, some sinking at the ‘Trump Boat Parade’ scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Lake Travis, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. TCSO confirmed with CBS Austin that multiple boats have been sinking and are in distress,” CBS Austin reported Saturday. “The sheriff’s office says calls have been made about boats along the entire route of the parade, some of the locations include: Paradise Cove, Emerald Point and West Beach.”
Photos from the scene showed rough waters.
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
Here’s some of what people were saying about the boat parade:
Swamped boat near Emerald Point as hundreds of boats parade for President Donald Trump, at least three craft swamped with no injuries reported #statesman @bobphoto pic.twitter.com/eY3yyAXvyp
— bobphoto (@bobphoto) September 5, 2020
“Let’s now go live to Lake Travis. Scene of today’s Trump boat parade…” pic.twitter.com/kNvJsp6sJC
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 5, 2020
“Hello, I’d like to report an excessively on-the-nose metaphor in progress.” https://t.co/526kJJixZY
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 5, 2020
Everybody at the Lake Travis boat parade right now pic.twitter.com/gEBPgmJAlL
— ✨💕 (@erinnneliz) September 5, 2020
Apparently there was an impromptu boat parade on Lake Travis today with a bunch of boats goofing and going way too fast… and not just one, but ALL of the boats are sinking and calling the police for help. pic.twitter.com/HHdKoKw5IJ
— Ky Krebs (@kykrebs) September 5, 2020
The parade has "thinned out" lmao
— Ky Krebs (@kykrebs) September 5, 2020
I don’t know who came up with the hashtag #Dumbkirk, but it’s pretty darn brilliant. https://t.co/nsFzMhZ5El
— Pro-Democracy (@ProDemocracyRTs) September 5, 2020
Okay, who gave Antifa the nuclear submarines? Fess up https://t.co/LJkhQM0n0v
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) September 5, 2020
HAPPENING NOW: CBS confirms multiple boats are in distress and sinking on Lake Travis for the "Trump Boat Parade". pic.twitter.com/kAZcINHtg7
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) September 5, 2020
