Trump’s rally in Tulsa on Saturday night did not fill the 19,000 seat arena ... even though there were an estimated million applications for tickets (even if some were fake). His handlers blamed protesters blocking access and national media coronavirus scare tactics for the shortfall of maybe 7,000 attendees.
Anti-Trump forces were giddy about this shortfall even though Trump got a rousing reception. The lesson to the Trump administration is to be careful about overpromising and underdelivering crowd sizes ... especially during a pandemic ... where older adults ... much of his base ... might be more chary about assembling in groups.
And the lesson for the Democrats is to be careful about jumping up and down too much about this shortfall. The real benefit here is the data collected by his re-election committee during the ticket application process. This data will be used during the actual election ... and, I expect here will be more rallies to come ... maybe in smaller venues ... but bigger than Biden’s basement.
I watched some of his speech. He was cheered because he could drink his water with one hand.
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty low bar for a sitting president. He is more discordant and rambling than Biden.
The disappointing turnout is surely a metaphor for the election. I have yet to hear an intelligent person standing in one of those lines waiting to hear him.
Are you saying that they are all a “basket of deplorables?“ Or, if you were at Walmarts, you could “smell them?” This is the kind of elitist snobbery that is infecting and destroying the Left. A fair estimation of anyone else’s intelligence is always dependent on that of the observer.
ReplyDeleteThis is not elitist snobbery. We are not talking about political correctness. I was judging their intelligence by the drooling inanity that was issuing out of their spittle-holes as they were being interviewed by crack CNN reporters. These idiots want Trump to be the emperor.
ReplyDeleteThis is not patriotism, it is idolatry.
“Crack CNN reporters” ... that what they are smoking?
ReplyDeleteOne reporter's take: (Sorry about biden ad --nothing is free)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvSjYqsxP-g