Trump Is Recruiting People From High Covid States To Infect His Rally

[guillaumeb]

From the article:

Tulsa public health officials are worried about the exact scenario that Trump and his campaign are creating. Trump isn’t requiring masks for attendees, or social distancing. The Trump campaign wants to cram tens of thousands of people into an arena close together during a pandemic, and they are advertising for their supporters in places where cases are spiking to come to the rally.

To read more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/06/15/trump-rally-covid.html

If I were possessed of a very dark sense of humor, I might welcome this because Darwinian selection would help the Democrats, but I would not wish this on anyone, even members of the Trump crime family.

[totodeinhere]

1. That doesn't make any sense though. Does he really want his voters to die?

He can't win the election that way. But of course very little that he does ever makes sense.

[guillaumeb]

2. Making sense is not a characteristic of Trump's thought processes.

He seems to be a very reactive, in the moment, type.

[Jirel]

9. Exactly.

Demented Don’s brain only focuses on what he wants. He wants his rally, his ego-boo, and his air-time. He’s like my mother about 3 years before her Alzheimer’s finally killed her - able to keep up a mostly intelligent conversation for a while, capable of charm for limited periods, and running around with a brain full of snakes - paranoia, delusion, flashbacks, grudges, impulses, and anxiety - that ruled her when she wasn’t “on stage.”

Consequences don’t even impact his mind. That’s for others to worry about. It’s their job to make him look good.

[blm]

3. Perhaps the idea is to let the virus rage out of control and declare martial law

or spin so much chaos in states by Nov election that Russian ops will have a field day.

[sop]

8. Putin called to advise Trump he's only got six months left to completely destroy America,

so he'd better get busy and finish the job unless he wants his properties foreclosed and his loans called in.

[blm]

14. ✔️

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. I don't think he considers much at all outside of "I WANT IT!" nt

[GeorgeGist]

7. I suspect some NARCISSISTS enjoy people dying ...

on their behalf.

[Mariana]

10. He certainly does not *care* if they die.

It won't bother him any if it does happen, since he has no conscience. And he feels nothing but contempt for his supporters, that's been clear for a long time. I don't think he cares enough about them to actively want them to die, if that makes sense.

I don't believe he has the intellectual wherewithal to consider the possibility that this rally may negatively affect his chances in November. It's just too many steps of cause and effect, cause and effect, and he's not capable of such complex thinking.

[totodeinhere]

16. He doesn't care if they die. Absolutely, but he does care if they vote.

He wants to stay in office at all costs in order to buy himself four more years before he must face justice for his many crimes.

[Mariana]

17. Honestly, I believe this is a matter of magical thinking.

He's not even considering the possibility that some of the people who attend his rallies might die as a result.

[totodeinhere]

25. Oh yes, that's very possible too. n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

12. He may be making a play to "prove" the hoax bee ess he has been slinging...

Own the libs, gather a bunch of people and roll the dice. If he wins, he gets to say how God protected the true Murican patriots blah, blah. It was all overblown blah, blah,

If he loses, he will lie and blame it on something else. There is always a christofascist conspiracy to explain away reality.

[grumpyduck]

5. I think we should stop second-guessing him and

start thinking about what his minions might be up to.

As someone said above, the guy is impulsive. He would probably be a crappy chess player. But some of his ass-kissers do have some smarts and are probably capable of planning a few moves ahead.

"Yeah, Mr. Bunkerboy, sacrifice the queen early on and then get them with the pawns."

[guillaumeb]

6. It seems as if Trump is daring his followers to demonstrate their blind loyalty.

Amazing.

[Nevilledog]

11. It's the other way around. His supporters live around hotspots cuz they think it's a hoax.

Hotspots are connected to places where people are not wearing masks or social distancing.

[Hotler]

13. What if this is his Jones Town moment. nt

[Initech]

15. The phrase "perfect storm" comes to mind.

[guillaumeb]

18. One problem might be that his followers might not self-quarantine. eom

[Initech]

19. No they won't, that's pretty much a given.

[0rganism]

20. almost like someone high up in the RNC wants the virus spread as widely as possible

imho, we should stop shaking our heads in disbelief and ask how this fits into their overall strategy

[guillaumeb]

22. A death cult waiting for their reward?

I cannot imagine the crooks who lead the GOP sharing this self-destructive tendency.

[0rganism]

24. agree - the higher-ups aren't likely part of the death cult per se

which is what leaves me puzzled. what's the play here? how does spreading the virus serve their goals, unless it's a revised "smallpox blanket" maneuver? send all the rally-infected MAGAts canvassing door-to-door in minority neighborhoods maybe? are they trying for an army of fanatical plague bearers wandering the inner cities?

[Hekate]

21. Is Tulsa going to be his slo-mo Jonestown?

This is too bizarre for words, & the prospective attendees sound like cultists.

[guillaumeb]

23. Perhaps.

Is it possible that his followers want and need to believe in him so much that they are willing to do anything?

[totodeinhere]

27. I don't like the analogy with Jonestown because at Jonestown almost everybody died.

But with covid-19, most people do recover. My sister-in-law had it and she completely recovered. But it is very serious and I am afraid that a lot more will die, but just not everybody. And the world that this leaves behind may not be very good for the survivors either. A lot of people might be unemployed for a long time and the extended benefits expire next month.

[crickets]

26. Dear Tulsa,

There is a simple solution to your problem.

JUST SAY NO.