Turnout At Trump's Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200-A Fraction Of The Venue's 19,200 Capacity

[RandySF]

The Trump campaign set expectations high for the rally, announcing that they had received more than a million ticket requests, despite the venue, the BOK Center, seating just 19,200.

Anticipating high turnout that would exceed that capacity, the campaign planned a second, outdoor speech to address the crowd in the overflow section.

But those hopes quickly evaporated on the evening of the rally, with reporters tweeting photos of the rally showing huge swaths of empty seats in the stadium.

The campaign ended up cancelling the second speech to the overflow section, with Communications Director Tim Murtaugh blaming the low turnout on the media and protesters, who he claimed blocked access to the entrance despite reports that nobody was turned away from the rally.

Andrew Little, the Public Information Officer for the Tulsa Fire Department, confirmed to Forbes on Sunday that a tally taken by the fire marshal clocked the turnout at just under 6,200 people, far fewer attendees than the campaign expected.




https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/21/turnout-at-trumps-tulsa-rally-was-just-under-6200a-fraction-of-the-venues-19200-capacity/#7f2877461fed

[Cha]

1. KR!

[Nevilledog]

2. So nobody failed the temperature checks?

Knowing these fuck ups they probably only had rectal thermometers.

[Maraya1969]

7. LOL! good one!

[Nevilledog]

9. We'll find out the temperature check was someone's mom kissing foreheads.

[orleans]

10. i saw this late middle aged couple walking past the line of people waiting to get it

and first thing i thought was one of them has a fever and was turned away. so they are walking past everyone else going in.

brilliant.

or maybe i'm assuming too much here. maybe they just forgot their maga hats in the car.

[Nevilledog]

12. Well, they sure as hell weren't leaving because it was too crowded.

[orleans]

24. lol n/t

[torius]

3. If he had held it safely

With mandated masks and social distancing, outdoors, perhaps people would have showed up. Even some diehards don’t want to die.

[OnDoutside]

4. So few people turned up, they could have spaced them out in every

3rd seat and still have had room for more people !

[uponit7771]

5. K&R, ... and spoofed tickets doesn't explain the overflow being empty. I

[Nevilledog]

6. They don't explain the auditorium being empty.

Plus, they sent out mass texts to try and get people to come. If there had been people without tickets in the overflow section they would have been hustled inside.

[Demovictory9]

8. lol

[orleans]

11. tweet:

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

15. Retweeted!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. a.k.a., Pitysburgh Address, Patheticburgh Address

[keithbvadu2]

13. They must have arrested thousands?

Trump had plenty of police there to handle the unruly protesters.

They must have arrested thousands?

"blaming the low turnout on the media and protesters, who he claimed blocked access to the entrance"

[Beartracks]

21. The Tulsa World has tons of stories and photos. Access wasn't blocked.

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/gallery-the-scenes-before-and-during-president-trumps-rally-in-tulsa/collection_42d365bf-0bb4-5d2b-9865-755917797719.html#3

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[keithbvadu2]

22. Funny about that, eh? Wonder how many were really arrested.

Funny about that, eh? Wonder how many were really arrested.

[Beartracks]

25. I read that there were 2 arrests.

One was the woman with the BLM t-shirt kneeling and praying in the area right around the arena; the campaign asked the police to move her, I think because her being there was disruptive, and they arrested her when she wasn't cooperative.

The other was a Trump supporter who was being disruptive about the protesters. I don't recall the particulars.

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[SunSeeker]

14. LOL

[yuiyoshida]

16. I wonder how many will be dead in two weeks..

2 weeks for the virus to become full blown.

[ibegurpard]

17. Forbes is the new fake news i guess

Oh lord...
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[bobbieinok]

18. Frantastic!

[Mike 03]

19. It's almost too good to be true!

Wonder if he'll cancel some of the future rallies.

[Beartracks]

20. The upper decks were all but empty.

An attendee sits in their seat while listen to President Donald Trump speak during his campaign rally at The BOK Center in Tulsa on Saturday, June 20, 2020.
IAN MAULE/Tulsa World

[Johnny2X2X]

23. FOX News

Know that on FOX News this is being reported as a triumphant return to the campaign trail and a glorious celebration as Covid-19 ebbs and states reopen because Trump is so great.

Seriously. Go check their site.

[Beartracks]

27. Do you suppose the low attendance wouldn't be NEARLY the big deal it is...

... if Trump and his campaign hadn't so blatantly lied about the glorious millions of people they said were going to be there?

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