What the hell happened in Omaha last night?

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Jeff Zeleny
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President Trump took off in Air Force One 1 hr 20 minutes ago, but thousands of his supporters remain stranded on a dark road outside the rally. “We need at least 30 more buses,” an Omaha police officer just said, shaking his head at the chaotic cluster that is unfolding.

[SheltieLover]

1. I hope they all vote Dem!

Perhaps unlikely, but it would be nice!

[soothsayer]

2. Drumpf abandoned them like his wives, casinos, steaks, vodka, airline

It’s a pattern. What did they expect?

[malaise]

11. THIS

Sadly they ever learn

[Hugin]

26. +1

Trump being Trump is what happened.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. What happened in Omaha last night

From what I read on Twitter early this morning, buses brought people from the economy parking at the airport to a hanger at the airport, where the rally was held.

When the rally was over, either there weren't enough buses to bring everybody back from the hanger to the economy parking area or traffic at the airport delayed the buses getting over to the hanger.

People ended up waiting outdoors in freezing weather. Many of them ended up walking back to economy parking, about 3.7 miles from the hanger.

I'm in Twitter jail right now, so I can't provide more details from the tweets I read, but it was bad.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Who was responsible for providing the bus shuttles: the Trump Campaign or Omaha?

[lagomorph777]

28. Trump stiffed the bus company and left hundreds freezing in the dark in the middle of nowhere.

So, business as usual.

Omaha had to step in and clean up the mess.

[blueinredohio]

5. He didn't pay for the buses, as usual.

Now the rally goers have to use the money they got for attending to pay for a way home.

[malaise]

13. That was my first thought

He didn't pay for the buses

[lunasun]

6. Left them in the cold How trumpy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/trump-omaha-supporters-stuck-cold/

The buses, the huge crowd soon learned, couldn’t navigate the jammed airport roads. For hours, attendees — including many elderly Trump supporters — stood in the cold, as police scrambled to help those most at-risk get to warmth.

At least seven people were taken to hospitals, according to Omaha Scanner, which monitors official radio traffic. Police and fire authorities didn’t immediately return messages from The Washington Post early Wednesday and declined to provide reporters on the scene with precise numbers of how many needed treatment.

The crowds didn’t fully clear the rally site until after 12:30 a.m. — more than 3½ hours after Trump departed

[Solly Mack]

7. Their Dear Leader left them to fend for themselves. Stranded, in freezing temps.

Because he just doesn't care about them or anyone else not him.

But they will never grasp that fact. Not even if the people hospitalized after the event die from exposure to the elements.

They'll claim the dead had some underlying health problems and they will not be able to understand that a lot of underlying health problems are manageable as long as they aren't exacerbated by things like prolonged exposure to the cold - or pandemics.

[TaylorWilliams]

8. Made The National News This Morning

Newsweek: Omaha Trump Rally Attendees Stranded, Several Taken to Hospital Suffering Hypothermia

Link: https://www.newsweek.com/omaha-trump-rally-attendees-stranded-several-taken-hospital-suffering-hypothermia-1542741


More in Google Listing:

Link: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=omaha+rally


Greetings

[The Magistrate]

15. Welcome To The Forum, Sir

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[TaylorWilliams]

16. Thank You. I'm honored.

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― Carl Sagan, Contact

[cwydro]

21. Good, I watched a bit this morning, but didn't see it covered.

They need to cover that and his unconscionable comments about Joe.

[TaylorWilliams]

25. More Here:

Trump’s Omaha rally disaster may have sealed his fate in Nebraska - RawStory

As one of Trump’s super-spreader events, the rally had been widely panned by Democrats as others a health risk to Omaha residents, where COVID-19 numbers have spiked to recent levels in recent weeks. Apparently, frostbite needs to get added to the risk factors.

Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trumps-omaha-rally-disaster-may-have-sealed-his-fate-in-nebraska/

[cwydro]

27. Thanks, and I hear that Joe mentioned it in his latest speech

Welcome to DU, btw.

[niyad]

9. Checking to see if I have any sympathy. . Checking. .checking. .ahh, yes. .for the first

responders who had to deal with this mess.

[Clearly fogged in]

10. It is possible that this scenario deepened their connection to trump

We all have known others who feel this way. Trump owes me. I walked for hours in freezing weather to show my support, and I could see in his eyes how much he appreciated me being there. Besides, I'm involved now and it just isn't fair for me to abandon him now.

That's his base. Their decisions were their own. At any point they could have turned around and gone home, even if it meant leaving just a single minute earlier.

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Suffer, you ignorant fools.

Stories like this brighten my day.

[brooklynite]

14. Let me offer a transportation planning analysis...

People ARRIVE at an event gradually, hence buses can handle the passenger flow over time. When everyone LEAVES at the same time, the bus capacity is overwhelmed. The condition is exacerbated because all the cars are leaving at the same time as well, hence it becomes much more time consuming to return to the pickup point.

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Did AF1 fly over them and dip it's wings...

as a gesture of "I've got mine, screw you saps"?

[Clearly fogged in]

22. Bringing logic and reason to a gop function will only anger them.

In republican land chaos is a feature, mismanagement the vehicle. One year I arrived in Daytona in the wee small hours on race day. Having to wait for the lot to open, i parked in a large, open and well lit, box store's lot. Soon enough the police showed up and told me to leave. They couldn't say where to go, just not here. Okay, i agreed and left. Remembering that there was a large, well landscaped, and poorly lit townhouse community that I passed minutes before, I knew where to go. I nestled unnoticed between two larger cars and rested undisturbed amidst the dark and sleepy homes of the unknowing.

That officer will probably rise to the top in his department.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. Left out "f@ck"!

shaking his head at the chaotic cluster f@ck that is unfolding.

[OAITW r.2.0]

19. Any cases of cannibalism reported? nt

[dalton99a]

20. "I take no responsibility at all"

[TaylorWilliams]

23. More: 'Comedian sets internet ablaze with viral parody of Trump's cultish and freezing fans'

Comedian sets internet ablaze with viral parody of Trump’s cultish and freezing fans - RawStory

Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/comedian-sets-internet-ablaze-with-viral-parody-of-trumps-cultish-and-freezing-fans/

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[TaylorWilliams]

24. Plus... Andrea Mitchell Just Covered It On MSNBC, And...

It's been the top trending tweet for the last several hours. (see link)

Link: https://trends24.in/united-states/