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Stranded in the cold. Trump supporters having second thoughts. (Original Post) Mira Oct 2020 OP
It's rounding the turn! flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #1
You just won the Internet. Jirel Oct 2020 #2
K&R The Wielding Truth Oct 2020 #8
What a great and funny photo, my dear Mira! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2020 #3
It'll be here in a couple of weeks. TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #4
Are they using the bus to ship Chump's new health plan... Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #15
The good ship Lollipop for all I know. TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #17
LOL - Instant flashback! Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #19
I really do try Deuxcents Oct 2020 #5
These sheep say "Duh" instead of "Baa" world wide wally Oct 2020 #6
They'll be ready in two weeks! Mariana Oct 2020 #7
Beautiful buses with air conditioning! nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #9
LOL... stillcool Oct 2020 #10
Their rounding the corner any time now! lunatica Oct 2020 #12
This is where you usually find these Trump supporters..... Elwood P Dowd Oct 2020 #11
Fox News is their Pavlovian dog whistle. lunatica Oct 2020 #13
When tRump promised them buses, he was just joking. "Suckers!" . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #14
Made me laugh Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #16
Bus? malaise Oct 2020 #18
'been waitin' for that bus all day.... consider_this Oct 2020 #20
The bus is on the way. keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #21
That meme assumes they are capable of having a *first* thought. Efilroft Sul Oct 2020 #22
Too brainwashed to care or understand. Hypothermia won't change it. Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #23
I have as much sympathy for them warmfeet Oct 2020 #24
The rally goers thought they were out for a dose of 'We Is The Best' Aussie105 Oct 2020 #25
Probably not. Girard442 Oct 2020 #26
Various sources Dreampuff Oct 2020 #27
The bus company got stiffed. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2020 #30
Can the sheep sing YMCA? panader0 Oct 2020 #28
K&R, uponit7771 Oct 2020 #29

Deuxcents

(16,070 posts)
5. I really do try
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 05:29 PM
Oct 2020

To be a kind n compassionate person. Just can’t seem to muster up anything for them.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
24. I have as much sympathy for them
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 07:19 PM
Oct 2020

as they have for me and my fellow Democrats.

Here is a pictorial representation of my sympathy for them........

Aussie105

(5,318 posts)
25. The rally goers thought they were out for a dose of 'We Is The Best'
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 07:27 PM
Oct 2020

hype from Trump.

They went from 'we is the best!' to 'we is the coldest!' in minutes afterwards.

Another thread suggests the bus drivers were told they would be paid after bussing the rally sheep to the venue, but weren't paid, so went 'Aww gee!' and went home, leaving the rally sheep to find their own way back to their cars, 3.7 miles away..
Any truth to that?

Girard442

(6,063 posts)
26. Probably not.
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 07:40 PM
Oct 2020

I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation based on number of buses, distance driven, bus capacity and some generous assumptions. I came up with a guesstimate of two hours to move everybody. They did it in three. Not wildly different.

Dreampuff

(778 posts)
27. Various sources
Thu Oct 29, 2020, 07:40 PM
Oct 2020

Claim that the bus company says the drivers were paid. However, it wouldn't be shocking if they weren't.

I like the sob story that is on some of the news about an old man who collapsed or an 8 and 1/2 month pregnant lady and small children and those needing Medical Care. What are they saying? The man wasn't already old when he went to the rally? None of them knew it was going to be cold? The lady wasn't already pregnant when she went to the rally? I pity none of them.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
30. The bus company got stiffed.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 02:10 AM
Oct 2020

Tweet from bus company supervisor:

John Boyle @JBoyle1223
Replying to @MSNBC

Bus company supervisor: The campaign said they would pay us when we arrived. Nobody paid us. They said passengers would wear masks. Nobody was wearing masks and they all kept singing "YMCA". So we left because we heard from other bus companies they didn't get paid last time.

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