Florida heat sends a dozen Trump rally attendees to hospital

[RandySF]

Nearly a dozen attendees at President Trump’s rally in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday were sent to the hospital after waiting for hours in the steamy heat.

Both the president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held rallies in Tampa on Thursday, a rare crossover of their activities in the final sprint before election day.

Officials with Tampa Fire Rescue told NBC News that one attendee fainted during the president’s rally, another had a seizure and 10 were taken to the hospital just listed as “sick” with no further details.

he incident follows a similar weather-related occurrence at the president’s rally in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday evening, where hundreds of attendees were left waiting in the freezing cold after shuttle buses taking attendees to the rally were unable to return.

At least seven people were reportedly hospitalized and 30 were treated on site after waiting in the cold weather.

The Trump campaign has postponed a rally scheduled to take place in Fayetteville, N.C., on Thursday evening to Monday due to a wind advisory.

"Because of a wind advisory issued with gusts reaching 50 miles per hour and other weather conditions, the outdoor Fayetteville, NC rally has been postponed until Monday," Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523513-florida-heat-sends-a-dozen-trump-rally-attendees-to-hospital

[Hoyt]

1. Hope they haven't voted.

[mucifer]

2. So why no problems with Biden's rally? :)

[LakeArenal]

3. I thought they both can't campaign Monday 24hrs before the vote??

[sunnybrook]

5. Oh I'm sure he'll follow the rules

Because that's the norm. Or even the law. He could careless

[tanyev]

4. What comes next? Locusts? Boils?

[StClone]

6. Bonkers, bizarre incredible happenings at T-rallies

Trumpkin Sheep left after an Omaha T-Rally freezing and stranded for hours was just one of several nutty off the wall T-Rump episodes this week.

A small private plane wandered into POTUS restrictive airspace over Bullhead City, AZ Wednesday while Trump gave one of his mental diarrhea speeches. An F-16 launched warning flares as it scrambled to intercept and deter the small errant plane.

Grandiose speechifying ensued as Trump heard the unexpected F-16 and saw the flares: said that the plane was "about four days old" and touted his funding for the military. "I love that sound, I love it," Trump said at the sound of aircraft engines. "You don't know what I went through to get those suckers up there -- I had to get that money from the Democrats."
He said the jet was "trying to show off" for him and called the flares being deployed "a little display" for the President.

Then today at a Florida Rally:


Donald Trump threatened to 'take care of those son of a b*****s', after people started spraying water in the air at one of his rallies.

The US President asked the crowd in Tampa, Florida if the people spraying the water were "friend or foe".

"Look at that," he said. "Boy, are they doing that on purpose? Are they friend or foe?

"Actually it went good, I felt water on my face. I thought where the hell is that coming from. They may be doing that on purpose.

"Let's find out if they're friend or foe, and if they're foe, take care of those son of a b*****s."

It's understood the water was being sprayed by a truck at the back of the crowd, in order to cool down attendees in the 30 degree Florida heat.

And the President's tone changed dramatically when he saw that the people spraying the water were hitting members of the media covering the event.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. So, his supporters can choose between freezing to death

or heat stroke. Or being carried off by high winds.

I'm trying to figure out the common theme here.

Wonder if there's locusts to be had anywhere?

[Blue Owl]

8. If being forced to watch tRump dance doesn't kill you...

The cold or heat will...