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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,839 posts)
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 09:30 PM Jul 2021

TFG had a major conniption over low turnout at a rally, a new book says

President Donald Trump berated his campaign manager, Brad Parscale, over lower-than-expected turnout at an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last summer, according to a forthcoming book by the journalist Michael Wolff about Trump's final days in the White House.

"Has Brad actually ever done anything right?" Trump vented to his aides while Parscale was in the room, an excerpt of the book published in The Times of London on Tuesday said. "He's f—ed up everything."

The June 2020 rally was promoted as Trump's campaign-trail comeback after COVID-19 lockdowns halted most in-person gatherings. Before the event, the Trump campaign, including Parscale, boasted that nearly 1 million people had requested tickets.

The crowd turned out to be significantly smaller. After the rally, the Trump campaign claimed that 12,000 people attended. The Tulsa Fire Department said only about 6,200 supporters showed up.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hes-f-ed-everything-trump-182310784.html

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TFG had a major conniption over low turnout at a rally, a new book says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Is that the rally where thousands of teens requested all the tickets? Karadeniz Jul 2021 #1
Yep. nt tblue37 Jul 2021 #2
They requested shit-loads of tickets ... but not 'all the tickets' Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2021 #4
The rally that killed Herman Cain BradAllison Jul 2021 #3
I watched those bastards moving people to pack the seats behind the stage while Pence was on. brewens Jul 2021 #5
Always someone else's fault right? mahina Jul 2021 #6
Herman Caine died for trump from that rally and all trump can do is bitch Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #7
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. They requested shit-loads of tickets ... but not 'all the tickets'
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 09:53 PM
Jul 2021

Nobody was unable to get a ticket that wanted one due to their efforts.

IOW the teens didn't depress the turnout, they just tricked Trump and Parscale into thinking more would be coming than really did.

brewens

(13,557 posts)
5. I watched those bastards moving people to pack the seats behind the stage while Pence was on.
Wed Jul 7, 2021, 10:01 PM
Jul 2021

That was no doubt after they took all the social distancing signs down. They had that arena set up to at least have one space between seats.

Then there was the Herman Cain pic with the caption saying he was with a "few" of the African Americans attending. LMFAO! Wanna bet that was ALL of them? I'm sure it was. They rounded them all up for that pic.

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