So, those buses stop running after they found out that they weren't going to get paid by Trump?

[imanamerican63]

Really, don’t they ever read the reviews or ask to be paid in full in advance?

The attendees should have know this before they got on the bus to head out the middle of the desert in the middle of nowhere California!

Yet, they believe Trump tells the truth about everything!

[Think. Again.]

1. or this...

https://democraticunderground.com/100219568507

[Walleye]

2. I think they are having no problem, in their minds, blaming it on Democrats.

After all, they’re willing to believe now that we sent the hurricane to North Carolina

[Wiz Imp]

3. The story from a legitimate news source

From a local paper - the Orange County Register

Some key excerpts:

Officer David Torres, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson, said via email that “there were no incidents in this area that CHP handled.”

“There became an issue with the drivers being over hours due to the traffic delays that prevented them from driving, leaving (the sheriff’s department) to transport the visitors themselves,” Torres said, noting the California Department of Transportation limits the number of hours bus drivers can be on the road.

So apparently the bus drivers had driven their legal limit of hours before all people were returned to the parking lots. And the Trump campaign did not make arrangements to make sure there were drivers available to shuttle the attendees back. (Note: this is not necessarily inconsistent with that prior tweet)

County officials referred questions about the buses to the Trump campaign, which did not immediately respond Monday, Oct. 14, to a request for comment.

Seems like confirmation that the campaign screwed up and didn't make sure they would have buses available to return attendees to their cars. This was clearly totally on the Trump Campaign.

[stopdiggin]

4. it is pretty inconsistant with the first post

nothing here about people not getting paid.

[Wiz Imp]

5. Since this is the only story picked up by local media, I'm inclined to believe it.

They also quote an actual representative of the CHP.

However, it's not necessarily inconsistent with not getting paid. Since buses took people to the venue, you have to assume they were paid for that. But since the CHP says drivers hit their limit on hours they could drive, it seems entirely possible that there could have been additional (different) drivers contracted for the return trip and it was those people who didn't get paid.

May be a stretch but is the only thing that makes sense of the "not paid" story. Why would the buses take people to the venue if they weren't paid but refuse to take them back because they weren't paid? And why would the buses be paid for going one direction and not the other?

[stopdiggin]

7. and that is why I'm not sold (on the 'not paid' story)

almost certainly the campaign would have 'contracted' for services with some independent service or entity. Wages coming through that entity. And any sort of 'pay / no pay' sort of situation would therefor not have arisen - ONLY on the latter part of the shift. The drivers 'timing out' on the other hand is completely consistent real world experiences.

and I think the link provided in post #1 is worth looking at to
drivers saying, "not going back, unless there is crowd control and protection involved .."

[Initech]

6. Seems totally on brand for him.