Trump looks to reset campaign amid pandemic with Tulsa rally

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 8:35 AM; Today 8:35 AM

By Kevin Freking | The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing ahead in a pandemic, President Donald Trump looked to reverse a decline in his political fortunes Saturday by returning to the format that has so often energized himself and his loyal supporters: a raucous, no-holds-barred rally before tens of thousands of ardent fans, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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The events in Tulsa will go a long way to determining how the campaign plays out in coming months. A success lays the groundwork for Trump to take his show to states that will determine the presidential election. A spike in coronavirus cases coming out of Tulsa would make his reception in those states more contentious. The campaign said it will hand out masks and hand sanitizer, but there is no requirement that participants use them. Participants will also undergo a temperature check.

The president's campaign views his rallies as critical to his success. They elevate the enthusiasm level of his supporters and often lead them to donate, knock on doors and make phone calls on the president's behalf.

Trump has generally held his campaign rallies in swing states or in Democratic-leaning states such as Colorado or New Mexico that he hopes to flip this November. Oklahoma fits none of those categories. The last Democratic candidate to emerge victorious there in a presidential election was Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Trump won the state with more than 65% of the vote in the 2016 election. The Republican stronghold gives Trump more assurance that he'll face little resistance to his efforts from top state officials.

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https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/06/trump-looks-to-reset-campaign-amid-pandemic-with-tulsa-rally.html

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I hope his campaign gets a reset too

to a point substantially below zero.

[EarlG]

2. Hilarious

The idea that Trump is planning this rally as a conscious “reset”, that is.

He’s bored, stuck in the the White House, and fading in polls everywhere, including Fox News polls. This rally is about nothing more than his bottomless need to feed his own ego by standing in front of a cheering crowd.

It’s the first rally he’s done since coronavirus, economic collapse, and the BLM protests, but there wont be any serious efforts to address the major issues of the day. Instead it will be “I did the greatest ever job on coronavirus!” and “We’re coming back like a rocket ship!” and “Black people love me!” and “The cops have to treat em rough, LAW AND ORDER!”

He’s going to stand up there for two hours spewing stream-of-consciousness me-me-me word salad, hitting the same stale old notes over and over again, just to make himself feel better. More insults, more division, same shit different day.

The idea that this is all some kind of strategic master plan is bonkers. I’m sure his aides would like to try and spin it that way, but I mean really.

[Laelth]

3. Agreed.

Trump has no plan. He’s not capable of anticipating the future in a way that would allow him to develop a working plan. He lives in the moment.

-Laelth

[Baitball Blogger]

5. And they're already flying confederate flags at the rally, so it's attracting "all the right people"

[winetourdriver01]

4. Useless

This hate fest has nothing positive about it. It is simply to stroke Shitler's ego, and it's going to spread the plague far and wide. Sounds like a plan.

[chriscan64]

6. "Tens" of thousands?

Sure if you only count the seats.