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In reply to the discussion: Time Is Up Trump "Just leaving Sturgis bike rally -Shocking- the absence of Trump vendors..& atire." [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. Wow. It'll be a really significant indicator if fairly widespread.
Actual sales.
That said, media report that both Sturgis and NH's Laconia last month were full of aging, white, loyal trumpsters. Slanted?
Wonder if this Guardian statement is accurate:
"By the time Laconias bike week came to an end last month, his store had sold out of its most popular shirt, which read: Trump 2020 because f*ck your feelings. Most of the bikers here hate liberals, he said.
Did it really take all week to clean out his best-seller?
Do Sturgis and Laconia draw a bit different crowds? Guardian's description of Laconia doesn't exactly sound like a bunch of middle class men indulging a week of fantasy role playing on their $20K Harleys. My husband, a hard-core dirt rider, and I once toured many, many thousands of miles on a BMW, alone and with friends, and we never attended a rally.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/bikers-for-trump-support-laconia-motorcycle-week
CNN: "In Sturgis, the definition of diversity is a white guy on a foreign bike." Forgot "aging."
Thanks for passing this on.
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Time Is Up Trump "Just leaving Sturgis bike rally -Shocking- the absence of Trump vendors..& atire." [View all]
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he better hope drumpf never seens that. he'll sue the owner for profiting off his name!
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