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DonaldsRump

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1. That is exactly right

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 12:26 PM

Jun 2020

The prank is funny, but the dismal turnout is due to Trump's dismal support, as well as people fearing getting infected. Both of these issues are attributable solely to Trump and his "mal"-administration that has wrecked everything for us.

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GET OVER the idea that the KIDS spoiled Trump's rally! It couldn't have happened like that. [View all] Grasswire2 Jun 2020 OP

That is exactly right DonaldsRump Jun 2020 #1

not quite yaesu Jun 2020 #78

Can't get over what I don't give a rat's butt about Cary Jun 2020 #2

K&R! ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #3

Absolutely. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #4

And they didn't stopdiggin Jun 2020 #57

Love it! The narcissist was inflated and Parscale was too chickenshit to tell him otherwise. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #68

And maybe parscaley was not as smart as he gave himself credit for. erronis Jun 2020 #86

i love that the young peops did this questionseverything Jun 2020 #113

I tell ya what..IF i had a ticket - no way would I go if 799,999 other people jmg257 Jun 2020 #5

The prank is ... VMA131Marine Jun 2020 #6

Correct rusty fender Jun 2020 #39

Yes, and also... Reader Rabbit Jun 2020 #51

So, not a single WH staffer nor member of the campaign team nor MAGAT LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2020 #72

Nope, 'twas a Buttigieg staffer on Tik-Tok who got the ball rolling relayerbob Jun 2020 #81

Exactly..so yes they did successfully prank dotard's rally Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #74

I hope none of those great kids see this thread marginalizing what they did. yaesu Jun 2020 #85

Whether it had an effect or not, the young people got involved and that's important. dreamland Jun 2020 #7

+1000..and saw that they made a difference Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #75

Here is what I want to know . Were there actually tons of protesters there preventing smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #8

It's not a "rumour", it's just a lie by the Trump campaign. Mariana Jun 2020 #20

I thought so. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #28

No. pamela Jun 2020 #30

Thanks Pamela! smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #63

Good luck with your family! From what I've understood, no armaments are sufficient. Silence and erronis Jun 2020 #88

I believe older adults, combined with the kids on the 2 social media platforms, contributed to the onetexan Jun 2020 #9

Which means shanti Jun 2020 #46

plus its first come first serve....there were ONLY 6600 ppl planning to attend... samnsara Jun 2020 #10

In Oklahoma! MiniMe Jun 2020 #12

Covidhoma! rusty fender Jun 2020 #40

Cute. Having lived just north in Kansas.... erronis Jun 2020 #90

It goes without saying rusty fender Jun 2020 #110

Yes - it's first come, first serve NewJeffCT Jun 2020 #49

You're looking at it wrong... lame54 Jun 2020 #11

exactly Locrian Jun 2020 #73

Here's the thing melman Jun 2020 #13

Thanks for that link. It explains quite a bit - more like disrupting the media machine.... erronis Jun 2020 #91

Exactly edhopper Jun 2020 #103

it demonstrates that the social media savvy trump campaign isn't so social media savvy. uncle ray Jun 2020 #111

He'd have succeeded but for those meddling kids ! OnDoutside Jun 2020 #14

Yep pamela Jun 2020 #15

Yes, but matt819 Jun 2020 #16

You just don't get it. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #17

+1 fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #22

Yes, OP does not understand the reason. nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #25

Yeah melman Jun 2020 #27

Also, the K-Poppers had a huge online presence against anti-BLM assholes. n/t demmiblue Jun 2020 #31

+1. They proved to the world that Parscale and Trump were full of shit. dalton99a Jun 2020 #33

Yep DU is showing it's demographics GusBob Jun 2020 #43

This is exactly it. Wheezy Jun 2020 #48

Exactly. honest.abe Jun 2020 #56

That's it, they caused the campaign to artificially inflate the response and number of people.... George II Jun 2020 #77

JFC, can we please just revel in BOTH? SMC22307 Jun 2020 #18

Yes! fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #23

There ya go. 👍 nt crickets Jun 2020 #55

You understand that's not the narrative nyt is pushing right? uponit7771 Jun 2020 #107

No, sir. This is the West, sir. Brother Buzz Jun 2020 #19

Who cares? Trump was publicly humiliated. fleur-de-lisa Jun 2020 #21

That is the key outcome here. The utter embarrasment of it all yellowdogintexas Jun 2020 #36

I don't care who was responsible, that was quite the epic fail! Initech Jun 2020 #24

You miss the real reason, see post 17! nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #26

yes but, come on Skittles Jun 2020 #29

You don't understand the prank at all! unitedwethrive Jun 2020 #32

Right and Trump had to know there were not a million. He is the fool to promote that expectation. LizBeth Jun 2020 #34

Thank you. Tipperary Jun 2020 #35

Yeah, but the kids made his team - and him - hype the shit out of it. NNadir Jun 2020 #37

So NYT once again plays defence for Trump! How can they be so blatent! bobbieinok Jun 2020 #38

Don't take the OPs word for it. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #87

It's the headline not content of the article that's misleading uponit7771 Jun 2020 #108

The NYT DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #89

The "story" should be the NYT and their false narrative. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2020 #41

Nope. Mostly it's the OP that got back footed on this one stopdiggin Jun 2020 #61

Did you read the articles? Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #105

'There will be no empty seats' keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #42

wrong NewJeffCT Jun 2020 #44

then explain the "over a million tickets" claim stopdiggin Jun 2020 #70

think you're wrong, NewJeffCT. These weren't reserved seats. Good try, tho. erronis Jun 2020 #92

Wrong whopis01 Jun 2020 #102

I explained that to someone just this morning. catrose Jun 2020 #45

Could you please link to the story that says that kids kept Trump Sloumeau Jun 2020 #47

They didn't. And the NYT didn't say they did. stopdiggin Jun 2020 #67

Exactly. All it did, if it's true, is inflate the numbers the campaign thought they'd get.... George II Jun 2020 #50

Also don't forget that they moved the date from Friday to Saturday Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #52

2 seconds ago barbtries Jun 2020 #53

I like the story either way Sucha NastyWoman Jun 2020 #54

I kept pointing that out on Twitter. AJT Jun 2020 #58

I have not seen anyone, including the NY Times, suggest that the stunt prevented anyone Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #59

+1 stopdiggin Jun 2020 #71

+2 demmiblue Jun 2020 #80

Interesting. Brad Pasacale and the Trump campaign are saying same thing GusBob Jun 2020 #60

Fact: JohnQFunk Jun 2020 #62

Except that the OPs claims about what the NY Times said are fake news. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #104

Sorry, I think that is just bullshit. n/t Marrah_Goodman Jun 2020 #115

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2020 #64

True the TikTok ticket buyers didn't cause the low turnout hellacia Jun 2020 #65

The kids tricked the tRump CAMPAIGN into OVER-BILLING THE SIZE of the upcoming rally. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #66

The expectations were so high, the fall was even more precipitous. NT Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #69

YES THEY DID!!!! yaesu Jun 2020 #76

EXACTLY CORRECT relayerbob Jun 2020 #79

I could care less about the RW excuses for low turnout despite some time and money wasting pranks. lambchopp59 Jun 2020 #82

The truth is those kids did great, lets not have threads knocking those trying to help us yaesu Jun 2020 #83

Ding, Ding, Ding Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #84

Do you think that since there was no guarrantee they would get in... BadGimp Jun 2020 #93

That's what I think, too. Mariana Jun 2020 #97

Here's the simple breakdown sheepfarm Jun 2020 #94

Another post telling people how to feel. SlogginThroughIt Jun 2020 #95

Whatever. I just like the thought that Trump got punked on his "own" media... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #96

Who cares? Act_of_Reparation Jun 2020 #98

Exactly. Ragging on the kids for doing the right thing is a bit much. onetexan Jun 2020 #106

Who cares. The optics are permanent. budkin Jun 2020 #99

A couple things... BGBD Jun 2020 #100

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2020 #101

We are discussing the disastrous turnout. You're not? (n/t) SMC22307 Jun 2020 #112

It did nothing in relation to the turn out at the rally malaise Jun 2020 #109

What the kids did was inflate the bubble of expectations. haele Jun 2020 #114

But what the kids did was give him a false sense of woodsprite Jun 2020 #116