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In reply to the discussion: Thousands of Trump supporters left stranded in Omaha..some in medical distress [View all]crickets
(25,952 posts)44. There may some deaths before the night is over.
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One officer advising 8 to 9 elderly people who are struggling. Seperate officer advising they have located an elderly party who is frozen cold unable to move with an altered mental status.
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Another officer advising they have an elderly male down.
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Busses streaming into the area now.
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One officer advising 8 to 9 elderly people who are struggling. Seperate officer advising they have located an elderly party who is frozen cold unable to move with an altered mental status.
Omaha Scanner
@omaha_scanner
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Another officer advising they have an elderly male down.
Omaha Scanner
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Busses streaming into the area now.
I know the first thought is, "they brought it on themselves," but there are elderly who may not make it out of this alive.
I do have some sympathy for them, idiots they may be. I don't know why, but I see the deplorables as a continuum, from the militia jerks who could fall off a cliff tomorrow and I wouldn't even bother to wave goodbye, to some of the older ones who may still be deluded that they are dealing with a garden variety Repub. I think they're horrendously out of touch at best, but that's no reason to die like this. Silly me, but there you go.
eta - and there's no excuse for this happening. trump and his campaign staff are completely on the hook for it.
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Thousands of Trump supporters left stranded in Omaha..some in medical distress [View all]
HipChick
Oct 2020
OP
Anyone attending a Trump rally is definately voting for him - they are his base, he speaks their
walkingman
Oct 2020
#25
I dunno...I know (alas) the sort of people who would go to a trump rally but wouldn't vote at all
fishwax
Oct 2020
#48
I would estimate that approximately 100% of those cultists will still vote for him
Orrex
Oct 2020
#26
Sounds right. All the rallies they've already had and they can't get it right. Like Covid Response.
Captain Zero
Oct 2020
#117
If They Didn't Have So Many Thermometers, They Wouldn't Have So Many Frostbite Cases nt
smb
Oct 2020
#140
This is sick. Yeah, I know we tried to tell them, but for gods' sake they could die of exposure...
Hekate
Oct 2020
#40
I agree. How in the world did no one bother planning a safe way in and out? nt
crickets
Oct 2020
#49
I've been reading a couple of other threads, incl one to a scanner in Omaha. Seems to be 20 busses
Hekate
Oct 2020
#60
I've been reading the same. Everyone knew the rally would end after dark, it's cold,
crickets
Oct 2020
#69
The cops have picked up some elderly who are confused & suffering from hypothermia...
Hekate
Oct 2020
#80
"crazy irresponsible, really bad lack of planning" -- trumpian, in other words
Hermit-The-Prog
Oct 2020
#118
Reminds me of when Romney (after having lost) cancelled the credit cards of his staffers...
C Moon
Oct 2020
#43
I don't think anyone deserves to suffer due to the Trump campaign's poor planning,
Timer
Oct 2020
#121
None of the Omaha news outlets I Googled reporting yet. Temp there now 31 degrees.
Elwood P Dowd
Oct 2020
#59
Who pays for the rescue operation? How much worse could you make the COVID risk?
brewens
Oct 2020
#62
I can't gloat over this- the latest weather from Eppley gives a wind chill of 25F
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2020
#73
Sounds like it's been mostly resolved. Just a few crowds of people in parking lots left.
ffr
Oct 2020
#94
6 more hrs and they will know what it feels like to vote in a Democratic precinct.
Aerator
Oct 2020
#101
After Covids, He has said he is glad he doesn't have contact with them. They're disgusting.
Captain Zero
Oct 2020
#125
Obviously mistakes were made. But if you play stupid games you win stupid prizes.
GoneOffShore
Oct 2020
#130
So, who are these stranded cult members blaming for their plight?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Oct 2020
#131