Before the rally and after the rally pic.twitter.com/GkN45452aR
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 21, 2020
It would be nice to see this confirmed via official sources, but I expect the attendance records to be classified Top Secret by sunrise.
— The Burned Man (@Akula_KorAh) June 21, 2020
^^^ Toldja – Close enough –
Receipt: Timestamp 02:16am – Forbes.
“Turnout At Trump’s Tulsa Rally Was Just Under 6,200–A Fraction Of The Venue’s 19,200 Capacity”https://t.co/l6hn0dJH4Y pic.twitter.com/MtHSistWP2
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) June 21, 2020
… Big Number: 59%. A Fox News poll released Friday found that 59% of Americans said crowded campaign events are a bad idea, given the risks posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The poll also found that Republicans sharply diverge with Trump on the issue of mask wearing, with 70% saying they have a favorable view of them despite Trump consistently eschewing masks at public appearances…
you know, given that it's looking like tulsa ended up giving trump the worst rally attendance numbers of his entire political career, the fucking trailer park jokes are sounding a little tone deaf right now.
— golikehellmachine (@golikehellmachi) June 21, 2020
Sick staff and empty seats: How Trump’s triumphant return to the campaign trail went from bad to worse https://t.co/ohFPGJdw2R
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) June 21, 2020
A lovingly detailed saga of every massive #FAIL:
… Scanning cable news coverage earlier in the day, Trump was disappointed to see pictures not of massive lines forming outside the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa but of Geoffrey Berman, the federal prosecutor Trump’s attorney general had attempted unsuccessfully to dismiss the night before, a person familiar with his response said.
Hours later, the President was informed six campaign staffers in Tulsa had tested positive for coronavirus ahead of his scheduled arrival — an unfortunate reminder of an ongoing pandemic Trump’s critics say he is ignoring. After initially dismissing the revelation, a source familiar with his reaction said Trump erupted when it was subsequently reported in the media — overtaking coverage of the rally itself.
Still, a determined Trump was intent on breathing new life into his staggering campaign. He took off for Tulsa, convinced large swaths of his supporters would be waiting for him there…
When the President landed in Tulsa at 5:51 p.m. local time, the crowds his aides had promised him had failed to materialize. Air Force One flew over the arena, where Trump had been told thousands of supporters would be waiting to hear from him before he went inside, but saw nothing resembling the sea of people he’d been expecting.
While he was in the air, the campaign had canceled the outside appearance given the apparent lack of enthusiasm.
Once viewed inside the White House and Trump’s campaign as a reset button for a presidency beset by crises and self-inflicted wounds, Saturday evening’s campaign rally in Tulsa instead became plagued with pitfalls, a disappointing microcosm of the blindspots, denial and wishful thinking that have come to guide the President as he enters one of the most precarious moments of his first term…
After a nearly two-hour speech notable mainly for its discursiveness, Trump left Tulsa on Saturday night having spent around three hours in the city. The six advance staffers who had tested positive for coronavirus remained in their chain hotel rooms, quarantined for the foreseeable future…
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