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[Peter McLennan]

How do you account for the zero overflow crowd that didn't need tickets? Seems like it was just a bit under the 40,000 that was predicted by the Trumpateers.

I predict precisely zero accounting for this telling bit of evidentially-sourced truth.

There was also near-zero evidence of interference with attendance by “radical left” protesters, despite such empty accusations by Trump and others here.

[hogloff]

I predict precisely zero accounting for this telling bit of evidentially-sourced truth.

There was also near-zero evidence of interference with attendance by “radical left” protesters, despite such empty accusations by Trump and others here.

Yep...the lying just continues.   

[faberryman]

According to the Fire Marshall, there were only 6200 supporters at the "rally". The old geezers that usually attend obviously thought better of risking their lives to COVID-19 infection by the surrounding crowd of maskless idiots. I also think some of the shine has come off the opportunity to listen to Trump lie to you in person for two hours. I can't wait to see the photoshopped photos of the arena they display at Monday's press briefing. "It was the largest crowd Tulsa has ever seen."

[Alan Klein]

I predict precisely zero accounting for this telling bit of evidentially-sourced truth.

There was also near-zero evidence of interference with attendance by “radical left” protesters, despite such empty accusations by Trump and others here.

Meanwhile Biden is hiding out in his basement afraid to meet the public.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

According to the Fire Marshall, there were only 6200 supporters at the "rally"... I can't wait to see the photoshopped photos of the arena they display at Monday's press briefing. "It was the largest crowd Tulsa has ever seen."

From CNN:

[hogloff]

According to the Fire Marshall, there were only 6200 supporters at the "rally". The old geezers that usually attend obviously thought better of risking their lives to COVID-19 infection by the surrounding crowd of maskless idiots. I also think some of the shine has come off the opportunity to listen to Trump lie to you in person for two hours. I can't wait to see the photoshopped photos of the arena they display at Monday's press briefing. "It was the largest crowd Tulsa has ever seen."

What, the Trumpateers don't believe the Trumper when he says Covid is on its way out?

[hogloff]

Meanwhile Biden is hiding out in his basement afraid to meet the public.

Perfect strategy as he watches the Trumper self disintegrate.

[hogloff]

From CNN:

That's 1/4 of the arena. Wonder what it looks like pointing away from the stage. Let's see, 1/4 of the arena is about 5,000 people...so yeh, maybe 6,200 is about right.

[Craig Lamson]

From CNN:

Is anyone really suprised that after a few weeks of protester love and kisses from the MSM,  followed by a few weeks of Trump hate and virus panic porn from the same,  that some decided it was not worth the risk and instead became part of the 4 million watching the rally online.  No news yet on the size of the live tv viewing. There are documented reports of protesters blocking the main entrance of the arena for some time and that there were many Trump supporters still waiting in line when they closed the doors at 7. Over 4 million is a pretty good reach.  Biden might be happy with 400.

Regardless, the silly folks requesting tickets that they never intended to use is nothing new and has been done before.  The thing they didn't figure out is that a ticket means nothing unless presented at the door and that it holds no seats.  They could have asked for two million and it would have been just as meaningless since those who wnated to attend, showed up at the arena and got in prior to it being filled would still get in.  It was an empty stunt, poorly reported once again by the left leaning media and pounced on by the unsuspecting dolts who though it was something. You gotta love the irony of the mensa lite AOC, praising a movement to help destroy Trumps election chances being hosted by the CCP 's TicTok. 

Its a long way to election day and slow joe, who a recent poll found a majority thinks he is in early stage dementia, is going to need to crawl out from his underground lair and deal in the real world.   Then it will be time for the popcorn...or is that Corn Pop?

[Robert Roaldi]

Easy, no need for spinning... a sabotage by the left. Like when they had to cancel a Chicago rally in 2016 due to the left mob violence.

Apparently, many on the left made ticket reservations, with no intention of showing up. It worked. Hopefully, Trump campaign will figure it out better for the next rally.

In both cases, it demonstrates the left’s inherent violence and anti-free speech and anti-peaceable assembly of the people, a 1st amendment right, and its ultimately totalitarian nature, like all commies.

He would have attracted a bigger crowd by only inviting all the people he's fired since taking office.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

In the meantime, at a Biden rally:

[hogloff]

Is anyone really suprised that after a few weeks of protester love and kisses from the MSM,  followed by a few weeks of Trump hate and virus panic porn from the same,  that some decided it was not worth the risk and instead became part of the 4 million watching the rally online.  No news yet on the size of the live tv viewing. There are documented reports of protesters blocking the main entrance of the arena for some time and that there were many Trump supporters still waiting in line when they closed the doors at 7. Over 4 million is a pretty good reach.  Biden might be happy with 400.

Regardless, the silly folks requesting tickets that they never intended to use is nothing new and has been done before.  The thing they didn't figure out is that a ticket means nothing unless presented at the door and that it holds no seats.  They could have asked for two million and it would have been just as meaningless since those who wnated to attend, showed up at the arena and got in prior to it being filled would still get in.  It was an empty stunt, poorly reported once again by the left leaning media and pounced on by the unsuspecting dolts who though it was something. You gotta love the irony of the mensa lite AOC, praising a movement to help destroy Trumps election chances being hosted by the CCP 's TicTok. 

Its a long way to election day and slow joe, who a recent poll found a majority thinks he is in early stage dementia, is going to need to crawl out from his underground lair and deal in the real world.   Then it will be time for the popcorn...or is that Corn Pop?

Yep, still a long way...wonder what else Trump will do to f*ck things up before November. So far 2020 has been a disaster for Trump and we are just half way. Get that popcorn and watch the Trumpster self distruct...this show will blow away any convention online audience.

[Craig Lamson]

Yep, still a long way...wonder what else Trump will do to f*ck things up before November. So far 2020 has been a disaster for Trump and we are just half way. Get that popcorn and watch the Trumpster self distruct...this show will blow away any convention online audience.

Actually 2020 was going quite well for Trump until China infected the world with Kung Flu.  I have a feeling the BLM folks have overplayed their hands and the law and order folks may turn the election.  And we have yet to see where the economy goes.  Biden has a pretty poor track record on that one.     You may be in for quite a shock on Jan 20, 2021 when Trump takes the oath of office again.

In any case I have plenty of popcorn.

[Peter McLennan]

There are documented reports of protesters blocking the main entrance of the arena for some time and that there were many Trump supporters still waiting in line when they closed the doors at 7.

Prove it.  Show us the "documented reports", including evidence of who made those reports. 

Also, show us evidence that Trump supporters were denied entrance at the door.

Evidence, please.  Otherwise, it's just meaningless assertions.

[John Camp]

N.Y.C. Hired 3,000 Workers for Contact Tracing. It’s Not Going Well.
The program is crucial to the next phase of reopening, which begins on Monday. But workers have not had much success in getting information from people who test positive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyregion/nyc-contact-tracing.html

I understand the theory of contact tracing, but it seems to me that the only way it could work would be at the very beginning of an epidemic, not after thousands of people have the virus. As a reporter, I sometimes had to go from one person to another to find out some particular thing, and it might take all day to do that. If you go to somebody who got sick four days after contracting the disease and becoming transmissible, how can you even expect that person to remember everybody he talked to...and then how do you find *those* people in any sort of efficient way and then how do you contact all the people those people contacted? It's nuts. I think the 3,000 people was more of a job program than a serious epidemic tracing attempt. 

[jeremyrh]

Looks like you’ll need a Red Bull with that popcorn!!

https://twitter.com/janemarielynch/status/1274512067119116289?s=21

[LesPalenik]

If my doctor can give a diagnosis and assessment of the current situation online, so can Biden.
It's stupid and inefficient to organize nonessential big mass gatherings in these times.

[jeremyrh]

I understand the theory of contact tracing, but it seems to me that the only way it could work would be at the very beginning of an epidemic, not after thousands of people have the virus. As a reporter, I sometimes had to go from one person to another to find out some particular thing, and it might take all day to do that. If you go to somebody who got sick four days after contracting the disease and becoming transmissible, how can you even expect that person to remember everybody he talked to...and then how do you find *those* people in any sort of efficient way and then how do you contact all the people those people contacted? It's nuts. I think the 3,000 people was more of a job program than a serious epidemic tracing attempt.

I think you’re right - at the beginning or at the end as a means to stop new outbreaks from flaring up. Once again S Korea seems to have set the standard with the UK once again dismally failing to get its act together, the latest debacle being the app system which was heralded as “world beating” now being dropped, with fingers of blame pointed at Apple instead of at the politicians who decided to go down that route, and a new project started to adopt the same approach as most others using the Apple/Google API.

[Robert Roaldi]

From CNN:

A while back you asked us to alert you when US Covid deaths reached 60,000. Someone did. Now the US is at 120,000+ deaths. Are you still pounding that snooze button?

[faberryman]

Is anyone really suprised that after a few weeks of protester love and kisses from the MSM,  followed by a few weeks of Trump hate and virus panic porn from the same,  that some decided it was not worth the risk and instead became part of the 4 million watching the rally online.

That and the waiver of liability the Trump campaign made you sign to get tickets may have put off a lot of Trump supporters. I mean that pops up on your computer screen and it's like: Holy cow, even Trump thinks I really might get infected!