- Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:48 pm
#125944
johnfibs is still blaimng the empty seats on "leftists." Here's proof that's a lie:
"Still, interest in the event was high. About 1.1 million people registered to attend, forcing aides to begin making plans to stage an added outdoor event. Aides knew the 1.1 million figure was inflated: After sorting through the sign-ups — a process that included looking at registrants' voting histories — they determined that about 300,000 were fake.
To winnow down the likely audience further, advisers estimated that only between 200,000 and 300,000 people lived within immediate driving distance. Worst-case scenario, they concluded, was an audience of about 60,000.
But when they woke up Saturday morning, Trump advisers realized things were going downhill. Protesters were convening outside the arena. News emerged that a half-dozen advance staffers had tested positive for coronavirus, a revelation that angered the president ahead of his departure for Oklahoma and further amplified fears that the event could spread the disease. Hours before the rally was to get underway, it became clear to the president’s lieutenants that a debacle was underway and that there would be a patchwork of empty seats.
Making matters worse was the campaign was it's initial declaration that 1 million people had signed up to see Trump in Tulsa, a boast that was now destined to fall on its face."
So of the alleged 800,000 Republicans who the campaign claimed had registered to attend, not even 7,000 showed up. And johnny blames that on "leftists."
"The Tulsa Fire Marshal reports that the official count for President Trump's campaign rally on Saturday was just under 6,200 people. That number was derived from the number of tickets scanned and doesn’t include staff, suites, or media, according to Andy Little with TFD."-Tulsa newson6
To johnforbes, nothing is ever Trump's fault. johnny's a dielimp Republican.
- By Clownkicker