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Trump Camp Lashes Media, 'Radical Protesters' For Lackluster Rally Turnout

  • June 21, 2020
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Large sections of the upper stands were clearly empty at President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, following days of campaign boasts that the venue would be packed to overflowing because some 1 million people had requested tickets to the event.

Trump had planned to deliver comments ahead of the rally to an overflow group of supporters outside the BOK Center. But just a smattering of people were waiting, and Trump canceled the appearance. The campaign claimed that Trump’s outdoor speech was canceled because of protests, a position that appeared to already be setting up the media and protesters as fall guys for the rally’s mediocre turnout.

“Protesters interfered with supporters, even blocking access to the metal detectors, which prevented people from entering the rally,” campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said in a statement. “Radical protesters, coupled with a relentless onslaught from the media, attempted to frighten off the president’s supporters.”

The Trump campaign had touted more than 1 million people requested tickets to the rally. Now it’s texting supporters there’s “still space!” as pictures show empty seats inside and an overflow crowd that never materialized
https://t.co/pRaHqdYQ2y

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) June 20, 2020

Trump also blamed the media as he opened his speech inside the area.

“The media was saying, ‘Don’t come,’” he told the far-less-than-capacity crowd.

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale echoed Murtaugh’s statement, blaming “radical protesters” who he said had been “fueled by a week of apocalyptic media coverage.”

The campaign later emphasized in a statement that millions of viewers watched Trump “across all of the campaign’s digital media channels.”

“The media, which encouraged protesters and bombarded Americans for more than a week with dire warnings against attending a Trump rally, are still unable to prevent President Trump from reaching the people,” the statement added.

Trump said Monday that his campaign was expecting a “record-setting crowd” at the rally. “We’ve never had an empty seat, and we certainly won’t in Oklahoma,” he added. 

He said the campaign planned to also use the convention hall next to the rally arena to handle the crowds — adding 40,000 extra spaces to the 19,000-capacity BOK Center.

“We’ve had such an overwhelming response that we’re also looking at another venue,” Vice President Mike Pence also told Fox News on Tuesday. “We’re also looking at outside activities.” 

President Trump on rally this Saturday in Oklahoma: “We expect to have, you know, it’s like a record-setting crowd. We’ve never had an empty seat and we certainly won’t in Oklahoma.” pic.twitter.com/9Lh4YtEo4m

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 15, 2020

Social media has been buzzing over the last week about a plot by TikTok users to convince hordes of voters to request tickets to the Tulsa rally — and then not show up.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) referred to the TikTok plot in a tweet mocking Parscale on Saturday. “Shout out to Zoomers,” she wrote. “Y’all make me so proud.”

Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID

Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud. ☺️ https://t.co/jGrp5bSZ9T

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 21, 2020

Trump’s own coronavirus task force had advised against going forward with holding the indoor rally over fears that it could spread COVID-19. The registration page for the rally included a legal disclaimer saying attendees couldn’t sue Trump or the campaign if they later tested positive for the virus. 

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