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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:07 PM Jun 2020

Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus

Poor lil snowflake, needs attention, I suspect. I love the sound of counter-assembling!


Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus
The president and his team believe the massive protests in recent weeks will make it harder for critics to single him out.
By ALEX ISENSTADT
06/08/2020 04:05 PM EDT


Donald Trump is planning to restart rallies in the next two weeks in a major turning point for the president since the coronavirus shut down traditional campaigning.

Trump’s advisers are still determining where the rallies will take place and what safety measures will be implemented, depending on the type of venue chosen. Campaign manager Brad Parscale is expected to present Trump with possibilities within the next few days.

The president has been itching to resume his boisterous rallies, his favorite way to connect with supporters and let off steam. He's planning to use the events to drive home what is expected to be a major theme of his campaign: that he is the leader of the country’s reopening and economic rebound. Trump held a hastily-called press conference Friday to celebrate an unexpectedly strong jobs report, and his campaign immediately began running a massive ad campaign seizing on the news.

“Americans are ready to get back to action and so is President Trump. The great American comeback is real and the rallies will be tremendous,” Parscale said in a statement. “You’ll again see the kind of crowds and enthusiasm that sleepy Joe Biden can only dream of.”


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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/08/trump-rally-coronavirus-307496
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Trump to restart MAGA rallies this month despite coronavirus (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2020 OP
Please proceed. That's a herd that could really use thinning. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #1
The problem is... manhattan123 Jun 2020 #7
That is indeed the problem. Maybe the price of attendance The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #8
Fine. Let them all be packed in like sardines and unmasked. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #2
This could be Trump's Battle Flag TheBlackAdder Jun 2020 #17
Hey I like that. lpbk2713 Jun 2020 #24
Trump will appear in a pressurized glass cubicle..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #3
Tremendous captain queeg Jun 2020 #4
Hmmmmm, if its hard to have MAGA KKKlan rallies outside then yeah ... let them have them inside uponit7771 Jun 2020 #5
Pack 'em in tight. No masks allowed. 11 Bravo Jun 2020 #6
You joke but I would guess this would be a requirement budkin Jun 2020 #14
This year is going to be one for the books, in public health annals... Hekate Jun 2020 #9
Yep. Sadly, I agree, and am babylonsister Jun 2020 #23
he wants to kill bdamomma Jun 2020 #10
They know exactly what they are doing. Blue_true Jun 2020 #19
Don't be hypocrites like the GOP zak247 Jun 2020 #11
Protests for human rights vs protests against human rights NT Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #18
"The left" is not being hypocritical. "The left" has had nothing to do with creating a spontaneous Hekate Jun 2020 #25
Great, another place for the protesters kacekwl Jun 2020 #12
The president and his team believe the massive protests in recent weeks Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #13
I believed all along that Trump would hold rallies, regardless of what Blue_true Jun 2020 #22
I hope they all have a great time together. Hopefully MSNBC won't show an empty podium for an hour SoonerPride Jun 2020 #15
Shake lots of hands MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #16
Don't be hypocrites zak247 Jun 2020 #20
I hear that even the town of Dogpatch was reluctant to have him n/t DFW Jun 2020 #21
Well, that's a way to thin the herd obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #26

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
3. Trump will appear in a pressurized glass cubicle.....
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:13 PM
Jun 2020

lifted into place using a government helicopter to show his huuuge bravery......


I'm sure they'll have contact tracing in place for all the MAGATS.......

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
5. Hmmmmm, if its hard to have MAGA KKKlan rallies outside then yeah ... let them have them inside
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jun 2020

... with masks.

Also, people protesting and marching are young while MAGA Suckers are usually older

11 Bravo

(23,922 posts)
6. Pack 'em in tight. No masks allowed.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:18 PM
Jun 2020

Preferred seating and a personal meet-and-greet with the President for those with a dry cough and a temperature over 100 degrees.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. They know exactly what they are doing.
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:58 PM
Jun 2020

Like it or not, this race is going to come down to a war of attrition between us and them.

If Biden's team has not thought about how to hold rallies, they are making a gigantic tactical mistake. Our rallies can require that everyone that gets admitted wear a mask PROPERLY and keep it on during the rally. Hand sanitizer should also be offered. Anyone that comes to the entry point without a mask properly worn get turned around, no questions asked. Biden can couple his rally with that of key State and national candidates on stage, make the gathering efficient. Trump is unable to share a state if it isn't about him, so our diwn ballot candidates can gain a tactical advantage over their rivals.

We need to set a contrast, people being responsible versus them.

They are gambling that SARS-COV-2 will disappear, or at least not kill a lot of them. While we should not take the insane risks that they are taking, we also can stay in our homes and let them dictate the imagery.

 

zak247

(251 posts)
11. Don't be hypocrites like the GOP
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:39 PM
Jun 2020

Trumps going to say you folks didn't complain when the protests were going on.
So Trump can have his rallies or the liberals are being hypocrites.


I did complain about the protests and hope it doesn't start another COVID splurge.

But the left is being hypocritical here IMO.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
25. "The left" is not being hypocritical. "The left" has had nothing to do with creating a spontaneous
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jun 2020

...uprising of millions of outraged citizens of all ethnicities. Millions. People have had it up to their teeth with Trump's bullshit and with the systemic and unequal savagery of our police.

Without throwing a wet blanket on the outcry of millions, there have been people, both here in our DU community (which is not "the left" -- we are, as the name says, Democrats across a spectrum) and in the more rational voices commenting in the media (which is also not "the left" ) that people at protests are putting their health at risk.

We've discussed it here. One of the phrases from an MSNBC contributor that struck me was: "A virus doesn't care how noble your cause is" so take what precautions you can.

Twice in this thread you've accused us of "hypocracy." (That's hypocrisy, btw.) I urge you to rethink that -- or thoroughly explain what it is you see that strikes you as hypocritical.

Ex Lurker

(3,808 posts)
13. The president and his team believe the massive protests in recent weeks
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jun 2020

will make it harder for critics to single him out.

This is what I was afraid of. And the media will be complicit in that narrative.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
22. I believed all along that Trump would hold rallies, regardless of what
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 06:04 PM
Jun 2020

the coronavirus was doing. I also feel that Biden's team need to figure out how to hold rallies.

The fact is, this race will come down to image. If Trump is out holding rallies and Joe is at home, Joe is going to look weak and that won't be good.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
15. I hope they all have a great time together. Hopefully MSNBC won't show an empty podium for an hour
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 05:41 PM
Jun 2020

Better yet, don't cover them at all.

 

zak247

(251 posts)
20. Don't be hypocrites
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jun 2020

The left has egg over their faces over this folks.

Let's don't be like them and justify our own sides BS and hypocrisy.

And if you say my cause is better than yours then self-righteousness is worst than hypocracy

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