Trump changes course and won't hold Tulsa rally on Juneteenth and claims over 200,000 want to attend

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Source: RawStory

President Donald Trump reversed course for one of the first times in his presidency with a late-night announcement on Twitter on Friday.

After 11 p.m. in New Jersey, where he is staying at his Bedminster resort, Trump announced he would change the date of his first post-coronavirus rally back a day, after widespread criticism.



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/trump-changes-course-and-wont-hold-tulsa-rally-on-juneteenth-and-claims-over-200000-want-to-attend/

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Apparently his staff were able to convince him that the optics were horrible,

and optics is all he cares about. It still stinks that he's doing it in Tulsa.

[Xipe Totec]

2. That's a good first step. Now change the venue. nt

[catbyte]

3. Ugh. I just realized that thing moved his little hatefest to my birthday.

[Karadeniz]

24. Sincerest regrets!

[FM123]

4. "my African American friends"

OMG. He really said that.

[Doreen]

6. Well, he does have Ben Carson.

[alp227]

11. Not surprising from the same guy

who pointed out a black attendee in one of his rallies: "Look at my African-American over here."

The person he pointed out is named Gregory Cheadle. In 2019, Cheadle left the Republican Party.

[Botany]

33. Supporters too!

"Many of my African American friends and supporters have ..."

[TheRickles]

37. This tweet looks like it was written by someone else.

No caps, no exclamation points, too many big words, proper punctuation, etc.....

[rurallib]

40. wonder if the writer told Trump about it?

[machoneman]

44. ...wonder if the writer lied about those 200,000 requests?

[applegrove]

5. His dog whistles being called out is hurting him. Keep calling it out. nt

[Blue Owl]

7. Hey Donny ask your African American friends if you should keep Obama's portrait under a veil

n/t

[pazzyanne]

30. Excellent question!!!

[IronLionZion]

8. Since Oklahoma is a such a competitive swing state

Emancipation Day was the issue, not the Tulsa race massacre.

[walkingman]

9. 200,000??? Are there that many people that like this guy?That many "arse lickers" in Okla?

[pazzyanne]

31. His venue reported holds 19,000.

[usaf-vet]

38. Is that the same 200,000 folks who cough-up big dollars to buy pallets full of RW authors new books

..... to put them on the bestseller list overnight?

Trump couldn't manage the Covid-19 pandemic where 100,000+ Americans have lost their lives.

He isn't capable of managing anything that would require plans for 200,000 people. Including tally the requests.

When it comes to numbers his ass spits out nothing but untruthful crap.

[NotASurfer]

53. Maybe 200,000 protesters want to attend

He confuses these things frequently

[live love laugh]

10. He lies so much he'll probably still go on the 19th. nt

[sfstaxprep]

12. Oklahoma With It's Massive 7 Electoral Votes

He's gotta start somewhere.

[Warpy]

50. He's running out of places to go

There aren't that many states that are going to allow him a crowded indoor venue where masking is prohibited.

He and his cult might be nuts, but state and local public health departments are not.

[DURHAM D]

13. Why haven't we heard anything from Omarosa?

She should be all over my tv talking about BLM.

Are they paying her to be quiet?

[sfstaxprep]

15. Because She's An Idiot, That Nobody Cares About?

Perhaps her 15 minutes are up. It was already about 13 minutes too long.

[sfstaxprep]

14. I Have A Question

If they have 200,000 Requests already, and the venue holds around 20K, then Why Are They Still Allowing People To Sign Up?

Perhaps they meant 2,000 requests.

[PatSeg]

19. Trump isn't too good with numbers

Like in "Many of my African American friends". I don't think Trump's definition of "many" is the same as your's or mine. There's no way they got more than 200,000 requests, especially in Tulsa! That would be half the population of that city.

Oh wait a minute.............he's lying!

[SeattleVet]

27. The only math he does is DIVISION.

[PatSeg]

41. Bingo!

[SeattleVet]

26. They're expecting a LOT of 'No-Shows'?

With any luck they will be charged a huge fee by the venue for changing the date. Of course, getting them to actually pay it will be the challenge.

Parscale was claiming 300,000 ticket requests.

[Kaiserguy]

35. With Trump you never get the truth

however I'll bet his sign up number are very small. His you can't sue when you get sick couldn't have helped. Even his brain dead base has to wonder about that, at least a little bit.

[duforsure]

36. Very likely he's trying to project phony numbers, like he did with jobs numbers,

Because there's not many requests coming in now, so this is how he does it. He claims something that's false , then pays people to attend while saying there were many more there, then repeats the lie. Then I think he wants to instigate violence from others at it to use to incite more people in his group . media needs to ignore his attempts to use them to spread his propaganda , I am by when they show him lying I turn the channel and don't return until the next day, and if they do it again for longer. I won't support media that helps him or show s his propaganda. His numbers are tanking so he needs this diversion from the virus failures , the economy failures, and his legal problems to attention on him . trump wants to be a super spreader with this virus. With these hitler like gathering he will be.

[Doug.Goodall]

39. Requests are made by the internet. Russian bots run the numbers up.

190000 requests probably came from bot farms in Eastern Europe.

[sheilahi]

43. ya think?

Or 2. Hey, honest mistake.

[sprinkleeninow]

16. At his bedbugster resort? 🤔

[DallasNE]

17. But It Is Still Being Held In Tulsa

The site of the most horrible mass killings of black people in the 20th century - now one day off the anniversary of that horrible event so this still sends a terrible message. Oh, the arena where the rally will be held holds 19,000. Good luck for the other 180,000 - if they are real.

[BamaRefugee]

18. Wonder what the real reason is?

[PatSeg]

20. He was watching cable news tonight

The Tulsa rally was covered a lot and obviously, he didn't look good.

[BamaRefugee]

21. Nah,he wouldn't willingly turn into a pussy right in front of his base.. if that was true he would

have “reversed course “ 2000 times in the last 4 years.

[greenjar_01]

22. Fucking bozo

The dumbasses at FR will now have to spout out a new Truth. It's weird that they hate the "ChiComs," since they act like fucking Maoists.

[EarlG]

23. Flail, flail, flail

In the last 48 hours Trump has 1) announced that he's changing the date of his rally out of respect for black people, but also 2) demanded that military bases remain named after Confederate generals, and 3) suggested that the "end result" of Lincoln's presidency was "questionable."

It's just wild swinging now as he tries to land on a position that will offer him some relief in the polls.

[Dios Mio]

25. Such a sensitive man.

[Beartracks]

28. Good for him that no one can prove "turned down" tickets.

And you know whatever venue it's at, he will SAY it was a full house (because if it isn't, that would mean he didn't really have 300,000 ticket requests) and for some reason the media will probably not show empty seats, opting for close-in shots of Trump -- with all 3 black people there positioned behind him to give some color to his backdrop.

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[keithbvadu2]

29. His personal African-American?

[WestLosAngelesGal]

32. Population of Tulsa

394,500

[DVRacer]

48. Being from here there is more than that in the metro area

You have Jenks,Bixby,Broken Arrow,Owasso and Sand Springs as well touching Tulsa. Then figure we are a few hours away from Dallas, Little Rock and Kansas City Less than an hour from Oklahoma City too. Oh it will be full of people already even without him that weekend. The Shelby Mustang Nationals are here then with 10k cars from all over the United States and foreign countries and the Juneteenth celebrations we have. Tulsa will be very full of people next week.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. What? No coup with smoke, troops, mirrors, and a Bible?

He's delusional

[llmart]

42. "one of the first times in his presidency"

Nice grammar. Can there be more than one "first times"?

Besides that, he's changed his mind a gazillion times since he's been in office. Says one thing one day, another opposite thing the next day and on and on.

And they had the nerve to call John Kerry a "flip flopper".

[KY_EnviroGuy]

45. Does his statement mean he wants Juneteenth to be a national holiday?

......... .......

Per Wikipedia:

Recognition

After Texas recognized the date in 1980, many states followed suit. By 2002, eight states officially recognized Juneteenth and four years later 15 states recognized the holiday. By 2008, nearly half of US states observed the holiday as a ceremonial observance. Forty-seven of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as either a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance. The three states that do not recognize Juneteenth are Hawaii, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Almost all states have recognized the date in some form.

He should move it to Moscow where he could have millions attend.

KY

[packman]

46. I think he is showing remarkable humility and restraint

in ONLY claiming 200K people requests. In previous days he would have claimed 200 million, full TV coverage, and a parade down the streets of the city where the emperor could show off his new clothing. Bless him, he's finally learning to rein in his ego.

[NCjack]

47. 200,000 people have requested tickets? Maybe over 50% are never-Trump

folks who will be a client protest.

[Mz Pip]

51. I know some people who ordered tickets

Just to troll him. There are probably more that did the same.

[left-of-center2012]

49. Trump campaign manager says 300,000 tickets registered for upcoming rally

In a hall that holds 19,000.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502570-trump-campaign-manager-says-300000-tickets-registered-for-upcoming-rally

[AC_Mem]

52. Lies

the fact that he has thrown such a high number out there tells me that his numbers are actually pretty low. Has anyone looked at Tulsa Craig's list to see if they are looking for "actors" for that date?