Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump's Tulsa rally
Source: Washington Post
Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trumps Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up
In the hours before President Trumps rally in Tulsa, his campaign directed the removal of thousands of Do Not Sit Here, Please! stickers from seats in the arena that were intended to establish social distance between rallygoers, according to video and photos obtained by The Washington Post and a person familiar with the event.
The removal contradicted instructions from the management of the BOK Center, the 19,000-seat arena in downtown Tulsa where Trump held his rally on June 20. At the time, coronavirus cases were rising sharply in Tulsa County, and Trump faced intense criticism for convening a large crowd for an indoor political rally, his first such event since the start of the pandemic.
As part of its safety plan, arena management had purchased 12,000 do-not-sit stickers for Trumps rally, intended to keep people apart by leaving open seats between attendees. On the day of the rally, event staff had already affixed them on nearly every other seat in the arena when Trumps campaign told event management to stop and then began removing the stickers, hours before the presidents arrival, according to a person familiar with the event who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/workers-removed-thousands-of-social-distancing-stickers-before-trumps-tulsa-rally-according-to-video-and-a-person-familiar-with-the-set-up/2020/06/27/f429c3be-b801-11ea-9b0f-c797548c1154_story.html
If they had left the stickers in place, it might have camouflaged some of the empty blue seats.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)they can't kid the virus.
Bengus81
(6,907 posts)Or go hold your NAZI rally somewhere else.
sop
(9,946 posts)denem
(11,045 posts)erecting an higher wall between BOK Center management and legal liability. Perhaps accounts of new hospitalization are trickling in.
erronis
(14,952 posts)And are denied because Texas/Abbot and or US/trump don't want to admit more cases, more deaths.
Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)"I am true to God Emperor Donald! What are you doing! Let me go! Please, no! I am loyal party member!!"
If they didn't know it was a death cult before, they're gonna figure it out real soon. (Although I might be giving them too much credit.)
pnwest
(3,265 posts)do the wrong thing, or make a bad thing worse, or facilitate the worst possible outcome. They are perverse, vengeful, selfish cretins. They are like evil, little, shit-stirring demons running around wreaking havoc for fun.
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)JDC
(10,081 posts)Mickju
(1,794 posts)Bravo!
JDC
(10,081 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)Some space in that crowd with seats between them would have given more of an impression the venue was full!
JDC
(10,081 posts)Chellee
(2,086 posts)That was BOK property that the campaign destroyed. Surely they can be charged for that.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,283 posts)... waiting for the campaign to pay their bills.
Trump will think BOK Center owes him, for the privilege of Trump gracing the premises with his presence.
blugbox
(951 posts)How were they hyping how many people would be in there anyway? They knew they couldn't actually have that many people seated even if everyone showed up...
DVDGuy
(53 posts)Had they kept the stickers and the social distancing, it could have made the stadium look a bit more full they could have claimed that this was the reason why it wasn't at capacity. They can't even do the right thing for themselves, let alone the country.