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denem

(11,045 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 05:46 PM Jun 2020

Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump's Tulsa rally

Source: Washington Post

Workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump’s Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up

In the hours before President Trump’s 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 Trump’s 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 Trump’s campaign told event management to stop and then began removing the stickers, hours before the president’s 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.
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denem

(11,045 posts)
4. I think that is what this is about,
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:04 PM
Jun 2020

erecting an higher wall between BOK Center management and legal liability. Perhaps accounts of new hospitalization are trickling in.

erronis

(14,952 posts)
5. Give it about 7-10 days before all those paid actors and cretins need healthcare.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:18 PM
Jun 2020

And are denied because Texas/Abbot and or US/trump don't want to admit more cases, more deaths.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
6. "But I am loyal party member!"
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:18 PM
Jun 2020

"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)
7. it's just stunning to me that in every single situation on any given day, they ALWAYS choose to
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 07:20 PM
Jun 2020

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.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
15. And they had plenty of room!
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 02:18 PM
Jun 2020

Some space in that crowd with seats between them would have given more of an impression the venue was full!

Chellee

(2,086 posts)
11. I hope that the BOK Center charges them for the cost of the stickers.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 09:58 PM
Jun 2020

That was BOK property that the campaign destroyed. Surely they can be charged for that.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
17. I hope the accountants at the BOK Center don't hold their breaths ...
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 03:54 PM
Jun 2020

... 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)
12. So if they placed that many stickers
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 10:18 PM
Jun 2020

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)
13. They are so incompetent
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 10:52 PM
Jun 2020

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.

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