Sad!President Trump scrapped a planned address to supporters outside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday as attendance appeared to fall short of expectations.
The Trump campaign said in a statement the president and Vice President Pence would not give speeches at a separate stage outside the arena as originally planned.
The campaign had touted the dual speeches from each leader as a special feature of the president's first campaign rally in months and a sign of the enthusiasm and turnout they were expecting in Tulsa.
Reporters on the ground shared photos and video of outside the arena just before the vice president was scheduled to take the stage, however, which showed a sparse crowd in an overflow area outside.
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The Trump campaign in a statement blamed the lighter than expected turnout on the media and protesters in the area.
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"Radical protestors, coupled with a relentless onslaught from the media, attempted to frighten off the President’s supporters. We are proud of the thousands who stuck it out."
The Hill
The president often boasts about turnout at his events in exaggerated terms, and the campaign said it had received more than 1 million ticket requests ahead of the Tulsa rally. But Saturday's gathering is taking place amid the coronavirus pandemic, where cases have spiked in Oklahoma in recent days.
Six Trump campaign staffers tested positive for coronavirus, the campaign said Saturday, casting yet another cloud over the rally.
Inside the arena, nearly all of those shown in news footage were not wearing face coverings.
Ouch. The speaker says, "The world is watching Tulsa, Oklahoma." Got to be pretty embarrassing.
They set him up with this rally to put him in a better mood. Looks like it's going to backfire.
Sad!
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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Really, that is just sad. Why would anyone run "the last 10 feet" anyway? Nobody would. What a pathetic little man.
I've heard Fox is showing only tight shots - nothing on the whole arena. But check this out..
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