Saturday, June 20, 2020

When In Doubt, Make Things (Much, Much) Worse.

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It would appear that the arsonist has thrown gasoline on his own fire:

Tulsa was a city on edge Friday night, as Trump fans and protesters gathered in anticipation of the president's first campaign rally in months set for Saturday, raising fears of a violent confrontation and a worsening spread of the coronavirus as local cases spike.

Authorities set up a perimeter around the 19,000-seat BOK Center in downtown Tulsa, where those eager to see Trump started lining up at midweek. Businesses around the area boarded up their windows, and the mayor issued a state of emergency and set up a curfew out of concern that outside groups were headed to town to raise trouble.

But the city announced it was rescinding the safety measures after Trump tweeted:


"I just spoke to the highly respected Mayor of Tulsa, G.T. Bynum, who informed me there will be no curfew tonight or tomorrow for our many supporters attending the #MAGA Rally," Trump said. "Enjoy yourselves - thank you to Mayor Bynum!"


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Here's hoping our neighbours to the south can save themselves and all of theirs.


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4 comments:

Keith said...

The continuum of making things worse....

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/politics/trump-campaign-staffers/index.html


This can't be made up, no matter how hard one tries.

RossK said...

Keith--

How long will it be until some lackey screeches, 'It's A Covid Party!'


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Scotty on Denman said...

Covidfefe...

e.a.f. said...

the latest Lincoln Project ad covers it all nicely.

a few more rallies like Tulsa and I expect donni to throw in the towel, unless of course he manages to create a few race riots along the way.