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Breakdown of what happened in Tulsa
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:29 pm
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An article published several days ago written by an anonymous attendee made the claim that the management for the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma sabotaged attendance for the campaign rally by President Trump held there last Saturday resulting in thousands of empty seats in the BOK Center and the cancellation of plans for Trump and Vice President Pence to speak to an expected overflow crowd of thousands on a stage set up just outside the arena before speaking at the rally inside.
The fire marshal and arena management put attendance at just over 6,000 while the Trump campaign claimed 12,000 had cleared metal detectors.
A June 25 report by Armstrong Economics claimed that early in the day on Saturday BOK Center staff had placed stickers on every other seat in the arena barring use thereby cutting in half the attendance of the 19,199 seat arena. That report was not corroborated until Friday and Saturday when Billboard and the Washington Post respectively reported on the stickers and pushback by the Trump campaign that had campaign workers peeling the stickers off the seats right before the rally.
The other allegations of sabotage made by the attendee are that BOK Center temperature screeners were pulled off the job hours early, thereby making it impossible for rally attendees to get the green wristbands needed to advance to the Secret Service metal detectors for entry into the arena and the overflow stage area for the Trump and Pence speeches, and that cleared attendees were only allowed inside the arena in groups of one hundred at a time.
What makes the allegation of an effort to drive down attendance plausible is the celebratory tweet the night of the rally by Jay Marciano, head of the management company for the BOK Center, AEG–part of ASM Global, on the low recorded attendance, “Lying Don’s show in Tulsa is a big fat STIFF! There are only 6624 people in the arena. So much for “There were requests for 1 million.” Total lies. Are we surprised??
…5. The BOK center just before the doors opened had block off every other seat in the arena so the arena could only hold about 9500 people.
6. After continued back and forth with the trump campaign, something happened to allow more people in (in groups of just 100 at a time). We had to wait about 30 minutes each time for them to let just 100 of us trickle into the building. I am not talking about their security- we had already passed through metal detectors and everything. You could actually run into the building each time they would let just 100 of us in at a time, but that was just just wrong and corrupt on BOK management’s part. They removed the stickers/rule on every other seat – that is true, but only after they shut down all entry to the “event location”.
7. I looked over at the screening area and told my wife- something fishy is gong on- 2 hours before the rally – the screeners have left. I told her- no one can get to the stage/overflow area or the BOK center with the “temperature screeners” gone. It is like the people that collect tickets say- I am done we are leaving.
8. They left their posts and from what I am learning- thousands could not get in to the first checkpoint because the temperature screeners had to put green wrist band on you to gain access to the Secret Service security checkpoint. No green band— no entry to the security check point.
9. I think the BOK management told the screeners – we have reached the capacity for what we are letting into the BOK center, so shut down- do not allow the other Trump supporters to get a temperature check and no more green wrist bands. Do not issue green wrist bands so they can get into the holding area to see the stage for the outdoor Trump Rally.
10. It was all a setup to make it look like the crowds did not show up. The crowds DID show up and after 5pm,- 2 hours before the event- no one was there to let them get to security…
More in the link ...
An article published several days ago written by an anonymous attendee made the claim that the management for the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma sabotaged attendance for the campaign rally by President Trump held there last Saturday resulting in thousands of empty seats in the BOK Center and the cancellation of plans for Trump and Vice President Pence to speak to an expected overflow crowd of thousands on a stage set up just outside the arena before speaking at the rally inside.
The fire marshal and arena management put attendance at just over 6,000 while the Trump campaign claimed 12,000 had cleared metal detectors.
A June 25 report by Armstrong Economics claimed that early in the day on Saturday BOK Center staff had placed stickers on every other seat in the arena barring use thereby cutting in half the attendance of the 19,199 seat arena. That report was not corroborated until Friday and Saturday when Billboard and the Washington Post respectively reported on the stickers and pushback by the Trump campaign that had campaign workers peeling the stickers off the seats right before the rally.
The other allegations of sabotage made by the attendee are that BOK Center temperature screeners were pulled off the job hours early, thereby making it impossible for rally attendees to get the green wristbands needed to advance to the Secret Service metal detectors for entry into the arena and the overflow stage area for the Trump and Pence speeches, and that cleared attendees were only allowed inside the arena in groups of one hundred at a time.
What makes the allegation of an effort to drive down attendance plausible is the celebratory tweet the night of the rally by Jay Marciano, head of the management company for the BOK Center, AEG–part of ASM Global, on the low recorded attendance, “Lying Don’s show in Tulsa is a big fat STIFF! There are only 6624 people in the arena. So much for “There were requests for 1 million.” Total lies. Are we surprised??
…5. The BOK center just before the doors opened had block off every other seat in the arena so the arena could only hold about 9500 people.
6. After continued back and forth with the trump campaign, something happened to allow more people in (in groups of just 100 at a time). We had to wait about 30 minutes each time for them to let just 100 of us trickle into the building. I am not talking about their security- we had already passed through metal detectors and everything. You could actually run into the building each time they would let just 100 of us in at a time, but that was just just wrong and corrupt on BOK management’s part. They removed the stickers/rule on every other seat – that is true, but only after they shut down all entry to the “event location”.
7. I looked over at the screening area and told my wife- something fishy is gong on- 2 hours before the rally – the screeners have left. I told her- no one can get to the stage/overflow area or the BOK center with the “temperature screeners” gone. It is like the people that collect tickets say- I am done we are leaving.
8. They left their posts and from what I am learning- thousands could not get in to the first checkpoint because the temperature screeners had to put green wrist band on you to gain access to the Secret Service security checkpoint. No green band— no entry to the security check point.
9. I think the BOK management told the screeners – we have reached the capacity for what we are letting into the BOK center, so shut down- do not allow the other Trump supporters to get a temperature check and no more green wrist bands. Do not issue green wrist bands so they can get into the holding area to see the stage for the outdoor Trump Rally.
10. It was all a setup to make it look like the crowds did not show up. The crowds DID show up and after 5pm,- 2 hours before the event- no one was there to let them get to security…
More in the link ...
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:34 pm to Crimson Wraith
There was a great article in Occam’s Razor that explained how people just aren’t interested enough to risk a deadly communicable disease to spend hours of their lives dedicated to listening to the inane ramblings of an old internet troll.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:39 pm to Crimson Wraith
For some reason most of the pics are not loading but this does.
I said the night of the rally that I saw on Fox a lot of Trump supporters still outside when it started.
I said the night of the rally that I saw on Fox a lot of Trump supporters still outside when it started.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:40 pm to victoire sécurisé
6200 ppl did
5 ppl showed up for Joe
Clown
5 ppl showed up for Joe
Clown
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:40 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:
Breakdown of what happened in Tulsa
1. Hardly anybody showed up
2. Rally was a flop
3. Trump left in a bad mood
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:42 pm to SDVTiger
Not lying. The rally was a flop, and Trump was notably upset about it.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:43 pm to Crimson Wraith
Have there been any reports of people showing up to the rally but unable to get in? I don’t recall seeing anything, and that sure seems like the sort of thing that would have been widely shared on this site.
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:43 pm to scionofadrunk
I will ask again why are you lying?
This post was edited on 6/28/20 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:47 pm to Crimson Wraith
I just think the story would be told by all of the individuals that showed up but couldn’t get in.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:50 pm to funnystuff
quote:
Have there been any reports of people showing up to the rally but unable to get in? I don’t recall seeing anything, and that sure seems like the sort of thing that would have been widely shared on this site.
Did you read the article?
Also, as I stated above, I saw Trump supporters outside on live TV when the Trump was starting.
Fox did not comment on it, but it was shown.
Did a million people show up? No. No one expected 1 million people to show up in Tulsa.
Did some shady shite go on? Yes, it appears so.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:51 pm to funnystuff
quote:
Have there been any reports of people showing up to the rally but unable to get in?
Yes. Old news.
Posted on 6/28/20 at 7:54 pm to scionofadrunk
quote:
and Trump was notably upset about it
According to?
Posted on 6/28/20 at 8:02 pm to scionofadrunk
quote:If reports of sabotage are the, then the rally was not a flop and it would explain why Trump looked visibly upset in your estimation.
Not lying. The rally was a flop, and Trump was notably upset about it.
You assume it was due to lack of interest instead of foul play. He has been talking to full arenas for years now and you think people feeling trapped in their homes lost interest?
Posted on 6/28/20 at 8:05 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:Thank you for clearing the air on Tulsagate. This is an important topic and I find it troubling that it's not getting the attention it deserves.
Did you read the article?
Also, as I stated above, I saw Trump supporters outside on live TV when the Trump was starting.
Fox did not comment on it, but it was shown.
Did a million people show up? No. No one expected 1 million people to show up in Tulsa.
Did some shady shite go on? Yes, it appears so.
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