Libs are proving once again that they cannot be trusted with mail in ballots.
CNN were definitely early with the promotion of the TikTok stunt (btw Tulsa World is owned by “Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 2020 the corporate purchase of BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company controlled by Warren Buffett” - Wikipedia):
16 Jun: Tulsa World: TikTok users are reportedly reserving tickets for Trump’s Tulsa rally they’ll never use
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
But some who have registered for the free event, which is scheduled to take place at a nearly 20,000 seat auditorium on Saturday, say they have no plans to attend.
They’re trying to troll the President’s campaign instead.
Mary Jo Laupp, a 51-year-old grandmother living in Fort Dodge, Iowa, appears to have helped led the charge on TikTok late last week when she posted a video encouraging people to go to Trump’s website, register to attend the event — and then not show up.
“All of those of us that want to see this 19,000 seat auditorium barely filled or completely empty go reserve tickets now and leave him standing alone there on the stage,” Laupp told her then-1,000 or so followers on TikTok, normally thought of a platform for dancing teenagers and not, necessarily, political action...
LINK Read the rest of the story at CNN.com
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/tiktok-users-are-reportedly-reserving-tickets-for-trumps-tulsa-rally-theyll-never-use/article_09d6037a-978a-5d7e-a591-e89a1f65fc56.html
however, CNN have completely changed the article. there’s no mention of 16 June date as at Tulsa World; simply has updated 21 Jun. different text with the exception of a few bits:
updated 21 Jun: CNN: TikTok users are trying to troll Trump’s campaign by reserving tickets for Tulsa rally they’ll never use
by Donie O’Sullivan; Additional reporting from CNN’s Sarah Westwood, Ryan Nobles, DJ Judd and Betsy Klein.
(scroll down) The grandmother who helped spark the effort, Laupp, said the Trump campaign will “find bodies to put in seats.”...
Laupp told CNN she had heard from people this week who had not known about the Tulsa massacre, and that “we as American citizens owe it to marginalized communities to know those parts of history.”
She said she plans on continuing to use her newfound TikTok platform in the months leading up to November’s election.
Having voted for Gary Johnson in 2016, she describes herself as a libertarian and while she is not yet sure if she will vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in the fall, she says she knows she will not vote for President Trump.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally-trnd/index.html
promoted below as well, with original CNN article in full:
16 Jun updated 16 Jun: ABC7: TikTok users are trying to troll Trump’s campaign by reserving tickets for Tulsa rally they’ll never use
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
President Donald Trump says almost 1 million people had requested tickets to attend his upcoming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But some who have registered for the free event, which is scheduled to ETC...
Laupp, who works at a high school and signed up to TikTok earlier this year, told CNN the video blew up overnight.
And then, alongside the choreographed dances, comedic dares and schoolyard pranks, the grandmother’s prompt became a challenge of its own. Inspired users began posting videos showing they too registered for the event — similar posts on Instagram and Twitter clocked up thousands of likes.
Her idea prompted multiple other TikTok users to post similar videos calling on their followers to do the same — visit the website, register for the event, fail to show up.
One video, with more than a quarter of a million views, called on fans of South Korean pop music in particular to join the trolling campaign...And they have a history of taking action for social justice causes.
Earlier this month K-pop fans rallied around the Black Lives Matter movement, drowning out “White Lives Matter” and other anti-black hashtags...
(Laupp) said she plans on continuing to use her newfound TikTok platform in the months leading up to November’s election...
https://www.abc-7.com/story/42254764/tiktok-users-are-trying-to-troll-trumps-campaign-by-reserving-tickets-for-tulsa-rally-theyll-never-use