Posted on 06/21/2020 4:13:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Donald Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say they’re at least partially responsible.
TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Trump’s rally as a prank. After @TeamTrump tweeted asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally - and then not show.
The trend quickly spread on TikTok, where videos with millions of views instructed viewers to do the same, as CNN reported Tuesday. “Oh no. I signed up for a Trump rally, and I can’t go,” one woman joked, along with a fake cough, posted June 15.
Thousands of other users posted similar tweets and videos to TikTok that racked up millions of views. Representatives for TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“It spread mostly through Alt TikTok - we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism,” said YouTuber Elijah Daniel, 26, who participated in the campaign. “K-pop, Twitter and Alt TikTok have a good alliance where they spread information amongst each other very quickly.
Many users deleted their posts after 24 to 48 hours in order to conceal their plan. “The majority of people who made them deleted them after the first day because we didn’t want the Trump campaign to catch wind,” Daniel said. “These kids are smart, and they thought of everything.”
Twitter users Saturday night were quick to declare the social media campaign’s victory. “Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York tweeted.
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Going forward just hand out the tickets at the door, problem solved..
I watched the rally last night. It was terrific...caught plenty of wind and destroyed Sleepy Joe Biden and his merry band of commies..
do these people realize MILLIONS were watching via live stream?
at least they admit all of their rioting and covid stuff is to keep POTUS campaign from catching wind.
The virus is the issue not the internet. The left is trying to counter the clear demonstration that social distance is done, over, kaput. Fauci is no longer in charge. Trump movement is back.
“Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans...”
So, faggots?
Ask for a 25$ contribution. That ought to get rid of kids playing TicToc games. Probably a dozen kids playing around could set aside thousands of petitions... using different names... IT was a great rally. Some of my friends in Tulsa decided not to even TRY to get in. It WASNT a LACK of support that the building was not full. It was again the nasty way that the opposition plays their hand.
You used to register for the tickets and then have to go pick them up at election headquarters/outposts. Provide ID too.
I think it is wishful thinking on their part. Given that the Left is completely delusional, wishful thinking is the only kind of thinking they know.
“President Donald Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but it failed to deliver.”
By 8:00 A M the established narrative from the MSM will be that Trump had a rally and no one showed up with a round table discussion of just what that portends for Trump going forward.
. . . and the problem of protestors infiltrating the rally unsolved.Hand out tickets at the merchandise table along with a $50 purchase of Trump gear, more like.
This is war, folks and if anyone sticks their head in the sand hoping all of this will just “go away” or “end” someday, they are sadly mistaken.
The information warfare and internet warfare being executed by the soldiers of the left is part of modern day warfare. These ‘TikTok’ armies will and can effect the ‘real’ world we live in.
Get on board and recognize that even if you are not interested in war, war is interested in you. It will be at each of our doorsteps one day and it is in your community today, even if you choose to ignore it.
JoMa
Because that would fool everyone!
“The majority of people who made them deleted them after the first day because we didn’t want the Trump campaign to catch wind,” Daniel said. “These kids are smart, and they thought of everything.”
Interesting. North Korea, one of the most die hard commie regimes left. Biden, a figure head/puppet for the die hard commie dems. If the rats gain complete full power in the House, Senate, White House and SCOTUS, South Korea’s support will be similar to what the South Vietnamese got and they will be toast.
These Korean kids have no idea how dangerous that little game they are playing really is to their country of origin.
Our counter plan is working and we didn’t have to do anything!
This is about making teenagers feel like they are doing something important. Makes them feel powerful and good about themselves and that reinforces their attachment to the Left. AOC gets that. The Left has no limits and seeks all ages as it creates its army.
Most assuredly those with a functioning brain do.
..at least they admit all of their rioting and covid stuff is to keep POTUS campaign from catching wind.
By admitting there methods and goals it simply renders them ineffective and in fact makes the turnout of 15-16,000 all the more amazing when you consider the threats of violence from the thugs and the porn panic from the media.
The anti-Trump hysteria and general lawlessness only help Trump and energize his base of supporters. The Left needs to be crushed, literally. I can’t wait to vote for Trump in November.
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