Also on Thursday, the Mayor imposed a 8 PM to 6 AM curfew. All the people that were lining up were told to leave.
So now no one was able to get in line till 6 AM Saturday morning.
Probably a lot of people just said "The Hell With It, I'll Just Watch It On TV"
I’m in Tulsa and grew up here. One thing I have not seen yet concerning the lower attendance at the Trump rally on this thread is that there was a Juneteenth celebration which featured Sharpton the day before the rally, which folds neatly into the ongoing work-up to the centennial memorial of the Tulsa Riot next year, and all of that was and continues to be heavily covered by the Left-leaning local media. My impression generally is that the local government (thinking of a reluctant mayor and health authority head especially), the local media (right down to a weather forecast of possible severe thunderstorms), the ostentatious boarding up and/or closing down of some well-known local businesses, some of which were not downtown,and our culture all worked against a huge turnout. We just don’t have that much of a tradition of people getting together for this sort of huge political rally, as far as I know. Even the Juneteenth celebration attendance numbers seemed exaggerated if you look at the photos and videos from the media. The Trump team should have thought out choosing Tulsa a bit more.It seems like a decision made from afar. Tulsa is a great place to live - my impression is that people work hard and generally don’t try to make themselves or others miserable here. If someone cuts you off in traffic, that’s just obviously someone from out of town! (humor)
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