Posted on 06/21/2020 10:34:55 AM PDT by lionstar
President Trumps campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. Hundreds of teenage TikTok users and K-pop fans say theyre at least partially responsible.
Brad Parscale, the chairman of Mr. Trumps re-election campaign, posted on Twitter on Monday that the campaign had fielded more than one million ticket requests, but reporters at the event noted the attendance was lower than expected. The campaign also canceled planned events outside the rally for an anticipated overflow crowd that did not materialize.
Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, said protesters stopped supporters from entering the rally, held at the BOK Center, which has a 19,000-seat capacity. Reporters present said there were few protests.
TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Mr. Trumps campaign rally as a prank. After the Trump campaigns official account @TeamTrump posted a tweet asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones on 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 on Tuesday. Oh no, I signed up for a Trump rally, and I cant go, one woman joked, along with a fake cough, in a TikTok posted on 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.
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And if we dont stop them they will control America in November..these will be the lowlife scum running the United States
How many were at Joes rally?
Do you really think they entered in valid info? Brad Parscale’s database is now full of
Name: M. Mouse
Address: 1313 Disneyland Dr Anaheim, CA
and so on.
Collecting contact info.
Tickets purchased (donation) or registered for in person ,in the entrance line. Pre-registration requires ,as the other Freeper suggested, a non refundable deposit
Wouldnt that be simple. But no, the campaign freaks need to get all of their data for the fake news outlets.
The Tik-Toc kids blocked the doors of the BOK Center in the very same manner that George Wallace blacked the doors of the University of Alabama.
Why didnt Trump people hold the rally in an outdoor setting? A sports stadium - or an outdoor rodeo arena with country music? (It was Oklahoma after all)
The corona issue is real. A lot of people might have felt more comfortable in an open air setting.
Why issue tickets in advance?
Because registration for the tickets gives the campaign a data awe of supporters.
Should have required a $10 credit card charge. Refundable with proof of attendance or exchange for campaign merchandise
Til Tok is a China owned China based platform.
Next time, charge for tickets
Next time, hold it in an open air stadium or arena ( or airplane hanger). Why they would do it inside, during corona, I dont understand. They kept a lot of people from coming, I have no doubt
?awe=base. Weird autocorrect
Dancing nurses?
The rally didn’t “sink.” Thousands were there, and hundreds of thousands more watched on TV. Even though lower than expected, the crowd was probably two or three times as large as any crowd that Joe Biden could have expected, which is why Biden’s handlers are keeping him in his basement.
Hmmm. I missed that. I did see a black woman complaining that whites make more money in the medical profession than blacks.
I guess she must be upset that black basketball players make more than white basketball players.
Skill has nothing to do with it.
During corona, it should have been in an outdoor arena or park or airplane hangar. Holding it inside kept many cautious people - esp seniors - away, I am certain.
exactly-charge even $1 for tix would work and if not that’s $1 million to Trump campaign-Trumps people should have known when Tulsa is only 400,000 and they had 1 million reservations-
That’s what I say.
Tickets aren’t needed to get in anyway. Rather than a ticket, put a form online that people can print off and fill out. Have that completed form serve as a ticket. First come (with completed form), first serve. That way, they collect their data, and eliminate a TON of work keeping track of and sending out tickets.
Hurray! We successfully cheated and lied!
The Left rejoices in its depravity.
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