President Trump is a Dangerous Fool - His Stupid, Political Response to COVID-19 Is Why Previous Supporters Stayed Away from His Rally
10 mind-boggling and unhinged
moments from Trump's Tulsa rally
Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. was
jam-packed with a slew of confusing, cringe-worthy moments.
For those who didn't watch live, the rally took place on
Saturday night at the city's Bank of Oklahoma Center. It's also worth noting
that it was held in the middle of a global pandemic, against the advice of
medical professionals.
The president and attendees didn't seem to be fazed by the threat of COVID-19, though. Social distancing was not strictly enforced in the arena, and few people were seen wearing masks – including Trump. But if you thought the lack of concern over health and safety would be the only newsworthy revelation to come out of this event, you're wrong.
From rows and rows of empty seats to careless comments about
the coronavirus, Confederate monuments, protesters, and more, here are 10 of
the most mind-boggling moments from Trump's Tulsa rally.
1. The big crowd hype
There's a lot of talk about the crowd (or lack thereof) at
Trump's rally. The week before, the president's re-election campaign chairman,
Brad Parscale, hyped-up crowd expectations by tweeting that more than one
million tickets had been requested for the rally. When it came time for the
actual event, however, chunks and chunks of empty seats were seen in the Bank
of Oklahoma Center, which has a seating capacity of 19,000.
It's clear that Trump's campaign was expecting an overwhelming amount of supporters to show up because a stage was even set up outside for Trump to address an anticipated overflow crowd. Once the rally began and it was clear that the 19,000 seats in the arena would not even be filled, Trump's team quickly packed up the outdoor stage.
Remember when Trump gave that commencement address at West Point
last weekend and his bizarre walk down a ramp became a whole thing?
Yeah. Well, he's not ready to let that go yet.
The president even took time to physically reenact his
ramp walk on stage, which was especially wild, because I genuinely think that
if he just dropped the subject everyone would have forgotten about it already.
3. Trump drank
water and then threw it across the stage
During the same West
Point commencement address, Trump was also scrutinized for the way he drank
from a glass of water using both hands. At the Tulsa rally, Trump explained
that he used two hands because he didn't want to spill anything on his silk
tie.
He then proceeded to
drink from his nearby water glass using only one hand, and the crowd furiously
cheered. After a few seconds, Trump chucked the glass of water across the stage
in a simply embarrassing sight.
4. When he used a racist
nickname for COVID-19 and compared it to sniffles
As mentioned
earlier, no one at Trump's rally seemed very concerned about the coronavirus,
even though six Trump staffers who worked
on the rally tested positive for COVID-19 before the event. As
usual, Trump made light of the pandemic and went on to make a joke about how
many names the virus has — including racist examples such as "the Chinese
virus" and the "Kung Flu."
He later went on to
compare the virus, which has killed more than
120,000 people in the U.S. alone, to the sniffles.
5. When Trump revealed
that he slowed down testing
While we're on the topic of COVID-19, Trump once again went on about how if you don't test for the
virus you won't technically have any cases. He then revealed that in the middle
of a pandemic he asked his people to "slow the testing down please."
Trump's people later
tried to defend the president's words as a joke, but it's a
bad look no matter what. He either really did instruct his people to do this
dangerously reckless thing with testing, or he made a joke at the expense of
120,000 dead Americans.
6. His defense of Confederate
monuments
Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 25 — after a Minneapolis cop kneeled on his neck
for nearly nine minutes — protesters around the country have been
toppling statues of known slaveholders and other racist figures.
Trump came to the defense of these Confederate monuments at his rally and said,
"The unhinged left-wing mob is trying to vandalize our history, desecrate...our
beautiful monuments, tear down our statutes, & punish, cancel &
persecute anyone who does not conform their demands for absolute & total
control. We're not conforming."
7. The bizarre
self-bragging
Trump also spent a good portion of the night bragging about himself — but not about his political
accomplishments, as you might have expected from someone running for
re-election. Instead, Trump bragged several times about how
"handsome" he is, his hair, his houses, and the new TVs on Air Force One. Truly, WHAT?
8.
All the time he spent bashing capable women
Trump didn't spend
the whole night talking about himself, though. He made sure to carve out some
time to bash several women who aren't afraid to stand against him, including
Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, and Mayor of Washington, D.C.,
Muriel Bowser.
9. His suggestion that
the right to bear arms is a defense against protesters
When defending the
Second Amendment to his supporters, Trump decided to reference the many
protests against racism and police brutality that have spread across the country since George Floyd's death.
"When you see those lunatics all over the streets, it's damn nice to have arms," Trump said.
10.
When he called 2020 "two-twenty"
Compared to the rest of the list, Trump calling the year
2020 "two-twenty" isn't really that shocking,
but it just goes to show that while this man claims to be as mentally stable as
a person can be and takes shots at Joe Biden for making occasional mix-ups when
speaking, he can mispronounce the very year in which he's running for
re-election.
By Nicole Gallucci, Mashable, 17 hours ago
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