Donald Trump starts his election campaign amid of spreading the coronavirus in the country in Tulsa. Election rally meant to rejuvenate his support base at a time when every opinion poll was against his popularity. He is confident that the event will be blockbuster in Tulsa.
Trump’s first rally in three months - would be flooded with up to 100,000 people, but large sections of the 19,000-capacity BOK Center were empty. The local fire department said only about 6,200 people were present, according to US media, but campaign officials claimed at least 12,000 attended. An outdoor event for the overflow crowd was cancelled because no one showed up, despite Trump’s team boasting of huge interest ahead of time and more than a million ticket requests.
Who was behind the dismal show at Tulsa? Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in three months on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, these tech-savvy groups opposing the president mobilized to reserve tickets for an event they had no intention of attending. The Trump campaign blamed the “fake news media” for “warning people away from the rally”. While it’s unlikely they were responsible for the low turnout, their antics may have inflated the campaign’s expectations for attendance numbers that led to disappointing show.
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