Were TikTok users and K-pop fans really behind the poor turnout at Trump's Tulsa rally?
4 years, 6 months ago

Were TikTok users and K-pop fans really behind the poor turnout at Trump's Tulsa rally?

ABC  

US President Donald Trump's first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic received more than 1 million ticket requests. In the days leading up to the rally, Mr Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale claimed 1 million tickets had been requested for the event. It is clear TikTok users and K-pop fans mobilised to reserve tickets for the event, and their antics may well have inflated the Trump campaign's expectations for numbers. In a statement provided to the ABC, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said the "fake news media" was to blame for "warning people away from the rally" over coronavirus and Black Lives Matter protests. "Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap, thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance, don't know what they're talking about or how our rallies work," Mr Parscale's statement said.

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Trump aides thought 60,000 people attending Tulsa rally was 'worst-case scenario': report
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump aides thought 60,000 people attending Tulsa rally was 'worst-case scenario': report

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump's aides were shocked by the tiny attendance at his big comeback campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, and a new report claims that they never even imagined that they couldn't fill a 19,000-person arena. Politico reports that Trump aides knew that many of the people who signed up to attend the rally were trolls who had …

TikTok users, K-pop fans claim they sabotaged attendance at Donald Trump’s comeback rally in Tulsa with false online registrations
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok users, K-pop fans claim they sabotaged attendance at Donald Trump’s comeback rally in Tulsa with false online registrations

Firstpost  

TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, held in Tulsa Tulsa: TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music took partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at President Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, …

Did TikTok users sabotage Trump’s Tulsa rally?
4 years, 6 months ago

Did TikTok users sabotage Trump’s Tulsa rally?

Al Jazeera  

Trump campaign rejects social media users’ claim they inflated attendance expectations for campaign rally. TikTok users and Korean pop music fans have taken partial credit for inflating attendance expectations at a less-than-full arena at US President Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump …

Trump aides debate future size and look of signature rallies after Tulsa debacle
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump aides debate future size and look of signature rallies after Tulsa debacle

CNN  

CNN — Swaths of empty blue seats and a vacant overflow venue in Oklahoma have led President Donald Trump’s aides to begin debating what his signature campaign rallies will look like going forward, people familiar with the matter say. Once viewed as a way to spring Trump’s campaign into a new phase – and improve the mood of a mostly …

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump’s comeback rally?
4 years, 6 months ago

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump’s comeback rally?

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? Reached by telephone Sunday, Schmidt called the rally an “unmitigated disaster” — days after Trump campaign chairman Brad Parscale tweeted that more than a million people requested tickets for the rally through Trump’s campaign website. “Reporters who wrote gleefully about …

K-Pop Stans and TikTok Users Tanked Trump's Tulsa Rally by Booking Tickets but Not Showing
4 years, 6 months ago

K-Pop Stans and TikTok Users Tanked Trump's Tulsa Rally by Booking Tickets but Not Showing

News 18  

President Donald Trump’s campaign promised huge crowds at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but it failed to deliver. “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. “The majority of people who made them …

Opinion: Trump gets roasted for Tulsa crowd size
4 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Trump gets roasted for Tulsa crowd size

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. After his one-handed water downing in Tulsa he then defiantly threw the empty glass on the stage, inciting cheers from the crowd of “Four more years!” All that was missing was Trump mimicking “Saturday …

Keisha Lance Bottoms: Atlanta mayor calls Trump’s Tulsa rally ‘an embarrassment’
4 years, 6 months ago

Keisha Lance Bottoms: Atlanta mayor calls Trump’s Tulsa rally ‘an embarrassment’

CNN  

CNN — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, calling it “an embarrassment” and saying it was not the type of event the country needs amid a pandemic and a national racial reckoning. He did not recognize any of the racial tensions that are happening across our country,” Bottoms told CNN’s Jake …

Tulsa rally: TikTok users troll Trump’s campaign
4 years, 6 months ago

Tulsa rally: TikTok users troll Trump’s campaign

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump didn’t fill his rally arena to the more than 19,000-person capacity Saturday night, despite bragging about 1 million RSVP’s to his Tulsa, Oklahoma, return to the campaign trail. Last week, Trump tweeted that “Almost One Million people requested tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma!” and one local official said they expected 100,000 …

Trump wanted big crowds at his comeback rally in Tulsa. They didn’t show up
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump wanted big crowds at his comeback rally in Tulsa. They didn’t show up

LA Times  

Demonstrators float “Baby Trump” balloons in Tulsa, Okla., ahead of President Trump’s campaign rally. Protesters and supporters argue outside the BOK Center where President Trump will hold a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. Demonstrators march near the BOK Center where President Trump will hold a campaign rally in Tulsa. President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign …

Trump Says He Gave Out 1 Million Tickets To His Tulsa Rally. That Means 980,801 Fans Won't Fit.
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump Says He Gave Out 1 Million Tickets To His Tulsa Rally. That Means 980,801 Fans Won't Fit.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― What happens when 1 million people RSVP to say they are coming to a venue that only holds 19,199? “Almost One Million people request tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma!” Trump wrote in a statement he posted to Twitter Monday. “It’s about the signing up, rather than the showing up,” the White …

Health Expert Calls Trump's Tulsa Rally 'Extraordinarily Dangerous Move’
4 years, 6 months ago

Health Expert Calls Trump's Tulsa Rally 'Extraordinarily Dangerous Move’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — After months away from the campaign trail, President Donald Trump plans to rally his supporters this coming Saturday for the first time since most of the country was shuttered by the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines the highest risk events for transmission of the coronavirus this way: “Large in-person gatherings where …

'Think about it as a celebration': Donald Trump defends holding rally in Tulsa on Junteenth
4 years, 6 months ago

'Think about it as a celebration': Donald Trump defends holding rally in Tulsa on Junteenth

Daily Mail  

President Trump defended holding his first campaign rally since the COVID-19 shutdowns on Juneteenth in Tulsa during a new sit-down with Fox News Channel's Harris Faulkner. 'Think about it as a celebration,' President Trump replied when asked why he chose to hold his first campaign rally on Juneteenth and in Tulsa - a date and a place that are significant …

Upcoming Trump Rally In Tulsa Faces Backlash Over Race, Coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Upcoming Trump Rally In Tulsa Faces Backlash Over Race, Coronavirus

NPR  

Upcoming Trump Rally In Tulsa Faces Backlash Over Race, Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images The White House and Trump campaign are defending a decision to hold a rally next week in a city that was home to one of the most brutal episodes of racial violence in the country's …

Trump’s decision to hold a Tulsa rally on Juneteenth is no coincidence (opinion)
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s decision to hold a Tulsa rally on Juneteenth is no coincidence (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. Sen. Kamala Harris tweeted, “This isn’t just a wink to white supremacists – he’s throwing them a welcome home party.” She’s not the only one who hears the dog whistle loud and clear. But when a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany what …

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