*2020 US Presidential Elections* - Candidates, Statistics, Campaign Timelines, Debates

[Johan]

Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Waited Hours In The Cold For Buses After Omaha Rally


Several people reportedly required medical attention as the temperature dipped below freezing.

President Donald Trump’s rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, ended around 9 p.m. Tuesday, but hundreds of attendees wouldn’t make their way out of the freezing cold until a few hours later.

As Trump jetted away on Air Force One, his supporters lined up to wait for buses to take them back to their cars, which were parked miles away from the event.
But the buses, organized by the Trump campaign, were staggeringly slow to return.

There were plenty of buses, the campaign told the Omaha World-Herald, but they were stuck in traffic after the rally because the two-lane airport access road was limited to one direction.
“Because of the sheer size of the crowd, we deployed 40 shuttle buses instead of the normal 15, but local road closures and resulting congestion caused delays,” Samantha Zager, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, said in a statement.

The temperature dropped as low as 31 degrees Tuesday night. At least two people received help from police, including an elderly woman warming up in the back of a police cruiser and a young boy, according to the World-Herald.


“We need at least 30 more buses,” one Omaha police officer told CNN after the rally, reportedly shaking his head at the chaotic scene.
The last person was loaded onto a shuttle bus at the rally site shortly before midnight, Omaha police told HuffPost. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic continued in the area until about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said.

Thirty people were “contacted for medical reasons” and a total of seven people were transported to hospitals “with a variety of medical conditions,” Omaha police told HuffPost, citing preliminary reports.
“Those needing medical attention were contacted by medics over the duration of the event, not just at the end,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.

“Many people elected to walk back to the parking areas instead of waiting for a bus,” the spokesperson added. “The shortest walk to the nearest parking lot was approximately 2.5 miles. ... Officers assisted in giving rides to elderly and infirm people who elected to walk. Many people underestimated the distance from the event back to the parking lot on foot.”

The Omaha Airport Authority said six people ― not seven, as police said ― were transported to hospitals throughout the event. A spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about what led the rallygoers to require medical attention or at what point during the night they received it.

CHI Health’s university campus in Ohama treated five people with “minor complaints,” a spokesperson for the medical center told HuffPost.

The Trump campaign made “tents, heaters, generators, hot cocoa, and handwarmers available to guests” at the “guest departure location,” Zager said in her statement Wednesday.
“We always strive to provide the best guest experience at our events and we care about their safety,” she added.

Thousands of people packed Trump’s outdoor rally in Omaha on Tuesday. Though the campaign checked attendees’ temperatures and provided them with masks, many people in the crowd opted not to wear them, prompting concerns over the possibility of the coronavirus spreading.

COVID-19 cases have reached record highs in Nebraska in recent weeks as infection rates surge across dozens of states. But Trump told the crowd in Omaha that the U.S. was “turning that corner” on the pandemic.

Trump joked about the frigid conditions at one point during his rally Tuesday.
“I’m standing here freezing,” the president told the rallygoers, many of whom would be doing the same for another three hours after he wrapped up his speech. “I ask you one little favor: Get the hell out and vote.”

Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb on Wednesday bashed the Trump campaign for its “poor planning.”
“Leaving thousands of Nebraskans stranded in the cold captures the entire Trump administration,” Kleeb tweeted. “I hope those responsible for the poor planning to feed Trump’s ego will be held accountable and that fellow Nebraskans turn out to vote to end this chaos.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...uIpxU3zA8WQ7n61_vHS_vyh816GXofbQfolhwahGN2SrE

Trump campaign : Who cares about the people ? As long as we can make them vote for us, we don't give a shit about them...

 

[gmase]

Classic narcissist - "I'm cold. Vote for me. Fuck you!"
“I’m standing here freezing,” the president told the rallygoers, many of whom would be doing the same for another three hours after he wrapped up his speech. “I ask you one little favor: Get the hell out and vote.”

 

[gmase]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...uIpxU3zA8WQ7n61_vHS_vyh816GXofbQfolhwahGN2SrE

Trump campaign : Who cares about the people ? As long as we can make them vote for us, we don't give a shit about them...

Trump can't be inconvenienced by flying into a tropical storm:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campai...postpones-north-carolina-rally-citing-weather

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

This was more of an Election Cycle thing for out here. There's a proposition on the ballot. A commercial for "Yes" has a guy that says if you vote "No" he will die. Another commercial for "No" has a lady that says if you vote "Yes" she will die. The lady did a better job being sympathetic while the guy was more manipulative and entitled. I chose to murder the guy and voted "No".

 

[gmase]

Good choice. When in doubt, always go 'no' - it maintains the status quo.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Good choice. When in doubt, always go 'no' - it maintains the status quo.

It may not have been Sophie's Choice but it was mine. They shoulda cast a more likable terminal patient if they really wanted my vote. I wouldn't want to have a beer with that guy even if he said it would be his last one.

 

[gmase]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...uIpxU3zA8WQ7n61_vHS_vyh816GXofbQfolhwahGN2SrE

Trump campaign : Who cares about the people ? As long as we can make them vote for us, we don't give a shit about them...

And he goes to Florida and they get sick too.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...rally-sends-dozen-attendees-hospital-n1245397

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

I enjoyed this:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...vative-evangelicals-stay-loyal-to-trump-video

 

[gmase]

Trump: "I like Hall of Famers who do not have diseases named after them."

DJT Jr last evening:
"The reality is this: If you look, I put it up on my Instagram a couple days ago, because I went through the CDC data, because I kept hearing about new infections. But I was like, ‘Well, why aren’t they talking about deaths?’ Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing. Because we’ve gotten control of this and we understand how it works.”

Tell that to the 1,000 who died of it yesterday.

 

[georges]

Looks like this election is a replay of 2016. Just look at the numbers on the Map
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/a-n...265680b20e543dc2a6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI
I am not even talking about how the black vote has backed up Trump in big numbers
https://www.westernjournal.com/new-...m_content=2020-10-25&utm_campaign=pushtraffic
I am pretty sure it will end in another "Republicans stole the election" statement coming from the Democrats.

 

[gmase]

Have you looked at the trends over the past 2 weeks? Biden is stretching his lead. At this time in 2016 Trump was narrowing the contest. It's way different. Trump is a known now while an unknown in 2016. There are fewer undecided voters and fewer voters who dislike Biden for being Biden. Many people dislike Hillary for being Hillary.

Trump has a shot: 10% or so according to 538 (Trump had about 30% in 2016). Upsets happen and you may be right. I wouldn't get on a plane which had a 90% chance of landing.

I appreciate your post. I could be wrong and am willing to have egg on my face and eat the crow.

 

[Señor Sarcasmo]

Looks like this election is a replay of 2016. Just look at the numbers on the Map
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/a-n...265680b20e543dc2a6473c7b9fa19141&source=TPICI
I am not even talking about how the black vote has backed up Trump in big numbers
https://www.westernjournal.com/new-...m_content=2020-10-25&utm_campaign=pushtraffic
I am pretty sure it will end in another "Republicans stole the election" statement coming from the Democrats.

I suspect so. Hopefully, we're being pessimistic, and the Democrats will accept the Trump win (as I believe it will be) relatively quickly, and see the wisdom in purging, repurposing, rechartering, whatever - because what they're selling, Americans aren't buying anymore.
I think the dissection of the actual vote, after the fact, is some of the most interesting and candid "polling" we get. Perhaps we'll see what Americans really think of Bernie and AOC's brands of government.

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

Hopefully, we're being pessimistic, and the Democrats will accept the Trump win (as I believe it will be) relatively quickly

What reason do you have to believe that they won't outside georges' usual links from alt-right e-rags? And if Trump loses, how quickly do you think he will acknowledge his loss?

 

[Señor Sarcasmo]

What reason do you have to believe that they won't outside georges' usual links from alt-right e-rags?

EVERY obstructionist, mindlessly hateful, unerringly deceitful minute of the last four years of democrats' refusal to accept his first victory.

And if Trump loses, how quickly do you think he will acknowledge his loss?

If President Trump were to lose his reelection bid, I would expect that he'd be an enormous and noisy pain-in-the-ass, unless it is a true and inarguable landslide (not likely for either candidate), but that he would indeed vacate, whether it be a close or not close loss. Any fan-tastic notions of him holing up in the Oval Office, refusing the outcome and leading an insurrection are so soft-headedly naive as to preclude discussion.

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

EVERY obstructionist, mindlessly hateful, unerringly deceitful minute of the last four years of democrats' refusal to accept his first victory.

Clinton acknowledged his win within 24 hours, did she not? What more do you want?

If President Trump were to lose his reelection bid, I would expect that he'd be an enormous and noisy pain-in-the-ass

And you're fine with that? He couldn't depart gracefully? Because if he is, as he claims, the greatest president of all time, then shouldn't he show the presidency and his country respect and courtesy by vacating with dignity, as Obama did when his terms came to an end?

 

[Señor Sarcasmo]

Clinton acknowledged his win within 24 hours, did she not? What more do you want?



And you're fine with that? He couldn't depart gracefully? Because if he is, as he claims, the greatest president of all time, then shouldn't he show the presidency and his country respect and courtesy by vacating with dignity, as Obama did when his terms came to an end?

This is why it's a charity that I talk to you: because you are intellectually dishonest, and therefore unable to have a true debate.
Just because Hillary acknowledged her defeat (yet she's exhorting Joe not to, under any circumstances) doesn't erase the government-jamming, obstructionist, unethical and illegal misdeeds perpetrated by her party from the very first moments of their defeat, immediately malingering hostility. At America's expense. Be honest, for God's sake. The democrats have been ham-handed gremlins for 4 years.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

And if The Donald does lose he can just run again in 24 when he is only 82. A guaranteed shoe in if the people are so horrified by the infidel Demo-Libs/Socialist/etc ruling of the Country.

 

[Señor Sarcasmo]

And if The Donald does lose he can just run again in 24 when he is only 82. A guaranteed shoe in if the people are so horrified by the infidel Demo-Libs/Socialist/etc ruling of the Country.

I think this race is his last, I think he'll pass the torch to one of the kids. Back them with money and the contacts he formed from civil service at the highest level. See Bush Dynasty - nothing like money and connections.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

I think this race is his last, I think he'll pass the torch to one of the kids. Back them with money and the contacts he formed from civil service at the highest level. See Bush Dynasty - nothing like money and connections.

Perhaps if he is dead the kids can run. Like our beloved House speaker here in Illinois. Have to pry it form his cold dead hands.

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

This is why it's a charity that I talk to you: because you are intellectually dishonest, and therefore unable to have a true debate.

The mask's slipping, Mr. Porpoise