Again?! Trump Campaign Strands Rallygoers in the Cold for a Third Time, This Time in Georgia

[SouthernCal_Dem]

For the third time in less than a week, President Donald Trump’s campaign ran into a transportation snafu that left hundreds of people stranded after his rallies.

As the 2020 election comes to a close, Trump held a rally at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome, Georgia on Sunday night. Loads of Trump fans attended the event as the president ginned up support while the state remains in play.

Newsweek reports that thousands of people were bussed to the event, but when it was over, there weren’t nearly enough shuttle buses to accommodate everyone. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin took multiple videos from the aftermath of the rally, documenting scores of people who had to await transportation for hours in windy 46-degree weather.

“Some of the folks left stranded were older and disabled,” Tsirkin reported. “Multiple people tried to hitch rides from strangers amid the pandemic.”

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/again-trump-campaign-strands-rallygoers-in-the-cold-for-a-third-time-this-time-in-georgia/

[soothsayer]

1. So long, suckers!

[Boogiemack]

36. When is it that they realize he doesn't give a damn about them? nt

[Best_man23]

2. tRump leaving his voters out in the cold

Needs to be framed as a metaphor for how he has left the entire country out in the cold over the last 4 years.

[NurseJackie]

3. Suckers! They really should have known what to expect by now.

It was in all the newspapers... and on CNN... and on MSNBC!

Oh, wait. Never mind.

[BComplex]

11. So I guess fox propaganda didn't cover the other rallies where this happened?

So, actually, by fox calling themselves "news", they are endangering people's lives by not giving them fair warning of what to expect?

Or did they cover the other two? I don't watch propaganda, whether it's fox or russian news, so I don't know.

[NurseJackie]

17. If it makes Trump look bad, they ignore it.

I'm absolutely certain that Trumpers who only watch Fox or Newmax or OANN were woefully uninformed about the other incidences.

[crickets]

25. This the FOX brand. It's their thing, from COVID to the economy to... anything.

by fox calling themselves "news", they are endangering people's lives

FOX 'news' kills.

[Newest Reality]

4. Ah,

The masochists are welcome to their abuse.

"Oh, Dear Leader, I will suffer FOR YOU!"

If they don't get the fact that Predator Grump abandons everyone and throws them under a bus if they are not considered useful to him anymore, then they really deserve their punishment at this point. It is the platform he runs on.

MAGAts are disgusting and he can discard them like flakes of dandruff. There is no empathy or care in there.

When was this not totally obvious? Oh, you have to PAY ATTENTION.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. so much winning!

[getagrip_already]

6. These haven't been "Snafu's".. they have been stiffing the bus companies......

Greed and arrogance. Plain and simple.

Calling it a snafu makes it sound like an accident, blunder, or oversight. This was intentional.

[BComplex]

12. Exactly. This isn't an accident; it's a feature.

If you're going to go to one of his rallies, you have to expect that you're going to be left high and dry.

Just like if you VOTE for trump; you're going to be left high and dry.

[Capperdan]

22. Bus Companies Not Paid?

Why is this not reported? This is the only place I've seen that claim.

[getagrip_already]

24. It was reported....

Don't have links but it was reported that in the first case, the bus company was told they would be paid when they dropped off the passengers. They weren't and left.

Similar reports are out there for at least one other case.

That explains how they got in but couldn't get out.

[durablend]

7. asdf

"Thank you sir! Another please!"

Because he knows he has their vote anyway and doesn't have to give a shit about them otherwise.

[chriscan64]

8. Meanwhile at any Biden rally...

nobody gets covid because of the precautions, and they attend in their ride home. It would be nice to have the election go as smoothly.

[Midnightwalk]

9. He's short on cash so only pays one way

The last bit annoyed me

Tsirkin reported. “Multiple people tried to hitch rides from strangers amid the pandemic.”

They were bussed in among strangers and stayed at the rally. Probably not wearing masks the whole time. This reporter should be calling out the entire event as reckless spread of covid, not just the ride home.

[Wicked Blue]

10. I fear that stoopid is highly contagious

[BComplex]

14. I miss the hell out of George Carlin.

He was a gem. I wish we had him now, to help us through all of this.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. In all seriousness, that scares the heck out of me.

Stupid people in small groups are bad enough. In large groups they are a mob, as we've been seeing.

[Capperdan]

23. Stupid People with American Flags

Trumpers don't own my flag. Give it back, you fuckers.

[gopiscrap]

13. I am guessing that trump paid the bus companies

for the wat to his rally and then held the companies to an NDA so they can't tell you that trumpy only paid for a one way trip

[smb]

32. Or They Were Foolish Enough To Accept Payment On Arrival At The Site, And Got Nothing nt

[jb5150]

15. Stuffing maskless old people into buses during a pandemic ..

... seems criminal.

[KentuckyWoman]

28. Old people are adults

Certainly capable of their own decisions.

They got what they asked for.

[lagomorph777]

16. Third time is not an accident.

This is how Trump rolls.

[Nevilledog]

18. I think this is the reason

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Pretty clear with this third instance of the same problem that they’re deliberately leaving their supporters out in the cold to save money

Julie Tsirkin
@JulieNBCNews
Replying to @JulieNBCNews
Hours after the President departed for Florida, this was the scene in Georgia as people were left for hours waiting for buses to take them to their cars:
Embedded video

[Liberal In Texas]

20. What? No Trump Train to come and help?

Youi'd think they'd be good for something.

[Hekate]

21. Has Fox News reported on any of these deadly abandonments? Once is a mistake. Three times is...

...deliberate.

Trump Death Cult.

[crickets]

26. +1000000

[BarbD]

27. Trump campaign is only interested in getting them there.

After the rally, who cares.

[Brainfodder]

29. Let me get this straight, he had Covid 2 weeks ago, holds tight rallies in the cold & no transport?

Blame on both sides?

[Bucky]

35. In at least one case the bus drivers ditched them because they refused to mask up

And then there's always the question of whether the bus drivers were getting paid what they were promised

[lunatica]

30. The Trump campaign is just trying to save money

How else to do it? Everyone knows, including those he abandoned, that all’s fair when you stiff on your bills. The MAGATs should pay their own way anyway for the privilege.

[seta1950]

31. You'd think they' learn after the first time

I’m 😕 baffled

[OneBlueSky]

33. gee . . . evidence that Trump and his minions don't know how to run a campaign? . . .

whooda thunk? . . .

[Bucky]

34. They must like the abuse

Trumpee: *gets frostbite*

also Trumpee: "Who will save us from socialism?"

Trumpee with no grasp of irony: *calls emergency services*