Assholes tried putting up a "Trump Won" banner at a Tampa Bay Rays game... it didn't go too well

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[wryter2000]

1. Okay, I watched that about 5 times

Thanks!

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

7. Me too... nt

[Saoirse9]

46. Me three

Epic

[ProfessorGAC]

2. I'm Assuming He Was Ejected

And, hopefully arrested for disturbing the peace.

[IcyPeas]

3. I appreciate the cheering afterward.... maybe there is hope for this country.

[ShazzieB]

27. Yes!

As lovely as the takedown was, the cheers made me even happier!

[Oneironaut]

41. He thought they were cheering for him at the end. lol

[lastlib]

57. I thought he was doing his "Heil Feuhrer" act at the end.....

[NurseJackie]

4. Love it!!

[Nictuku]

5. That made me feel better. (a little)

[AllaN01Bear]

6. made my day. id love to see that happen to 1 of those ultra huge "gadson " or

"dont tread on me " flags .

[catbyte]

15. ...

[AllaN01Bear]

18. riot.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. Perfect!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

43. LOL!

[BigmanPigman]

8. I didn't see a single mask.

[Ace Rothstein]

10. This thread isn't about masks.

[BigmanPigman]

12. I know, just an observation.

Like seeing all those Texas Dems on that plane without masks.

[Hekate]

17. I believe they were all of them vaccinated. I'm looking at how damn fast this is spreading in DC...

I’m thinking Delta

[dflprincess]

20. It was a private plane

So masks were not required. Just wanted clear that they weren't breaking any rules.

[Blue_true]

33. MLB ballparks, I believe are socially distancing seats still, unless

people are in a family unit.

[Wounded Bear]

38. Certainly not all. Seattle Mariners is full on open...

they request non-vaxxed to wear masks, but it's honor system, so

[LanternWaste]

39. I didn't see a single tie.

Since we're pretending irrelevant observations are indeed relevant...

[Ace Rothstein]

9. Pretty surprising to see that reaction in FL, even in a city.

[Tommy Carcetti]

29. Trump only won Florida by 3%

And we’re the third largest state in population.

There are tons of people here who hate Trump.

Why do people assume Florida is Trump central?

[Ace Rothstein]

40. Ha, I was just there a few weeks ago and saw way too much Trump shit.

Guess it is a mild form of PTSD. I was in Lee County which is red but didn't think it was too red.

[Tommy Carcetti]

54. The thing about Trumpists, nationwide, is not their quantity but their cultlike intensity.

Normal people don't hold boat parades and truck parades in honor of their leaders or put their names on flags.

Abnormal people do.

There are more normal than abnormal people, but because you notice the abnormal people, you tend to inflate their importance.

Trump never came close to winning the popular vote during either election and never held more than a 49% average polling rating at its very highest.

His general "popularity"--whether it be in Florida or nationwide--is an invention in his own supporters' minds.

[Sympthsical]

56. Exactly correct

The number of totally insane Trumpists is small. But they're so out there, they get a lot of social media play. Their actions get spread around. "Look at these crazy motherf***ers."

I live next to a rural area. Vineyards and farms just down the street. So there are Trump signs around, even though my city is 68% Democratic. A neighbor three houses down had a Trump flag for awhile. Ex-military. But he took it down after the election. I've chatted with him now and then. Seems decent folk. We never broached politics.

I take a walking path to the gym every morning. Just got back, actually. And along this path, in what seems a fairly average suburban area, are chalk messages. All over the path. MAGA and things. Biden's a communist. The usual. It changes all the time, but it's been fairly consistent since I moved here about 18 months ago. You'd think there was some kind of weird cell of Trumpists chalking up the place.

But I can tell by the handwriting it is always just this one person doing it.

I usually have a bottle of water while walking back, and I'll pour it out if I think to now and then. Others seem to do similar. Doesn't matter. The messages always reappear.

At least it's just chalk.

[Dreampuff]

53. Yes, what you said.

If we were one of the few States who divided up the electoral votes, Biden would have gotten 14 and Trump would have gotten 15.
Hillsborough County, where the team is actually from, went for Biden. I love how the crowd cheered louder when they ripped it down then when they put it up.

[Normanart]

60. All too common

The mistake is "faulty generalization", the idea that all members of a group share the same attributes.

[Orangeutan]

62. Monroe County (Florida Keys) is pretty Trumpy

At least Marathon, where my parents winter. Marathon is 91% white. Trump boats with flags & banners. Trump carried Monroe County 53%-46% in '20.

[Blue_true]

34. Tampa/St. Pete is a pretty blue area of Florida.

Tampa has a Gay Mayor (she won office about two years ago).

Trump won Florida because African Americans didn’t turn out in force and more radical Cuban voters did (along with Venezuelans, who vote republican due to strong anti communist sentiment).

The Democratic Party of Florida is now lead by a former Mayor of Miami, who is Cuban and highly popular in South Florida. I suspect Trump will have issues in Florida if he tries to run again.

[soryang]

36. Well St. Pete is

I haven't lived or worked in the area for many years, but it used to vote democratic consistently, and the St. Petersburg Times was a liberal newspaper. A lot of this had to do with the minority population near the downtown area. St. Pete initiated the magnet schools program in FL and had the first IB high school in the state. I found the local public officials in St. Pete to be more open minded and courteous than elsewhere in Florida and even more so than other parts of Pinellas county ( if that is the same stadium on the southside.)

The crowd appeared to be mostly white in the video, which was my experience during the few games I attended to get away from work. I knew a lot of people in St.Pete. My working class all white customers were definitely not democrats. However, one thing they detested while in their leisure time, was people raising political topics which in a social setting would almost invariably result in boos and STFU up type jeering. Back then minority communities didn't mingle. Asians, African Americans, and whites socialized in their own communities. But their children mingled socially and still do, almost 20 years later as far as I can tell.

I actually went to the Rays opening game in 1998. Haven't been in St. Pete in quite some time. Fwiw. Old timers anecdote. At one time, I was going to write a book (a novel) based upon my experiences in St. Pete, but got distracted by life.

[onethatcares]

49. I've lived here, in St Petersburg for 40 years

it is basically blue but we have the trumpanzees that just have to drive around in their penile projecting trucks with their dumbass flags on them.

We have a Democratic mayor and even the last puke mayor,Rick Baker, wasn't all that bad but that was before the plague.

Anyway, I count this area as blue, not red.

[soryang]

58. Good for you!

Life was always interesting in St. Pete.

Thanks for the update onethatcares. Have some family in the Tampa area.

[Tommy Carcetti]

55. Biden won Jacksonville, too.

Jacksonville is typically considered the most conservative of Florida's major cities and hadn't gone for a Democrat since Carter. That changed in 2020.

Trump's support is coming mainly from the inland rural areas of the state.

[Blue_true]

63. Jacksonville has changed a lot. When I was a teen here in Florida, Jax

was basically an extension of racist South Georgia - that is no longer the case even remotely, IMO.

[soryang]

11. Is that Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg? nt

[Blue_true]

35. Yes. nt

[soryang]

37. thankyou Blue_true nt

[multigraincracker]

13. I'd call that A Trumpy Dumpy

in the spirit of a Fauci Ouchie.

[ZonkerHarris]

14. Trump supporters just can't keep it up.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

16. Is it bad for my karma

I was thinking one of the idiots was going to fall off the deck.

[PatSeg]

19. Whoa, that was a huge sign

Must have cost him an awful lot and he probably didn't even get it back (hopefully). What an idiot.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

21. Hopefully it was shredded or burned.

[Demovictory9]

22. lol...lost his expensive banner

[mcar]

23. That gives me hope

and I hope all those cheering the fall of the flag vote!

[Jon King]

24. Keep embracing him Repugs, nothing motivates Dems and Indies more....

These dimwits are keeping the 81 million who voted against him motivated and adding to that number. The majority of America hates the guy so keep hitching your wagon to him.

[beaglelover]

25. I could watch that all day!!

[keithbvadu2]

26. As Dotard himself would say:::: 'Gee, that's too bad.'

As Dotard himself would say:::: ‘Gee, that’s too bad.’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/president-trump-after-hearing-of-mitt-romneys-isolation-due-to-coronavirus-exposure-gee-thats-too-bad-2020-03-22

[Catherine Vincent]

28. Good lord that was awesome!

[RANDYWILDMAN]

30. Damn people, Joe is doing a good job !!!!

TFG is not coming back in August or ever.

[kentuck]

32. They love him!

Just ask him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

42. LOL

Link to tweet

[Buckeye_Democrat]

44. Loved seeing the guy yanking that sign down!

Then it looked like his head was rapidly catapulted downward, like he might've tripped. Hope the good guy is okay!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. Same here

Link to tweet

[twodogsbarking]

47. I saw the sign and it opened up my mind. And I am happy now living without you.

Ace of Base.

[brooklynite]

48. He was recording the encounter to show how the Deep State was oppressing him...

[cab67]

50. I'd be curious to see the selfie video this moron took.

Looks like he was right in the face of the security person.

[lark]

51. Wow, the crowd was cheering for the police and against the pro drumpf lies - wow, awesome!!!

[Ohioboy]

52. The crowd's reaction was the best!

[Wild blueberry]

59. Delicious!

Watched over and over! Love the crowd's response!
Thank you.

[barbtries]

61. i want that hot dog.

maybe i'll get to a Dodgers game when I'm back home next month...but probably not, because my son's neighbors (who gave him great season ticket seats with free parking included!) moved.