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American teens and K-pop fans sabotaged Trump's Tulsa rally by reserving tickets by the hundreds with no intention of attending, Twitter users claim
Social media users are claiming teens and K-pop fans reserved tickets to the rally with no intention of attending
Political strategist Steve Schmidt said his daughter and her friends reserved hundreds of tickets
Twitter users were quick to reply that their children also sabotaged the rally
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: '... you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations'
There were thousands of empty seats at the 19,000 seat BOK Center
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8443751/American-teens-sabotaged-Trumps-Tulsa-rally-reserving-tickets-hundreds.html
struggle4progress
(118,301 posts)Blue Owl
(50,439 posts)n/t
FM123
(10,053 posts)malaise
(269,067 posts)Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)a bunch of bored teenagers. They are the future of protesting and they make me so proud!
tblue37
(65,409 posts)There had really been 1,000,000 reserved.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)because they figured they'd have no chance to get inside. I imagine there were some.
Baitball Blogger
(46,744 posts)Social media is their territory.
onetexan
(13,043 posts)Which translates to free-for-all, to teenagers, LOL
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)That said, admission is first come first served. Its not like there were only 19,000 tickets available. The campaign will make tickets available on request, preferring to over sell the arena. I doubt they sent out 800,000 tickets, but Im wiling to bet there were far more tickets than seats available.
The real point isnt that Trumpers couldnt get seats. Its that there were no where near enough of his supporters who wanted seats to fill the arena.
Hav
(5,969 posts)Some make it appear as if the empty stadium was the result of a prank when the truth is that not enough Trumpers bothered to show up. The overflow arena is empty. The 800k was inflated, of course, but it was done by both sides. But those Dems "ordering" tickets didn't stop one Maggat from attending.
rsdsharp
(9,186 posts)attendance numbers. That politics 101: Under promise and over perform.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)Bragging over and over again that the place was going to be jammed full, and setting up another stage outside because they thought there would be tens of thousands who couldn't get in. They look really stupid now.
Also, I bet a bunch of Trump fans wanted to go and didn't, because of the stories of huge numbers of tickets issued and people camped outside for days. They figured they'd never get inside, so they stayed home and watched it on teevee instead.
Alex4Martinez
(2,197 posts)My estimate, empty seats upper and lower decks both.
And there are more seats in the mostly empty upper deck than lower. There might be fewer than 10,000 there today.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Hotler
(11,428 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)so they would look foolish after bragging about it, mission accomplished.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)Mariana
(14,858 posts)I think a bunch stayed home because they didn't believe they had any shot at getting inside.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Trump's popularity is vastly overstated. And now the world sees it. No excuses.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... and if it did there's still the overflow being empty.
If there wasn't a logistics issue here in ... THE ... deepest reddest state in the union then there's something wrong.
leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)We are enormous. Tweets of pictures, by a fan, can get 50k likes. Let alone when banding together for a cause.
We regularly crash sites and systems. Not on purpose, its just that big of a group.
Also 20+% of some fandoms are 35 to 50 age demographic. Surprising but true.
AOC just tweeted a thank you.
A woman said "youre thanking 12 year olds and foreign interference? " She is getting blown up. You can't wade in without some research, or you may get annihilated.
Link to tweet
?s=19|
orleans
(34,061 posts)fans did.
went on youtube and watched a bit of this video
talked to my daughter (in her early 30s) and asked her if she was familiar with k-pop. ("not really" ) i said i think she would have liked it when she was younger--i gave her my lame point of reference & said it's kind of like a cross between that girl you liked, mandy somebody (moore) and sailor moon. it's fun.
leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)They're hardworking. It's an entity unto itself. And once you decide you like it. It becomes a rabbit hole.
Iin 2017, I was to do a field trip with my master's program to Seoul. I decided to do some pop culture research. And that was the beginning......
This Carpool Karaoke gives you a sense of personalties. And has created fans itself. Pure fun.
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crickets
(25,981 posts)I thought I would just watch a minute or two, but I got caught up in it and enjoyed the whole thing. They are adorable! Thanks for posting that, leigh. 😍
leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)Corden is so funny himself. So many groups, maybe a girl group could be on show in future.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Archetypist
(218 posts)is not going to help Trump then, considering TikTok's Chinese ties. Otherwise they could have stopped these K-pop fans. What a delicious irony.
Sogo
(4,987 posts)Damn, we need them!!
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)NotHardly
(1,062 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)I plan on joining them when the next rally is announced, claim me and a 1000 friends are attending. Those kids made my week.
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)No drama...just action
Mariana
(14,858 posts)Trump sure looked dejected last night.
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)There would still be 50,000 attending. That alone should have filled his arena and overflow area. Trump just doesn't draw a crowd anymore.
leighbythesea2
(1,200 posts)@ my twitter timeline as tonight. To follow political people and kpop makes for an interesting feed.
They're converging and it's magical. So, funny.
Yes, plenty are voting age and registered. That would be a worthy project of data collection...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And if they are not old enough to vote yet, they will be soon. They are giving me hope for the future.
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)President Biden 2020
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)Had there been a crowd outside when it was obvious seats werent taken they would have let them in...that wasnt the case
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)of this?
Kid Berwyn
(14,914 posts)Prof. Donald Segretti.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Maybe the right will have a new whipping boy after this.