Only 3,700 actually showed up? Really only 3,700? About 1/2 planned for??

[bobbieinok]

Fabulous!!

Add that to the Tulsa numbers and he's sure looking bad! bad! bad!

[Cirque du So-What]

1. And he woulda gotten away with it too

if not for those meddling TikTok teens.

[MontanaMama]

8. Bwaaahaaaaa!

You win this thread.

[malaise]

2. It's all down hill from here

He knew and could not fake the mood to excite his fellow virus spreaders - good!
It will get worse.

[CatWoman]

5. I understand they banded the chairs together

I suppose it was done so there weren't pockets of empty seats

[NJCher]

10. that's appalling

forced close so he could look like he had an audience. This is criminal.

[Dem2theMax]

12. Now we know why they did that.

They wanted to make it look like the place was packed.

It was packed all right. With a whole bunch of Covid-19, just waiting to attach itself to a whole bunch of stupid people.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. The zip ties were required by the fire marshall.

The purpose is to keep the aisles clear in case of an emergency evacuation, so chairs won't get thrown in the way.

It sure looks sinister, though. And definitely something the Trump campaign would do. They're probably pissed that they didn't think of it first.

[Dem2theMax]

24. They really were required by the fire marshal?

I don't doubt you. But I've been in many a situation where the same type of chairs have been set up and they weren't zip tied together. And a lot of those situations were indoors, where a fire would be a lot worse than if you were outdoors.

At least when you're outdoors, you have a lot of options in which way to run. If you are indoors, you only have a few options.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

42. This from CNN:

Despite social distancing guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that say people in large gatherings should wear face masks and attempt to stay at least six feet apart, there are hundreds of black plastic folding seats linked together with plastic ties at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial amphitheater, where President Trump is expected to attend, speak and view a fireworks show tonight.

"Folding chairs at an event like these need to be zip tied together by code, per a public safety official involved with the event," a public safety official tells CNN. "In case of an emergency, like a fire event or a storm or anything that would cause people to quickly move out, the zip ties would ensure that the chairs will not be easily knocked over or fly into egress paths — moving a full row of chairs, rather than one or two. Additionally, the zip tied chairs then cannot be used as a weapon.

"

About 2/3 the way down the page.

[Dem2theMax]

43. Son of a gun!

I just did a Google Search and sure enough, they do have codes to enforce tying chairs together. Amazing!

I'm flabbergasted. But I found a whole bunch of examples. Thank you for the information.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

45. "Additionally, the zip tied chairs then cannot be used as a weapon."

FFS, if that's a major concern at a gathering, so much so that you need to tie the chairs together, I'm just staying home forever.

[Ms. Toad]

48. That just seems ridiculous to me.

If you need to get out quickly, you don't want have to move the entire row of chairs to escape.

[leftieNanner]

3. I know. Doesn't it just break your heart?

[tblue37]

4. Where does that number come from? (It looked pretty packed.) nt

[CatWoman]

7. illusion my dear

[sheshe2]

17. Ageed.

The only photos they showed were close short shots. If there were more they would have shown them. I doubt there were even 3K there.

[lame54]

26. The Shot...

Trump saluting
Pull back to military band and Trump saluting
Cut to fly-over
Cut to full shot of crowd, a band, stage where is still saluting, 2 giant screens of waving flags and mount rushmore in the background
Cut to jets flying over mount rushmore

The Ultimate Photo-Op
They got it
Expect to see it again and again

[dawg day]

36. too bad for Trump that he looked sweating and bloated and constipated

That won't look good in an ad.

[lame54]

41. I didn't notice...

He looked the same to me

[onethatcares]

13. the National Park Service

if I'm not mistaken.

Hit the google and find out.

[tblue37]

15. Thanks. nt

[paleotn]

30. The seats weren't tie wrapped together in hopes of a super spreader event.

They did it for optics, so people couldn't spread out like they did in Tulsa. On Faux News it looks like a packed stadium.

[avebury]

6. Where did you see the attendance number? nt

[bobbieinok]

11. In a post at DU. Don't remember who posted. Or source

[blogslut]

14. Here's a link from ABC

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-mount-rushmore-controversy-fireworks-personal-fascination/story?id=71595321

...His speech, attended by about 3,700 people, came as many states are rolling back their reopening plans and as the country posted another record-breaking day in the number of diagnosed coronavirus cases...

[tblue37]

16. Thanks. nt

[getagrip_already]

33. the video that played said he played to a packed house......

Is abc gaslighting or were the seats full (including 1700 active duty soldiers)?

[blogslut]

34. It's relative, isn't it?

The thing was held at the park's amphitheater and from what I have googled, the seating capacity is about 2500. Add, press, crew, security and hangers on and 3700 sounds about right.





https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/historyculture/keeping-up-with-the-times.htm

[doc03]

9. Maybe he could crash the Sturgis MC rally in August.

He would have a guaranteed audience there.

[Scurrilous]

19. Maybe he'll hop on someone's hog and take it for a spin at high speeds on a rainy day w/ no helmet.

With Barr riding b word.

[Iggo]

44. Think he knows how to drive?

I’m skeptical.

[lagomorph777]

47. Barr riding reverse cowboy?

[Scurrilous]

49. LOL

[Greybnk48]

27. A huge number of the people there are Drs, Dentists,

and Lawyers on wildly expensive bikes doing cosplay.

[Greybnk48]

28. A huge number of the people there are Drs, Dentists,

and Lawyers on wildly expensive bikes doing cosplay.

[Squidly]

38. People really need to stop painting bikers as tRumphumpers

I know MANY bikers that are staunch Democrats. The stereotyping makes me ill.

[Iliyah]

18. It appears that shithole enjoys spreading COVID-19 to

his cult . . .

[StarryNite]

37. He's culling the herd under putin's instructions.

He may lose a few of his cult followers but he figures they will spread it to older people who are more at risk of dying and falling off the Social Security payroll.

[Grokenstein]

21. Aw, poor widdle God Emperor Donald's gonna be maaaaaad

...that people are unwilling to die for His greater glory and His "numbers." How can He brag about "ratings" if people won't sacrifice their lives for Him? But no worries, I'm sure He'll handle it with the sort of emotional maturity the office requires, the sort that He's shown His entire liaaaahahahahahahahaohfuckme

[Ilsa]

22. LOL. I haven't sseen him at all on CNN giving his

Political speech, and MSNBC interrupted it to talk about him.

[wishstar]

23. That's probably not much more than a normal 4th of July holiday weekend at Mt Rushmore

[Dreampuff]

39. Spot on!

Mount Rushmore has 3 million visitors per year and considering that most go during the summer and 4th of July is one of the biggest days, this number is a pittance. Besides seating space, there is a lot of natural space in the area so many thousand can actually visit at once. It looks like a nice little covid-nest.

[Locrian]

25. great interesting dynamics I think....

I hope this is a start of a *beautiful* trend...
Seems to me what enables a lot of the MAGA crowd is their perceived "strength in numbers".
This may mean that (being the cowards they are) they will start to trickle away and hopefully turn on him as the "loser" he is.

[onetexan]

29. How many were they expecting @the Mount Rushmore covidpalooza?

[paleotn]

31. Everything about this presidency is fake.

He's been a fake all his life. What a pathetic human being.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

32. As Jerry Seinfeld would say "That's a shame"

[dawg day]

35. Remote area, no Covid precautions...

Only the nutso ones would go.

Maybe all the crazed Trumpers we're constantly seeing on TV being interviewed aren't very representative.

[griloco]

40. All paid Russian actors at $1000* apiece...

*or whatever amount you want

[gratuitous]

46. It's easy to tell the attendance was a disappointment

Trump hasn't been bragging about it incessantly.