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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 02:15 PM Jun 2020

Trump to Hold Next Rally in Bunker

TULSA (The Borowitz Report)—Stung by the paltry turnout at his Saturday-night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Donald J. Trump’s campaign has announced plans to hold his next rally in the bunker beneath the White House.

In announcing the rally, Brad Parscale, the chairman of Trump’s reëlection campaign, denied that the choice of venue reflected a tepid level of enthusiasm to see the candidate speak.

“The bunker holds forty people,” Parscale said. “That is a much larger seating capacity than Joe Biden’s basement.”

Despite the choice of such an intimate venue, however, Trump campaign sources are privately worried that they may have difficulty filling the bunker.

According to one source, Jared Kushner spent all of Sunday morning on the phone begging people to attend the bunker rally.

“All of Jared’s friends said they’re coming, so that’s five seats right there,” the source said.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-to-hold-next-rally-in-bunker

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Trump to Hold Next Rally in Bunker (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2020 OP
I love good satire Gothmog Jun 2020 #1
"All of Jared's friends said they're coming, so that's five seats right there malaise Jun 2020 #2
Love it. underpants Jun 2020 #3
I Don't Believe It ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #6
That line just cracked me up! smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #7
All joking aside, his next rally is Tuesday in Phoenix, with even worse COVID numbers than Tulsa Fiendish Thingy Jun 2020 #4
It's a "mega church ", but not even close to being the largest in the Phx metro. marybourg Jun 2020 #5
They are renting out a meeting room not the sanctuary grantcart Jun 2020 #9
3,000 for the meeting room they booked grantcart Jun 2020 #8
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. That line just cracked me up!
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 03:42 PM
Jun 2020

It would have been better if he had said "All of Jared's friends said they're coming. Both of them."

Fiendish Thingy

(15,651 posts)
4. All joking aside, his next rally is Tuesday in Phoenix, with even worse COVID numbers than Tulsa
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jun 2020

Anybody know the capacity of the Phoenix venue?

marybourg

(12,634 posts)
5. It's a "mega church ", but not even close to being the largest in the Phx metro.
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 03:27 PM
Jun 2020

They just list their weekly attendance, which is 22,000, but don’t know how many services that covers. They also have 2 locations, for ease of confusion.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
8. 3,000 for the meeting room they booked
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 03:49 PM
Jun 2020

It's not a rally per se

It's an event sponsored by "Students for Trump"


The Church rents the facility out and didn't know it was for a Trump appearance, and doesn't support candidates
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