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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:32 PM Jun 2020

Trump team looks to prevent a Tulsa-style debacle in Jacksonville

Donald Trump wasn’t the only one thrown off course by a lower-than-expected turnout at his comeback rally in Tulsa.

Republican officials and Trump campaign aides, some of whom have been working since last year to plan the party’s convention festivities, said the disappointing event last weekend imparted a critical lesson as they look ahead to Jacksonville, where Trump will deliver his acceptance speech as the GOP’s presidential nominee in late August: Learn to manage expectations and plan for trouble.

“The last thing we want to do is over-promise and under-deliver,” said an adviser to the Trump campaign. “Obviously we wish Tulsa had not turned out the way it did, but it was a useful reminder of what we hope to avoid next time.”

The debacle that unfolded in Oklahoma, where sparse crowds forced Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to cancel pre-rally appearances and ignited an unpleasant news cycle for Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, has raised the stakes for the Jacksonville convention, where hundreds of Republican delegates, party leaders and MAGA devotees will send Trump off to battle against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/trump-team-looks-to-prevent-a-tulsa-style-debacle-in-jacksonville/ar-BB15WVLk

Nobody likes Trump

Everybody hates Trump.

He's going out back to eat worms.

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Trump team looks to prevent a Tulsa-style debacle in Jacksonville (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
"First you bite the head off....." leftieNanner Jun 2020 #1
I'd be happy to help grumpyduck Jun 2020 #2
But over-promising and under-delivering is the hallmark of trumps brand... Salviati Jun 2020 #3
Even if the city passed a mandatory mask ordinance SoonerPride Jun 2020 #4
They did? Not that I can find. Duval County is still voluntary. Go anywhere and you'll see. Lochloosa Jun 2020 #8
You are right. I'm sorry. I thought i read that on DU SoonerPride Jun 2020 #10
Hell, I was hoping you were right. Lochloosa Jun 2020 #11
They have a plan for that... JHB Jun 2020 #5
Biden campaign cares for peoples' lives and will host virtual convention. OrlandoDem2 Jun 2020 #6
Time to call nykym Jun 2020 #7
This "phew! Not our fault" in the story made me giggle soothsayer Jun 2020 #9

leftieNanner

(15,114 posts)
1. "First you bite the head off....."
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:35 PM
Jun 2020

I loved that awful song as a kid. Probably, mostly, because my mother thought it was disgusting! Then I, of course, taught it to my kids!

To the topic: I cannot imagine anyone who might be willing to attend an in-person convention! By then, our whole country will likely be completely shut down. I'm glad that the DNC is planning a virtual convention.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
3. But over-promising and under-delivering is the hallmark of trumps brand...
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jun 2020

He won't be able to help himself. Expecting otherwise is to ask him to change himself, and we've seen how well that works over the last three and a half years.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. Even if the city passed a mandatory mask ordinance
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

I suppose though they'll just ignore that for the GOP convention? Because why should they have to obey any rules or laws?

Their evil and stupidity is just unfathomable!

Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)
8. They did? Not that I can find. Duval County is still voluntary. Go anywhere and you'll see.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jun 2020

Should I wear a mask in public?
The CDC issued a recommendation for citizens to wear cloth face coverings in public where social distancing measures are difficult to maintain. Cloth face coverings can be made at home from common items around the house. This is an important voluntary public health measure to help slow the spread

https://www.coj.net/covid19faqs

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)
6. Biden campaign cares for peoples' lives and will host virtual convention.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jun 2020

Trump is a self-centered narcissist who wants a traditional convention in person during a deadly pandemic.

Keep repeating this.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
9. This "phew! Not our fault" in the story made me giggle
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 01:17 PM
Jun 2020

Snip

One Trump campaign official expressed relief that the Republican National Committee — as well as a nonpartisan host committee in Jacksonville — is handling most logistics for the convention so that the president’s reelection team will be “spared” if the event does not go as planned, or if it fails to quench Trump’s craving for a gigantic crowd of adoring supporters.

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