Beach chairs, blankets and trash. Massive mess left after Trump's Wildwood rally.
Source: NJ.com
If you were in the market for a new beach chair, Tuesday night in Wildwood was the time to pick one up.
The thousands of people who descended upon the Jersey Shore town for President Donald Trump's 'Keep America Great' rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center left behind a sea of trash in the parking lot including their abandoned beach chairs and blankets after the rally wrapped up.
Rally-goers were allowed to bring chairs as they waited in line some for up to 48 hours before the event but they weren't allowed to bring them inside the venue.
Factor in the blankets they used to stay warm, and all their drinks and food they were snacking on during the long wait in the parking lot and the convention center ends up with a parking lot full of trash to deal with Wednesday morning.
Fox Park, however, where the line ended Tuesday and where crowds remained to watch Trump on the jumbotron when they couldn't get inside, was spotless Wednesday morning.
City officials said the park cleanup was the responsibility of Wildwood, while the parking lot mess was the responsibility of the convention center, which Wildwood city does not manage.
Mayor Pete Byron on Tuesday said he wasn't invited to the rally after he told NJ Advance Media he would be seeking reimbursement from the local Republican party. He had instructed all city workers to keep detailed logs of hours and expenses related to the rally. Byron did not return a request for comment early Wednesday morning..........................................
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what a mess!
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This is Wildwood, NJ after Trumps rally. Not only did the Trump campaign refuse to pay for this rally they left a filthy mess. #maga
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Clean up begins after President Donald Trump's "Keep America Great Rally" in Wildwood, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Dr Vegas
(456 posts)and by Two the Wildwoods FB page posted this:
Wildwoods, New Jersey
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Great job on the rally clean up by Wildwoods Convention Center staff and Wildwood Public Works!
Blankets and chairs that were left behind were donated to local charities that assist the homeless and by noon today the convention center parking lot and surrounding area was clean.
marble falls
(57,099 posts)marble falls
(57,099 posts)cp
(6,634 posts)Grrrr!
IronLionZion
(45,450 posts)murielm99
(30,745 posts)We knew already that they were pigs. This just confirms it.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)Timewas
(2,195 posts)For the us in another few years at the rate we are going now
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)It's like Woodstock, for Deliverance extras.
paleotn
(17,930 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)TheFourthMind
(343 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)No other president has ever done these "victory lap" rallies three years into their presidency. This is nothing more than a big sop to trumpie's fragile ego and constant need for adoration. How pathetic.
That he and his white trash supporters would show such callous disregard for the venues where these things are held tells you everything you need to know about them. These would be the same people who would throw a shit fit it this happened in their backyards.
trumpie or the state GOP need to held accountable for the clean-up at these things. I cannot recall any other political figure that thought this kind of thing was acceptable.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)I doubt he could draw a sizeable local crowd these days.