Hiroshima maybe, after the dropping of the Atomic Bomb?
No. It’s Tulsa, Oklahoma; June 1st, 1921
The Tulsa race massacre took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District, Oklahoma. The attack was carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, destroying more than 35 squareblocks of the district and killing and injuring an untold number of it’s Black Residents.
Secondly; June 19th; is considered the Official Day of Slave Emancipation in the U.S.
Trump has chosen this DAY (June 19th) and Tulsa, Oklahoma as the date and place of his first “Post COVID” rally. (Next week).
W-T-F???
Look guys. These rally’s are a LOT of things…the least of which is the honoring and/or celebration of anything African American. So what the hell is Trump trying to prove other than to anger as many people as he can while flipping them off?
I personally think that it’s his biggest “Fu*k You” and crotch-grab to date.
(Oh…by the way? To his supporters? You will have to sign a waiver before you attend to promise to not sue should you contract COVID-19).
MAGA
4 more years.
I don’t know what else to say…so the floor is now yours…
This might be the most blatant, intentionally divisive act of the Trump presidency. The president with a racist stigma (deserved or not), is choosing the site of one of the most famous and horrific acts of racist violence ever perpetrated in this country, on the day when slavery was abolished, to hold a rally that will undoubtedly attract many out-and-out racists, to speak about 4 more years of MAGA to a pasty white crowd and insult the BLM movement during the midst of the most racial upheaval this county has seen in over 50 years.
this is the opposite of bringing a country together in a time of crisis. Covid (starting to spike again), economic crash, race riots. This rally will make at least 2 of those worse, and likely all 3.
To me it is telling that Trump is rallying in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Arizona… Those are the majority of his upcoming tour. Why is he rallying in solid red states? Normally a candidate would focus on purple states. Are those states now considered up for grabs?
“The “Make America Great Again” rally will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, June 19 at the BOK Center, 200 South Denver Avenue, in Tulsa, according to Trump campaign representatives.”
So Florida is purple. I can agree there. They will also have a large swath of new voters due to ex-cons being able to vote now. I don’t exactly know how an ex-con will vote on average? But the IIRC, there is above a million of them.
The other states are hard to explain, unless the GOP or Trump is worried about them. Maybe some other explanation?
The ex-felons are not the only people the GOP makes registration difficult for. I have a feeling more than 50% of them vote for DEMs. I would not think the GOP would take these actions if they thought the ex-cons would vote for them, but at the same time they fight mail in ballots, which seem pretty neutral. Not sure?
Joe Exotic is Libertarian IIRC. He is a current convict, so he can’t vote. Is he in Florida? His zoo was in Oklahoma. Not sure on this?
If Trump even stops getting in his own way just a little; he has a bumpy, but clear path, to victory.
This may sound like a cliche (and maybe it is)…but when Trump wins in November; it will not be because of his actions and who he is… but in spite of his actions and who he is.
It’s mid-June. What makes you think he won’t hit purple states between now and November. These are warm up appearances to get back into the swing of things.
Edit: And these are states where the governors are not going to raise holy hell about Covid.
I would agree with your doogs, except something like this took planning and coordination.
In other words there was 1) careful and deliberate thought given to the date and location for the first “post-COVID” rally and 2) it got the Trump seal of approval.