The big Trump rallies you don't see

[anatta]

I can't believe there aren't any newspeople here," said Linda of Greene County, Pennsylvania, as she stood among hundreds of cars and pickup trucks idling in long parallel lines in a vast big-box-store parking lot Saturday, waiting to join the Interstate 70 Trump Train. Indeed, although there were carloads of Trump supporters as far as one could see, and many more on the way from Ohio and West Virginia, and this enormous political event was happening less than two weeks before the presidential election, as far as I could tell, I was the only newsperson there.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ee/ar-BB1aou7T


here were so many cars — organizers estimated the number to be 2,000, many of them with whole families inside — that it took a very long time to pass through the lot. As that happened, people honked and waved American flags, and Trump flags, too, and talked about why they think it is critical for the president to be reelected.

"We're here because we believe he is the only way we're going to have an economy in the future," said Sherri from Claysville. "You can have a pandemic and distance and be safe and not shut the economy down." The car rallies themselves are an answer to the problem of campaigning amid a coronavirus pandemic — what could be safer than thousands of people gathered, but all inside their cars?

Maria, from Washington, described herself as a lifelong Democrat who turned Republican when Trump ran in 2016. She and a lot of her family members voted for Barack Obama twice, she said. Now, looking around, she marveled that "the enthusiasm for Trump is unreal." But one person wasn't there — Maria's husband, who was at work in a coal mine in Waynesburg, where he has been a miner for 20 years.

It was no surprise that a crowd in Washington, located in the massive Marcellus Shale oil and gas range, would include a lot of people involved in the energy industry. "We're a big oil and gas family," said Kristie from Washington. "We're living the American dream because of the oil and gas industry." "Born and raised in it," added her husband Zane, whose ancestors had drilled some of the first oil wells in McKean County, Pennsylvania. Now, Kristie added, "We're all about fracking."

"Check out my license plate," said one man out his window as I walked by. I looked at the back of his car, and the plate said FRAC-IT. "All in, buddy," he shouted.

Several other people said they either worked directly in the energy industry or one of the many businesses that support and benefit from it. When I asked if people were connected to the energy industry, my favorite answer came from Dan from Greene County, who said, "Yes, I am connected to the energy industry, because I've got electricity and gas in my house." Point made. We all have a connection to the energy industry. It's just more obvious to the people living in western Pennsylvania.

They feel so strongly about Trump because they know he has supported their industry while Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, wanted to cripple and ultimately eliminate it. They know Trump has not miraculously saved the energy industry in Pennsylvania. They didn't expect that he would. Their calculus was much more basic: In 2016, they voted for the candidate who would stop trying to kill the industry that supports 322,000 jobs in Pennsylvania, according to an energy industry estimate.

Now, they know a President Joe Biden would resume the green crusade to destroy the oil and gas business. On Saturday, they were all very aware that just a few days before, in the last presidential debate, Biden had vowed to "transition" the United States away from oil and gas.

[Jack]

Is that a line to the Soup Kitchen?

[Trumpet]

I can't believe there aren't any newspeople here," said Linda of Greene County, Pennsylvania, as she stood among hundreds of cars and pickup trucks idling in long parallel lines in a vast big-box-store parking lot Saturday, waiting to join the Interstate 70 Trump Train. Indeed, although there were carloads of Trump supporters as far as one could see, and many more on the way from Ohio and West Virginia, and this enormous political event was happening less than two weeks before the presidential election, as far as I could tell, I was the only newsperson there.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ee/ar-BB1aou7T


here were so many cars — organizers estimated the number to be 2,000, many of them with whole families inside — that it took a very long time to pass through the lot. As that happened, people honked and waved American flags, and Trump flags, too, and talked about why they think it is critical for the president to be reelected.

"We're here because we believe he is the only way we're going to have an economy in the future," said Sherri from Claysville. "You can have a pandemic and distance and be safe and not shut the economy down." The car rallies themselves are an answer to the problem of campaigning amid a coronavirus pandemic — what could be safer than thousands of people gathered, but all inside their cars?

Maria, from Washington, described herself as a lifelong Democrat who turned Republican when Trump ran in 2016. She and a lot of her family members voted for Barack Obama twice, she said. Now, looking around, she marveled that "the enthusiasm for Trump is unreal." But one person wasn't there — Maria's husband, who was at work in a coal mine in Waynesburg, where he has been a miner for 20 years.

It was no surprise that a crowd in Washington, located in the massive Marcellus Shale oil and gas range, would include a lot of people involved in the energy industry. "We're a big oil and gas family," said Kristie from Washington. "We're living the American dream because of the oil and gas industry." "Born and raised in it," added her husband Zane, whose ancestors had drilled some of the first oil wells in McKean County, Pennsylvania. Now, Kristie added, "We're all about fracking."

"Check out my license plate," said one man out his window as I walked by. I looked at the back of his car, and the plate said FRAC-IT. "All in, buddy," he shouted.

Several other people said they either worked directly in the energy industry or one of the many businesses that support and benefit from it. When I asked if people were connected to the energy industry, my favorite answer came from Dan from Greene County, who said, "Yes, I am connected to the energy industry, because I've got electricity and gas in my house." Point made. We all have a connection to the energy industry. It's just more obvious to the people living in western Pennsylvania.

They feel so strongly about Trump because they know he has supported their industry while Obama and his vice president, Joe Biden, wanted to cripple and ultimately eliminate it. They know Trump has not miraculously saved the energy industry in Pennsylvania. They didn't expect that he would. Their calculus was much more basic: In 2016, they voted for the candidate who would stop trying to kill the industry that supports 322,000 jobs in Pennsylvania, according to an energy industry estimate.

Now, they know a President Joe Biden would resume the green crusade to destroy the oil and gas business. On Saturday, they were all very aware that just a few days before, in the last presidential debate, Biden had vowed to "transition" the United States away from oil and gas.

Then, why aren't you there????????????

[anatta]

And many marveled at, and perhaps resented, the fact that it was going on below the radar of the national media. As he watched the endless line of cars and trucks pass by, Mark Hrutkay, chairman of the Washington County Republican Party, said, "We've had nine weekend roadside rallies all over the county, and there was no coverage." A moment later, he corrected himself — the BBC covered one, he said. But that was it.

Political strategists often refer to the ground game, the work that campaigns do to knock on doors and make personal contact with voters. Certainly the Trump campaign is doing a lot of that. But if the president wins Pennsylvania, and that would mean he'd have a good chance at winning a second term, he might well owe his victory to his grassroots supporters' work on the road. Jumping in their cars and trucks and inviting others to come along has heightened the enthusiasm in oil and gas country. Look for them to keep driving all the way to Election Day.

[Jack]

Is that a line to the Drive-thru COVID-19 Testing?

[anatta]

Is that a line to the Drive-thru COVID-19 Testing?

is there a reason you have only inanities?
That's a pretty amazing car rally. Obama drew 200 in Florida

[Trumpet]

Another unseen Trump rally.

White man steals bulldozer and rolls over Biden lawn signs in predominantly Black neighborhood

A white man stole a bulldozer and rolled over Joe Biden lawn signs in a predominantly Black Florida neighborhood, Bay News 9 reports.

“This man came onto my property, took the two Joe Biden signs I had in my yard and then came back with a bulldozer to run down my fence,” said homeowner Adam Burgess.

The man, 26-year-old James Blight, was charged with grand theft auto and trespassing.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/whi...-neighborhood/

[Bigdog]

Is that a line to the Soup Kitchen?

That must be some awfully good fucking soup!

[Stretch]

Trump's ground game has been terrific. People have organized their own rallies, vehicle caravans, boat parades all along. A thing of beauty.

[Darth Omar]

Trump's ground game has been terrific. People have organized their own rallies, vehicle caravans, boat parades all along. A thing of beauty.

Never been anything like it before.

Media and lefties insist it means nothing lol.

[Nordberg]

There are not that many people in that photo. Get them out of vehicles and it is very small.
CNN and MSNBC are not coving Trump's phony lying shows. They gave him a billion in free TV time 4 years ago. They are not making that mistake again.

[Concart]

Yawn. I was in Flagler Beach last week, huge Trump country. There were five fat white people standing on a corner waving their giant Trump flags. Across the street were at least 3 dozen Biden supporters. No one cares about rally size. Except Trump. Is that really a closing argument for the Trump campaign? Hey, lots of people are at my rallies, so that means you should vote for me. ROTFLMFAO!!! NO ONE CARES.

[John Barron]

[Stretch]

Never been anything like it before.

Media and lefties insist it means nothing lol.

And, even THAT is if they mention it at all. You'd think they'd learned from '16. But, they keep driving down that
same dead end street expecting a different outcome. They make it so easy for George to win again.

[Stretch]

Yawn. I was in Flagler Beach last week, huge Trump country. There were five fat white people standing on a corner waving their giant Trump flags. Across the street were at least 3 dozen Biden supporters. No one cares about rally size. Except Trump. Is that really a closing argument for the Trump campaign? Hey, lots of people are at my rallies, so that means you should vote for me. ROTFLMFAO!!! NO ONE CARES.

Oooooooooooooo a whole 3 dozen.