Look at the tremendous overflow at packed arena in New Hampshire last night. Sorry we couldn’t get you in, will be back soon! pic.twitter.com/Rvd2TeJrpo— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2019
Found out why Trump wants to go to New Hampshire again. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has other plans:
NEW from Trump campaign: “The rally scheduled for Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has been postponed for safety reasons because of Tropical Storm Fay. It will be rescheduled and a new date will be announced soon.”— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 10, 2020
(No mention of coronavirus and social distancing concerns.)
Well, and the Portsmouth Police Commissioner called the rally "Biological warfare":
“The fact of the matter is, New Hampshire is one of only three states in the country right now that’s seeing a decline in COVID-19 cases,” replied Shaheen, who is the daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). “We’ve worked very hard over the last five months doing everything we can, staying at home, wearing masks, washing hands and now to have a super spreader event like this rally.”Well, and a tropical storm that's forecast to be out of the state by mid-morning Saturday could really depress the crowd in a
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“The president lives in a biological bunker,” she said. “He gets tested all of the time and yet the people attending this rally are not. They’re not getting daily testing. They don’t know if the person next to them without a mask has COVID-19. It is unacceptable and it’s dangerous.”
10% chance of rain lol pic.twitter.com/4DV7KIZ3jx— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 10, 2020
Yeah, that excuse is lookin' a little threadbare.
— Space Force Commander (@Edspatchel) July 10, 2020
Heh. In fact, it's not holding water at all:
No surprise: NH Rs were not happy @ a crowded rally amid Covid-19, as @anniekarni notes. Gov. Sununu was skipping. Question now: If Trump can't do rallies, is there a Plan B?https://t.co/tb5qjEz5iU— adam nagourney (@adamnagourney) July 10, 2020
The rally was set for an outdoor space in an airport hangar, in the hopes that anxious supporters would be less frightened to attend an open-air gathering in the middle of a pandemic than they were in Tulsa, Okla., last month, when just 6,200 people showed up to fill a 19,000-seat indoor arena where Mr. Trump spoke.
Current weather forecasts for Portsmouth indicate that the rain is supposed to stop there around noon on Saturday; the rally was scheduled for 8 p.m.
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It was not clear whether the New Hampshire rally was on track to fill up. Aides were adamant they’d fill the venue. But people familiar with the sign-ups said the interest in the rally was significantly lower than for rallies that took place before the coronavirus paused campaigning.
Well, the cancellation of Trump’s New Hampshire rally means he can stay laser-focused on his tireless work to address Covid and the economic crisis, and by “tireless work” I mean golfing.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 10, 2020
There is always a silver lining, huh?
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