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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds stranded at Trump Rally in Coachella - parking lot 2 mi away - 1 bus
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1845335268976623969.htmlHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
He'll leave you stranded if he gets elected too, Einstein...
FarPoint
(13,490 posts)Almost like hostages to stay at the rally and not walk out on him...hahahahahah
IzzaNuDay
(489 posts)When VP Kamala invited people to attend one of his rallies. Also, Pres. Obama talked about 🍊s obsession with crowd size!
😀😀😀
flying_wahini
(7,898 posts)Kind of surprised that some good souls didnt go get their pickups and ferry folks
back and forth to the parking lot.
displacedvermoter
(2,731 posts)are leading the aid and repair convoys down in North Carolina!
tanyev
(44,191 posts)Sorry, sucker. The FORMER president stopped thinking about you the second he stepped off the stage.
MaryMagdaline
(7,642 posts)SupportSanity
(900 posts)Traildogbob
(9,772 posts)Of MAGA terrorists streaming to your neighborhood. To rape, steal and poison the blood of good Americans.
No food, no water, no help. Must be FEMA if ya ask MTG!!! Jewish buses and drivers sent by Biden and the radical left.
SupportSanity
(900 posts)durablend
(7,762 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(1,362 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(1,362 posts)ZonkerHarris
(25,125 posts)LakeArenal
(29,654 posts)Probably didnt contract to take them back or they refused to pay half up front like they were supposed to.
MAGA is so stupid. This happened before. Fool me twice .
Stallion
(6,564 posts)Pull yourself Up by the Bootstraps and hit the Road!!!
Bev54
(11,712 posts)bring people back, only to the rally as he wants a talking point on the crowd. I feel for the elderly but JFC he has been doing this type of shit for 9 years. Maybe it is time these people wake up.
that the drivers, or bus company learned they weren't gonna get paid AT ALL...............and just bugged out to avoid getting left holding the empty bag even more..........
Bev54
(11,712 posts)DENVERPOPS
(9,787 posts)Why would anyone work for him, his campaign, or even the RepubliCON Party?????
littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)And they'll all probably still vote for him. That's if they make it home.
❤️
dchill
(40,019 posts)"Caveat Emptor II" the series.
Prairie Gates
(2,486 posts)Clown show.
ShazzieB
(18,321 posts)barbtries
(29,572 posts)if that's how they run a campaign event, how do you think they will run an entire country?
do you really want to sign up for continued chaos? Are you exhausted by this incessant insanity yet?
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
Dan
(3,964 posts)This is what Trumps administration and business sense looks like. I do not understand why the people are upset or surprised, Trumps businesses etc., have always looked like this. This is the future that they desire, so my pity for them falls between S**t and Syphlis.
Stallion
(6,564 posts)Picking up MAGA at a Trump Rally is a job that nobody wants to do
gristy
(10,700 posts)OP posters, please apply some due diligence.
littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)The post was deleted but the poster followed up with this:
Link to tweet
Doesn't look like two years ago to me, due diligence indeed.
gristy
(10,700 posts)That's it. Nothing in the news media, and nothing from the many stranded individuals themselves.
But it could have happened!
littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)I don't really care. We have better things to do. ❤️
LauraInLA
(1,123 posts)ShazzieB
(18,321 posts)I googled "Trump coachella rally" and pulled up a bunch of hits. Here's one: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-followers-left-stranded-desert-after-coachella-rally-1968439
There are a bunch more.
littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)Poor planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.
It would not surprise me if the psychopath candidate had that very thought and left.
Imagine being such an idiot that you can't figure out that someone despises you to that extent and couldn't care less if you live or die but just wants your money and your vote.
That someone who ultimately just wants to hurt you in every way possible and make sure that you're suffering.
Imagine being that stupid person.
Then imagine being the one wallowing in other people's pain.
Girard442
(6,367 posts)ShazzieB
(18,321 posts)But they are. They trust him completely. They believe he's going to fight for them, just because he says, "I'll fight for you!" at his rallies.
littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)Sad, sad state of affairs, ShazzieB. It's a miracle they're able to wake up in the morning their brains are so dysfunctional.
❤️
ShazzieB
(18,321 posts)littlemissmartypants
(24,767 posts)Prairie Gates
(2,486 posts)Healthy person could walk it in 32 or so no problem.
ON EDIT: One post I saw said the parking lot was 2 hours walk away, not 2 miles. That sounds unlikely (6 miles?) but maybe.
karynnj
(59,858 posts)Alternatively, if the people going on the first bus (or second because that may be when the severe shortness was observed all agreed to get their cars and drive back to get others to the parking lot it could have ended much faster than all going on the bus.
I suspect that would have started almost naturally on our side. (Not the same thing, but early in our life in VT, we went to a Neil Young concert at the fair grounds. When we left, we figured getting out would be hard and chaotic. The cars were parked in rows on a field. However, the cars pulled into the aisles and at each intersection, naturally went every other side in just like in 4 way stops. Very calm, very orderly.)
Our view of community naturally leads to working together. From the comments, it is interesting that MAGA sees themselves as independent and self sufficient, but here they could not organize their way out of a paper bag. Note they then blamed the major and sheriff, not the Trump campaign and its organizers.
tavernier
(13,140 posts)In the tropics in full daylight.
Certainly people with walkers or severe health issues cant, but all those Mr. Machos standing around and whining should have already jogged over to their cars and come back to help those in need.
hahaha
I just realized what I said
Prairie Gates
(2,486 posts)Again, it seems the parking lot may have been a bit farther if they say 2 hours walk rather than 2 miles. But a 2 mile walk should not be a challenge for most people.
tavernier
(13,140 posts)Which could be anywhere from 6 to 10 miles. Yup, somebody has some splainin to do, Lucy!
Hope22
(2,468 posts)If a couple people hitched a ride and each came back with their cars and hauled five people back they would have 12 cars hauling five people two miles after a couple of trips like this in a matter of 30 minutes they could all be back at their cars. Pretty sure the Dems could auger themselves out of there with little trouble. Why cant these people help themselves?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,283 posts)(I'd want you on MY team!)
Girard442
(6,367 posts)Didja bring any o' those?
DBoon
(22,969 posts)both of which I suspect are absent among Trump supporters
ZonkerHarris
(25,125 posts)Hope22
(2,468 posts)But not go back for others. That is exactly why we are where we are. Once as an adult I was helping my mother with the Thanksgiving Day dinner clean up. My sister came out to the kitchen and told me how rude it was that we were making noise while she was trying to sleep! I had to bite my tongue not to remind her how rude it was to go to bed without helping with the clean up! 😂🤣 in case you havent guessed shes a giant T Humper! He invited her to the January 6th debacle. Thank goodness she didnt go!!!
madinmaryland
(65,114 posts)ToxMarz
(2,223 posts)is repuke code for "Start your conspiracy theory's NOW! Everything bad that happens to you the Democrats did, now make up a a way to blame them for it." Never, EVER admit that it was you that fucked up, or just didn't give a shit!
Lovie777
(14,434 posts)Kid Berwyn
(17,515 posts)Not my job.
Jirel
(2,239 posts)Easily fixed, if the lucky ones who got out went back to offer others rides, but MAGAts dont do that.
Think. Again.
(16,636 posts)Quixote1818
(30,023 posts)Wiz Imp
(983 posts)In Wesley Johnson's tweet he says"
The buses had to drive 30 minutes out to find fuel and many didnt return and some got stranded themselves trying to find fuel. Then the CHP ordered the bus drivers to stop driving. This all came from the bus drivers updating us as we sat on the bus asking what happened.
So there were no buses running because the CHP ordered the bus drivers to stop driving. They knew this because the bus drivers updated them as they sat on the bus. So how did bus drivers update them when there were no buses running? Oh, it says they were sitting on the bus - but I thought there were no buses running?
Methinks he should have gotten his made up story straight before posting and contradicting himself.
Wiz Imp
(983 posts)Link to tweet
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Wesley, contacting the bus company, reason why there were no buses, company needed payment prior and the campaign would not pay them for the services. So they refused service. It was absolutely their right to do so, but sadly you people were hurt in the process. Hopefully youve learned a hard lesson about trump, he only looks out for himself, always has always will.
I do hope everyone got home safely.
debm55
(33,098 posts)Bayard
(23,870 posts)Jmb 4 Harris-Walz
(578 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(153,246 posts)Link to tweet
Link to tweet
#TrumpRally This setting was perfect for the master s*it talker to host his BS to his flock standing within proximities of S*IT!
Thats a pretty difficult trick he pulled off as his followers were left stranded 5 mi away from their cars late into the night. #CoachellaRally
Way to go Farticus youre definitely a loser today, tomorrow, and always.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DemsUnited #ONEV1 Z24 #DemCastFL #LiveBlue #VetsResist
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,246 posts)hatrack
(60,503 posts)Carry water for a lying con-man, buy his lies, believe his bullshit, try and cut this country's throat for shits and giggles and you will get FUCKED.
THAT'S. HOW. IT. WORKS.
Autumn
(45,910 posts)CoopersDad
(2,769 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,520 posts)harpua74
(36 posts)This MAGA attendee comment is from a KESQ news article:
https://kesq.com/news/2024/10/14/trump-rally-attendees-express-frustration-after-being-stranded-following-saturdays-event/
"As an attendee I appreciate what many people are sharing on logistics surrounding the event. I witnessed the long lines and people waiting what was a considerable length of time. However I would add this was an exceptional event that simply got overwhelmed by the sheer number of attendees. I imagine it did not help as I understand it, the Mayor of Coachella limited Bus access."
The level of willful ignorance and self-denial is breathtaking.