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2016 US Presidential Race - Mod Warning in OP
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Looking at NBC's take. "But the protesters interrupted Trump throughout his remarks, prompting him to joke that staff should "confiscate the coats" before sending the them into the frigid Vermont night".
Difference between a joke and instructions to security.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/despite-screening-protesters-disrupt-trump-s-vermont-rally-n492536
Here's a video with the coat related "incident".0 -
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Regarding the overbooking "just to fill the place" this "standard practice" usually involves a 2:1 or 3:2 ticketing policy, not 14:1.
Donald Trump tweeted the venue had a 25,000 person crowd in attendance.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/685285573943279616
And as an aside: this pic?
Idk if you've been to a football game or anything recently, but that's not indicative of a 25k person crowd. I've seen pictures of bigger crowds to see a Star Wars premiere. The guy has helicopters and **** right? A secretary who could pilot a toy drone? He couldn't get a better shot of a 'yooge crowd? Hmmm...
During the event,Trump wrote:"There's like 20,000 people — we can't get them in," Trump said. "So you are very, very lucky."
Of those "like 20,000 people", most were turned away for failing a loyalty test at the door. Heil.
Burlington Police were quick to point out that only about 2,000 people showed up, and a count of ~700 protesters.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/01/07/trump-campaign-lumbers-into-vermont/78375274/
And when trying to ensure capacity, why filter out so many people? If you're trying to make inroads in Bernie's state, you know, sway Bernie supporters and independents, why bar independents and supporters from attendance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/01/07/b1625522-b573-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.htmlTo get one of 1,400 seats at Donald Trump’s rally here Thursday night, hundreds and hundreds of people waited for hours in the cold and then had to answer a question like this: Do you support Donald Trump?
Anyone who did not answer with some version of “yes” was not allowed inside. That included undecided voters and those simply looking to learn about Trump’s positions. And anyone showing any trace of supporting Bernie Sanders — the former mayor of this liberal town who is now a Democratic presidential candidate — was definitely not allowed in.
To add more sadness to the turnout, the police previously said they planned on a larger crowd - all of 6,500 people, when less than half that showed up.The Burlington Police Department expected about 6,500 people to show up — still far more than the number of seats in the small theater.
The Heil-Trump loyalty test and the dramatic overbooking were taken to some pretty pointed criticism by Burlington's mayor too:“Seeing Mr. Trump himself apparently tweeting that they’re going to take care of their own tonight, that doesn’t sound like the words of a president to me,” Weinberger said. “If he were elected president I’d hope he would understand that he’s got a responsibility to all Americans, whether they agree with him or not.”
Weinberger said he found it “pretty distasteful” for the Trump campaign to overbook the event, to encourage as large a crowd as possible, and then not communicate “in any way” how people would be treated at the door.
“I don’t think this is the way a serious campaign that cares about the community it’s coming into would conduct itself,” Weinberger said.
Weinberger added that he believed the lack of organization and communication by the Trump campaign resulted in higher costs for the city and more disruption to local businesses. He said the campaign would be billed for the full cost to the city for handling the event, and that it would run into the thousands of dollars.
“I’ll be here until the crowd has left and the situation is under control,” Weinberger said. “Then I’ll go home and get some sleep.”"We have more than 20,000 people that showed up for 1,400 spots,” Trump said in a statement to the Burlington Free Press. “I'm taking care of my people, not people who don't want to vote for me or are undecided. They are loyal to me, and I am loyal to them."
The Trump campaign has the legal right to refuse admittance to anyone, Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo said.
“They have the right to say who’s trespassing in violation of their lease agreement, so when people are asked to leave, police escort them out,” the chief told the Free Press. He said that campaigns remove people from events “all the time” who they do not wish to have attend.
Jess Kell of Burlington was among those denied access Thursday night to the Flynn. She waited on line with a ticket, but once she made it through the first set of doors, well-dressed campaign staff wearing Trump lapel pins began to question her, she said.
“They are asking people if they’re Trump supporters,” she said. “I said, ‘I’m here to learn and listen and observe,’ and they said, ‘This is a private event, and only supporters may come in.’ And then they had the police escort me out the door. There was no chance to ask questions.”
Kell’s son, 17-year-old Burlington High School student Phineas Totten, also had a ticket to the event and arrived sporting a Donald Trump campaign button. When the Trump staff asked about his loyalty, Kell recounted, “He said, ‘Look at my button.’”
Totten was allowed inside.
Re: "Coatgate", Trump was even corrected on his basic temperature skillsMeanwhile, Flynn Center Executive Director John Killacky said the Trump campaign violated its agreement with the venue by handing out signs, which the campaign had promised not to do. A Trump staffer in turn accused the Flynn of being pro-Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential candidate and former mayor of Burlington.
Below Zero != Below Freezing, in Fahrenheit."It's about 10 degrees below zero outside," Trump said.
The temperature was 25.
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