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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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There has been discussion of "overflow venues." I would expect 200 packed into a sports bar with the TVs tuned in to the speech would be even more dangerous than an arena (lots of void space and powerful HVAC). The rally will be substantially risky. The "watch parties" will be much more so.
 
Berman has agreed to step down:

In a statement Saturday evening, Berman said that because Barr had respected “the normal operation of law” by appointing his deputy to lead the office, he would step aside.
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There are a lot of empty seats in the arena. So much for the million tickets Trump said were requested. He couldn't even fill the arena.

ETA: I don't know if it is due to this or not, but this idea is priceless:
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign says 1 million people have registered for tickets to his June 20 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., the first since the outbreak of the coronavirus put a halt to large-scale gatherings months ago.

But some social media users say they bought tickets with no intention of going.

"It would be really interesting if we all went to events.donaldjtrump.com and scooped up all the tickets for the rally in Tulsa so he was speaking to an empty crowd," said a June 12 tweet, which was screenshotted and shared more than 10,000 times as part of a Facebook post.

The Facebook post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) Similar posts appeared elsewhere on Twitter and in widespread TikTok videos.
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https://www.allsides.com/news/2020-...p-s-tulsa-rally-leave-empty-seats-it-probably

ETA 2: The Trump campaign is blaming protesters for blocking access to the metal detectors. There were no protesters anywhere near the detectors.
 
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Segnosaur said:
What outdoor rally? Where/when?

Have a reference? Haven't seen anything about it on the inter-tubes.
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CNN is showing (and reveling in) it. One probably won't see that on Fox News. Oohhhh, he's gonna be pissed! Also, most of the upper deck on the inside, and half of the main floor is empty.

How's he going to spin this? "Oh, everybody heard that the crowds were going to be huge, the largest ever, so they decided to stay home and watch it on TV. Not on that Fake News CNN station though, or MSDNC."
The above quote, saying that all the tickets were scarfed up by opponents who weren't going to come anyway, is a much better bet.
 

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When Eric Trump is your opening act and you can't even come close to selling out an arena, it's time to consider breaking up the band.
 
Stacyhs said:
Berman has agreed to step down:
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Yup.

Lindsey Graham (who is on the Senate Judiciary committee) has said he would follow the general guidelines that will allow senators from a state to veto nominees for that state's attorneys. IF Graham is honest and follows through, it means that the Democrats can block Trump from putting in his preferred choice.

From CNN

So, overall it may not work out so bad. Stubby McBonespurs and his lapdog Barr do not get to place their own guy in charge. His replacement will be Audrey Strauss, who had been working with him (so she knows the cases, and will probably follow though on whatever investigations they are working on.)

(Wikipedia)
 
Stacyhs said:
No, I did not and do not think that. You wrongly inferred that. I was merely pointing out that claiming something is not the same thing as a video of Trump saying something. And I thought that was made even clearer with my explanation that claiming something can be debated but a video showing Trump saying it was not. It had absolutely nothing to do with you implying anything at all.
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Fair enough, let's call it a draw and move on.
 
Those speechwriters must be frantic right about now. He's going to have to read the updates from paper (72 point handwritten font, double-spaced) rather than the teleprompter as I doubt they will have time to transcribe it.

(20 minutes before speech)
Video shows workers already dismantling the outdoor pre-speech venue where Pence and Trump were supposed to be speaking right... about... now...
 
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Segnosaur said:
Yup.

Lindsey Graham (who is on the Senate Judiciary committee) has said he would follow the general guidelines that will allow senators from a state to veto nominees for that state's attorneys. IF Graham is honest and follows through, it means that the Democrats can block Trump from putting in his preferred choice.

From CNN

So, overall it may not work out so bad. Stubby McBonespurs and his lapdog Barr do not get to place their own guy in charge. His replacement will be Audrey Strauss, who had been working with him (so she knows the cases, and will probably follow though on whatever investigations they are working on.)

(Wikipedia)
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Only temporarily until...and if...Trump's nominee (Powell) is confirmed. A nominee who has ZERO prosecutorial experience is nominated to be the top prosecutor in the SDNY. Only the best!
 
Stacyhs said:
Only temporarily until...and if...Trump's nominee (Powell) is confirmed. A nominee who has ZERO prosecutorial experience is nominated to be the top prosecutor in the SDNY. Only the best!
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From what understand, that it is highly unlikely until after the election in November. And the person they have in mind is not a prosecutor.
 
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