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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas any national news media, morning tv shows, national papers talked about the lack of busses
After the apricothellbeast rally in cold Omaha last night?
(No tv, so I don't know)

jimfields33
(19,382 posts)That doesnt seem like a good idea at all.
Clearly fogged in
(2,605 posts)It boils down to they either know how far the walk was, or they had already ridden the bus. Can't have it both ways.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Seems like safety is better option and walking is safer right now.
Clearly fogged in
(2,605 posts)You're right. It is not a good idea. I could have been more clear; the attendees knew what they were buying into. Whether busses were ever there or not wasn't a problem, the attendees would have packed them. Those choosing to walk, well, somewhere someone forgot that you can only walk halfway into a forest.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)If they would keep the virus themselves, I wouldnt care what they did. Unfortunately, they leave and spread it to innocent people. I hate that most!!!
Claustrum
(5,052 posts)But when the rally ended, the busses couldn't get there or didn't get there due to bad planning. Left the people (many are elderly) stranded in the cold (around 30 degree and in the dark). They started trying to walk to the parking lots while made it worst because they blocked the road for rescue and busses heading their way.
yardwork
(68,354 posts)First, why is the president holding a re-election rally, funded by our tax dollars, in Omaha, Nebraska?
Second, why is the president encouraging thousands of people to gather together during a global pandemic? Why does he discourage them from following the advice of his own health agencies?
Poor logistics seems like a given.
Kingofalldems
(39,945 posts)csziggy
(34,189 posts)I think I read that they began busing people from the parking structure to the rally location three hours or more before he rally began - but rather that realizing it would take at least that long to bus them back, they did not plan on that amount of time plus all the people leaving the parking structure once they got to their cars, causing traffic problems.
I also read that people were complaining that it took two hours for the buses to get back after the first trip out. Uh, yeah, see my first paragraph.
As with anything connected to Trump, badly planned, poorly executed, and probably underfunded - if they funded it at all.
redstatebluegirl
(12,728 posts)mainer
(12,454 posts)irisblue
(36,317 posts)WaPo article-https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/trump-omaha-supporters-stuck-cold/
Omaha News, article, but paywalled to me
Not finding an NYT article
malaise
(290,351 posts)yardwork
(68,354 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,515 posts)He darn near killed some people.
True Blue American
(18,579 posts)To the Hospital. Walking in the dark and cold police picked them up. Finally got buses.
yardwork
(68,354 posts)MoonRiver
(36,975 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(19,923 posts)Wind?
Unbelievable.
Hekate
(99,902 posts)irisblue
(36,317 posts)Dem2
(8,178 posts)Reminds me of the wailing of wingnuts after Katrina
irisblue
(36,317 posts)A bus for me, but not for thee.
And I will not post that 1980s Raffi song for kids and afflict ear worms on DU.