I don’t think the Donald Trump tiktok allegations about children buying up all the tickets for his Tulsa rally pass the laugh test. 👶

For one political rallies try to pack themselves with supporters not hecklers
The first round of tickets clearly go to party insiders, well known political activists and those who are engaged local supporters
Any other tickets sold to the public are screened, at minimum checking the voter file to see if folks are registered Republicans
They probably also screen against criminal databases and possibly look at issue scores based on commercial data to see if applicants are stronger supporters
Additional Secret Service databases are probably used to screen applicants to rallies
People who aren’t found in databases are probably not issued tickets and usually the demand is higher than actual seats so they have the ability to be selective in who gets tickets.

Eight campaign staffers setting up the rally are in quarantine after testing positive for Coronavirus
The Coronavirus waiver in the ticket application process got a lot of media attention
The rally date changed meaning it could have interfered with people’s plans
A lot of people who attend rallies are elderly, more likely to die or get very sick from Coronavirus
President has been making other excuses too, like saying the threat of protests discouraged rally goers
Plus the firing of the Southern District of New York prosecutor on the night of the rally seems like it was intended to be a distraction to discourage news coverage of the feeble rally attendance

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