Tulsa Fire Department says Trump rally attendance was about 6,200
Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh blamed the lower-than-expected turnout on the press and protestors, saying in a statement that they "attempted to frighten off the president's supporters." He also claimed that protestors blocked "access to metal detectors" at one point, "which prevented people from entering the rally."
Others, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), gave partial credit to teenage Tik Tok users and fans of Korean pop for the light turnout.
Tik Tok users and K-pop fans launched a coordinated effort to to get people with no intention of attending the event to sign up for it anyway, according to The New York Times. The push resulted in thousands of users reportedly spreading the message through tweets and Tik Tok videos.
"You just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID," Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter in response to a tweet from Parscale about the rally.
"Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud," she said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503781-tulsa-fire-department-says-trump-rally-attendance-was-about-6200
