Byron York's Daily Memo: Time for Trump to move on from Tulsa
by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent |
| June 23, 2020 08:15 AM
TIME FOR TRUMP TO MOVE ON FROM TULSA: There's no doubt Democrats and their allies in the press loved, just loved, the lackluster turnout in Oklahoma for President Trump's first campaign rally in months. They took to Twitter to mock, and mock, and mock some more. "Is the savage and near-universal mockery of Trump's crowd issues a little bit petty and ultimately meaningless?" former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau tweeted during the speech. "Probably. Do we deserve this fleeting moment of enjoyment here in 2020? Absolutely."
Obviously they loved it because they knew Trump hated it. And of course, Trump has often -- as in really, really often -- cited crowd size as a measure of his popularity and chances of re-election. And he has liked to rub his opponents' noses in it. For example, even though he was basically unopposed for the Republican nomination, in January Trump flew into Des Moines for a rally before the Iowa Democratic caucuses. Trump filled the 7,152-seat Knapp Arena and had about 1,000 people standing outside in freezing temperatures. It was much more than any Democrat could muster, and that was the point -- for the president to let his would-be rivals know he was bigger than the lot of them.
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