Desperate Dems limit attendance at Trump rally in Minnesota today to 250

[mystery-ak]

October 30, 2020
Desperate Dems limit attendance at Trump rally in Minnesota today to 250
By Thomas Lifson

Minnesota’s 10 Electoral votes are up for grabs, remarkable in a state that has not supported a GOP presidential candidate for over half a century. So desperate are the state’s governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison (a former Black Muslim spokesman) – both Democrats -- that they have imposed an attendance cap of 250 people (how is this constitutional?) on today’s planned Trump rally at Rochester International Airport.

    The rally was initially planned at the Rochester airport, but Ellison’s office demanded a “COVID preparedness plan” from officials from the City of Rochester, Olmsted County, and the Rochester airport, as well as the Republican National Committee to ensure the event was safe.

    The event was then moved to Dodge Center, prompting Ellison’s office to ask the Trump campaign and the owner of the building McNeilus Steel for their “COVID Preparedness Plan.”

    That prompted the Trump campaign to move the event again, back to the airport.

    “Thanks to the free speech-stifling dictates of Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, only the first 250 people will be admitted,” the campaign said in a statement sent late Thursday night.

    “Without question, Minnesota Democrats had hoped that the President would simply cancel the event, but he will not allow partisan politicians to deprive people of their First Amendment rights to gather peacefully to hear directly from the President of the United States,” the statement continued.

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[mystery-ak]

I say ram the barricades...

[skeeter]

F the governor - pack em in. The state will go NUTS.

[Cyber Liberty]

I say ram the barricades...

This may prove to be an interesting test of wills....

[PeteS in CA]

Howzabout strategically placed sound trucks in the parking lot?

OTOH, at Biden "rallies" 50 would be an SRO crowd, , though I don't think they've had to worry much about crowd control. .

[sneakypete]

I say ram the barricades...

@mystery-ak

Damn shame they can't be personally sued.

[Hoodat]

Surprisingly, there is no right to freely assemble under the Minnesota State Constitution.

[sneakypete]

Surprisingly, there is no right to freely assemble under the Minnesota State Constitution.

@Hoodat

Well,Mn was settled by flesh robots.

[240B]

Trump did two rallies. He did one for those outside the Communist Berlin Wall.
And another one for those 'permitted' in by the Stasi.

[PeteS in CA]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/trump-vs-the-incompetent-blowhard.php

TRUMP VS. THE INCOMPETENT BLOWHARD

This afternoon, President Trump made a campaign stop in Rochester, Minnesota. He was only able to speak in person to 250 people because of a mandate from our leftist Attorney General, but thousands of Trump fans assembled outside the venue. Before the event began, Trump was interviewed on C-Span. He offered his opinion of Minnesota’s Incompetent Blowhard:

[PeteS in CA]

https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/trump-fans-crowd-outside-minnesota-rally-in-spite-of-state-capacity/

Trump greets throngs of fans outside Minnesota rally after state allows just 250 seats

President Trump greeted hundreds of supporters gathered outside a Minnesota rally venue Friday night after Democratic state officials limited attendance to just 250 socially distanced seats.

A crowd many times larger than the number of people allowed a seat near Trump gathered outside the gates in Rochester, southeastern Minnesota, images tweeted by journalists indicate.

Trump took a motorcade to the overflow crowd rather than the state-sanctioned stage after disembarking Air Force One.

“There are thousands of people all because the governor wants to play games,” Trump said as he approached within feet of the large group of supporters gathered behind a barricade.

“There are thousands of people injured by this,” Trump said. ” I’m going to go back and speak to 250 people… This should be a lesson [for Democratic Gov. Tim Walz].”

  Smarter than the average goobernor!