Trump’s Tulsa comeback turns into a very expensive self-own
The Trump campaign spent June 19 trying to sell its Tulsa rally as a triumphant return to the road, but the event was already detonating into a political and public-health mess. The date was originally set for Juneteenth before the campaign moved it to June 20 after backlash, yet the symbolism problem did not go away. By the time the rally arrived, critics were hammering the president for staging a packed indoor event in the middle of a pandemic, and the campaign was leaning on an obviously inflated attendance narrative. What was supposed to be a show of dominance looked more like a warning label.
The Trump campaign spent June 19 trying to sell its Tulsa rally as a triumphant return to the road, but the event was already detonating into a political and public-health mess. The date was originally set for Juneteenth before the campaign moved it to June 20 after backlash, yet the symbolism problem did not go away. By the time the rally arrived, critics were hammering the president for staging a packed indoor eve…
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