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>LET THIS SINK IS FOR A MOMENT . . .
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@evanchill
The brain behind what might’ve been an extremely successful troll tonight in Tulsa is apparently 51-year-old former Buttigieg volunteer and TikTok user Mary Jo Laupp, of Fort Dodge, Iowa
https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/1274496882367180800
'''JUNE 16, 2020
TikTok users are trying to troll Trump's campaign by reserving tickets for Tulsa rally they'll never use
By Donie O'Sullivan, CNN
President Donald Trump says almost 1 million people had requested tickets to attend his upcoming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But some who have registered for the free event, which is scheduled to take place at a nearly 20,000 seat auditorium next week, say they have no plans to attend.
They're trying to troll the President's campaign instead.
Mary Jo Laupp, a 51-year-old grandmother living in Fort Dodge, Iowa, appears to have helped led the charge on TikTok late last week when she posted a video encouraging people to go to Trump's website, register to attend the event – and then not show up.
"All of those of us that want to see this 19,000 seat auditorium barely filled or completely empty go reserve tickets now and leave him standing alone there on the stage," Laupp told her then-1,000 or so followers on TikTok, normally thought of a platform for dancing teenagers and not, necessarily, political action.
Laupp, who said she worked on Pete Buttigieg's campaign in Iowatold CNN
Laupp, who works at a high school and signed up to TikTok earlier this year, told CNN the video blew up overnight.
Her idea prompted multiple other TikTok users
One video, with more than a quarter of a million views, .
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Despite their intent, the objective of the effort, to leave Trump with an empty stadium on Saturday, is almost certainly going to be unsuccessful.
Erin Perrine, principal deputy communications director for the Trump campaign, told CNN, "Leftists do this all the time.
Trump on Monday said the campaign would utilize the convention hall next to the "magnificent stadium" where the rally would be held – adding 40,000 additional spaces to the roughly 20,000 who can fit in the BOK Center.
"I think we're going to have a great time," Trump said. He said he would discuss the state of the nation, "where we're going, where we've come from."
"We expect to have – you know, it's like a record-setting crowd. We've never had an empty seat," he said.
Vice President Mike Pence was pressed by Fox News hosts on why the campaign couldn't host the rally at an outdoor venue, given the spread of coronavirus through aerosols in enclosed spaces. He suggested that was a possibility.
"You raise a good point and what I can tell you is it's all a work in progress and we've had such an overwhelming response that we're also looking at another venue. We're also looking at outside activities and I know the campaign team will keep people informed as that goes forward," Pence said, reiterating that there will be temperature screenings, hand sanitizer, and masks provided for people attending. But asCNN has reported attendees will not be required to wear a mask.Trump has notably declined to wear a mask in public.
The grandmother who helped spark the effort, Laupp, said the Trump campaign will "find bodies to put in seats." Still, she believes the TikTok stunt is an effective way to raise awareness about why the original plan to hold the rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth was so problematic in the first place.
Laupp told CNN she had heard from people this week who had not known about the Tulsa massacre, and that "we as American citizens owe it to marginalized communities to know those parts of history."
She said she plans on continuing to use her newfound TikTok platform in the months leading up to November's election.
Having voted for Gary Johnson in 2016, she describes herself as a libertarian and while she is not yet sure if she will vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in the fall, she says she knows she will not vote for President Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally-trnd/index.html