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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh the humanity! Structure holding U.S. flag at Trump rally collapses.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/structure-holding-american-flag-at-north-carolina-trump-rally-collapses/Behind the press area at the Hickory, North Carolina rally, two machine lifts were extended high to hoist a massive American flag at the back of the rally site. But as President Donald Trump was speaking, one of the structures appeared to collapse behind the crowd, taking down the American flag with it.
New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi captured the moment on video showing the lift on the right side falling backward against the building at the back of the rally site and detaching the flag.
It must be a sign but of what?
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Oh the humanity! Structure holding U.S. flag at Trump rally collapses. (Original Post)
yellowcanine
Nov 2020
OP
JLG scissor lifts. No stabilizing legs, maximum height, heavy winds, large flag...
zackymilly
Nov 2020
#17
AleksS
(1,665 posts)1. Think any of the trumpanzees will get the symbolism?
Probably not.
riversedge
(70,183 posts)18. I doubt they will.
sheshe2
(83,728 posts)2. Omen. nt
malaise
(268,887 posts)11. Another one
Renew Deal
(81,852 posts)13. Flies, Poseidon, Titanic
I sense a theme,
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)3. Any bald eagles seen performing air strikes?
MyOwnPeace
(16,925 posts)9. Like maybe
diving in on the "Orange Squirrel?"
msongs
(67,394 posts)4. did they play the titanic song here? nt
CatMor
(6,212 posts)5. Is it the fall of the House of trump.
Clearly fogged in
(1,896 posts)16. Who among the cataleptic flag holders dozed off?
CatMor
(6,212 posts)19. Could it have been trump himself.... He does go into trances.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)6. That proves he's not an American.
No eagles soaring overhead for him and no drumline dancing either.
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)7. Did the flag fall on IQ45 and strangle him?
If not, the SS agents missed a golden opportunity to finally be rid of their superspreader in chief.
malaise
(268,887 posts)20. Watch it here
Ilsa
(61,692 posts)24. Wow, thanks. Very symbolic. nt
captain queeg
(10,157 posts)8. Maybe the religious nuts will take note
But its really just a reflection of the clowns that work for the campaign,
Blue Owl
(50,347 posts)10. Probably a cheap, corner-cutting, non-union setup
Did they find any bodies under there?
Renew Deal
(81,852 posts)12. That's the location that played the Titanic song.
crickets
(25,960 posts)15. Well, we can all see how that worked out for them.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)14. That they can't hang a flag any better than they can manage COVID infections
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)17. JLG scissor lifts. No stabilizing legs, maximum height, heavy winds, large flag...
Rental lifts dropped off by rental company and operated by someone not trained to operate them.
What could go wrong?
If someone had gotten hurt, trump people would have been at fault and rightly sued.
ananda
(28,856 posts)21. Great metaphor!
hehe
stillcool
(32,626 posts)22. he put people in the hospital for hypothermia...
then he put people in the hospital for heat stroke. Takes them almost as long to find their car, as it does to vote. The flag is a nice touch. All poetry in motion.