Trump's Sarasota rally still on despite report DeSantis wants it canceled due to Surfside

[Zorro]

Former President Donald Trump's Sarasota rally scheduled for Saturday is moving forward despite a report that Gov. Ron DeSantis' office asked for the event to be postponed while the governor responds to the mass casualty event in Surfside.

A report published Wednesday in the conservative Washington Examiner says the governor's office made a "direct plea" to Trump's team to cancel the rally, with the report citing unnamed sources.

But Florida GOP Executive Director Helen Aguirre Ferré, who previously served as the governor's communications director, said the rally is going forward as planned.

“We’re excited about the rally," Ferré said. "We welcome the president and the rally is about celebrating the founding of our great nation, Fourth of July. Florida is an open state and we’re ready to celebrate.”

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/30/desantis-wants-sarasota-trump-rally-canceled-according-reports/7814283002/

[tanyev]

1. Woo-hoo! Celebrate! Maybe all the fireworks can take down a few more buildings!

Bitter, bitter

[Ocelot II]

2. TFG won't cancel one of his ego-fluffing sessions just because some people died.

[RockRaven]

8. Especially not a mere 160. He kept doing them when thousands-fold more had died of COVID.

Covid was killing 160 Americans an hour and he was still doing rallies.

[katmondoo]

13. After tomorrow's news The Ex president will be selling pillows!

[SoCalDavidS]

16. Yeah, Sure nt

[secondwind]

3. It's ON. Then it's OFF. Now ON again.

Nobody cares, really

[Scrivener7]

7. Mobile booted him. Then, I guess he lined up this venue at the last minute.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15573251

And, judging by the attendance at the last one (about the same as the attendance at a big high school's spring production of The Music Man on a Saturday night) you are right. No one cares.

[QED]

4. Delta super spreader event?

Reckless, as usual. Tone deaf, as usual.

And yet, watch DeSantis join him rather than disagree with IQ45.

[Skittles]

5. the pressure is on DeSantis

how can he continue to hump Trump while dealing with a mass casualty event.....quite the quandary for that fascist bastard

[Midnight Writer]

6. Maybe the God-King can go to the site of the disaster and raise the dead.

[LakeArenal]

9. DeSatan wants to run for 2024 so no extraneous candidates allowed.

I like that we might see a DeS vs FG feud.

[PortTack]

14. I think you are spot on! Deathsatan is eventually going to do or say something that totally pisses

tfg off. The sooner the better. A nice messy feud, like what we are seeing now with turtle or barr... would inflict a fatal blow to deathsatan’s presidential aspirations

[SoCalDavidS]

17. I Stand By My Prediction That Drumpf Will Eventually Endorse DeSatan nt

[LakeArenal]

20. Political theater is not beyond them at all

[FloridaBlues]

10. You know Desantis wants to stand next to his idol.

The Florida republicans won't care one way or another
I wonder if mini trump stands next to our real President tomorrow when Biden visits Florida. I bet not.

[Vinca]

11. DeSantis has started his own campaign with his daily appearances with the Surfside mayor.

He's playing the "see, I'm a really nice guy and anything you thought about me and deregulation isn't true" card. He doesn't want to be Mike Pence II.

[underpants]

21. Haven't been watching but I could see that

Ugh.

[Klaralven]

12. The fairgrounds are located at 3000 Ringling Blvd.

It's where all the clowns will be.

[PortTack]

15. Oh I'm just sure tfg will be talking about the surfside bldg collapse..right?

[SoCalDavidS]

18. He'll Send Thoughts & Prayers (TM)

Then resume talking about how the election was stolen.

[Deep State Witch]

19. Greaaaat

My MIL is in Venice. Hopefully far enough away from his mob of supporters. It's bad enough that she hears that bullcrap from her friends and neighbors, then calls us to repeat it.

[GulfCoast66]

22. Is this outdoors? If so, it going to be miserable for his supporters

Yeah, it’s at 8:00pm, but unless it rains earlier it going to be in the mid to upper 80’s when it kicks off. And most of his supporters down there are older folks and will have to stand around waiting for hours before. These are generally not folks that spend much time in the heat.

I hope they have aid stations. Actually, on second thought, I don’t see the need for them.