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The Trump booth at my county fair (Original Post) Mr.Bill Sep 2016 OP
Get a picture of it and email to Maddow/tag Joy Reid on twitter. SaschaHM Sep 2016 #1
This GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #4
I agree... sarae Sep 2016 #5
Please this! TeamPooka Sep 2016 #6
Indeed, so very appropriate! And...why am I not surprised? CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2016 #2
where do you live... chillfactor Sep 2016 #3
I live in Lake County, California. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #7
"My penis works just fine, thank you very much... Orsino Sep 2016 #21
You don't need any camera except the one on your phone. okasha Sep 2016 #25
I didn't have my phone with me. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #26
Even if you don't use your phone camera, okasha Sep 2016 #29
I pretty much always carry it with me in my car. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #30
Not uncommon oberliner Sep 2016 #8
But this wasn't just another vendor selling merchandise. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #9
Wow oberliner Sep 2016 #10
Was this official Trump campaign booth promoting any republican down ticket candidates? Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #13
Well, I wasn't really interested Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #14
You're in my state assembly district (the 4th) Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #18
He may have had some literature there. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #19
I strongly doubt he'd have literature there without including a banner Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #20
Demographics and recent history in this district Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #28
Yes, and that's why the weasel assemblyman Bill Dodd changed party affiliation... Brother Buzz Sep 2016 #32
Of course it is...Their brazenness is nauseating! AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #11
What you expected less than full on Trump ?? Disgusting but appropriate and truthy Person 2713 Sep 2016 #12
Post a picture of it. UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #15
See post #7. n/t Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #16
Please, please, get the pics! Ilsa Sep 2016 #17
When was it? Zo Zig Sep 2016 #22
Thank God for SoCal. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 #23
This county voted for Obama twice. Mr.Bill Sep 2016 #24
They probably had swastika arm bands for sale under the counter! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2016 #27
Please send the pics to the local news Cycle2016 Sep 2016 #31

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
4. This
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:16 PM
Sep 2016

Even if you have to drive back. You can make a difference by helping to grow the narrative the media is avoiding. And post it here as well. That will start the ball rolling.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
5. I agree...
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:18 PM
Sep 2016

expose those assholes. They want it both ways, doing their African-American and Latino "outreach" and then flying their confederate flags.

Fuck them. That makes me so angry.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
7. I live in Lake County, California.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:30 PM
Sep 2016

And I don't have a decent camera and don't know how to post pictures. They were also selling/displaying T-shirts that had a picture of an assault rifle with the slogan "I don't call 911".

okasha

(11,573 posts)
25. You don't need any camera except the one on your phone.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 06:16 PM
Sep 2016

You can send the image via email, text or facebook once you save it to your gallery. Put it on FB, and it'll roll from there.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
26. I didn't have my phone with me.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 06:26 PM
Sep 2016

I have never taken a digital picture in my life, and I probably have not talked on a cell phone for more than about two hors total in my life. I have one, but rarely carry it or use it.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
30. I pretty much always carry it with me in my car.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 06:42 PM
Sep 2016

I live so close to the fairgrounds that I walked there last night.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
9. But this wasn't just another vendor selling merchandise.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:34 PM
Sep 2016

This was an official Trump campaign booth.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
10. Wow
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:36 PM
Sep 2016

Also not all that surprising, but you'd think someone would be smart enough to intervene, at least for PR sake.

Brother Buzz

(36,383 posts)
13. Was this official Trump campaign booth promoting any republican down ticket candidates?
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 03:56 PM
Sep 2016

Or was it a rouge outfit operating independent of the local Republican party?

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
14. Well, I wasn't really interested
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 04:05 PM
Sep 2016

in going up to the guy and talking to him. He did have Trump campaign literature and campaign materials like bumper stickers and signs. Local Democratic candidates at nearby booths indicated to me he was official.

One thing I did notice at most political booths was they weren't quite giving stuff away like they always do. They were asking for "donations" in specific amounts for campaign materials. My wife paid $1 for a Hillary button, for instance.

Brother Buzz

(36,383 posts)
18. You're in my state assembly district (the 4th)
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 04:31 PM
Sep 2016

And it's an OPEN seat this year! I can't believe that wacko libertarian/teabagger/republican, Charlie Schaupp, didn't have a banner prominently displayed in the both if it was a genuine republican sanctioned operation.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
19. He may have had some literature there.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 04:35 PM
Sep 2016

Or like other local candidates he may have had his own booth and I just didn't see it.

Brother Buzz

(36,383 posts)
20. I strongly doubt he'd have literature there without including a banner
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 04:56 PM
Sep 2016

I wonder if the inept 'Official Trump booth' idiots blundered and forgot to ask the down ticket candidates to get involved, or the down ticket candidates simply chose to quietly distance themselves from the Trump campaign, "Thanks, but no thanks".

Brother Buzz

(36,383 posts)
32. Yes, and that's why the weasel assemblyman Bill Dodd changed party affiliation...
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:48 PM
Sep 2016

to the Democratic party, like, thirteen months before the 2014 election.

And now the ass, who's deep into the Tobacco industry's pocket, is running for State Senate. Bummer, you don't get to vote against him because you're in a different senate district.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
17. Please, please, get the pics!
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 04:22 PM
Sep 2016

Get several angles, if possible to show which county/state it is, if possible.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
24. This county voted for Obama twice.
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 05:50 PM
Sep 2016

And Northern California will overwhelmingly vote for Hillary. The red counties way up north and inland don't have enough population to matter much. There are housing tracts in Silicon Valley with larger populations than some of the red counties.

Cycle2016

(161 posts)
31. Please send the pics to the local news
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 07:37 PM
Sep 2016

Stations: NBC, CBS, ABC, etc. and upload to their websites. Maybe it can go viral to MSM and AP can pick it up. Thanks!

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