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moose65

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6. Yeah, it seems so off-the-wall

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 08:10 AM

Aug 2020

This came out of nowhere. I figured he'd just do it at one of his golf clubs.

Why Gettysburg, of all places? Why would he want to speak there, where all of his Confederate-loving supporters would have to go to the place that was the turning point of the Civil War, and where their "esteemed" forefathers LOST the battle? Hmmmm, on second thought, they probably don't even know that....

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Wolf says large Trump nomination crowd in Gettysburg would violate state ban -- he 'hopes and expects [View all] modrepub Aug 2020 OP

Two minutes long Roy Rolling Aug 2020 #1

Trump is so impulsive he probably came up with the Gettysburg idea madaboutharry Aug 2020 #2

It wasn't even that... jaxexpat Aug 2020 #5

Yeah, it seems so off-the-wall moose65 Aug 2020 #6

"Why Gettysburg, of all places?" BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #8

Unwanted Ivanka has been sent to work out the details underpants Aug 2020 #15

LOL BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #17

I thought you'd get a kick out of it underpants Aug 2020 #18

... BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #19

Because he thinks he's as good "for the Blacks" as Lincoln, if not better. Beartracks Aug 2020 #9

Governor Wolf is worrying about a whole lot of nothing bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #3

There are a lot of idiots in PA Kaiserguy Aug 2020 #4

We drove from Tobyhanna HockeyMom Aug 2020 #16

Gettysburg is "red meat" territory durablend Aug 2020 #12

Speech would be in front of the statue of Lee on Traveler. 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #7

He could just go to Lexington VA and do it from inside Lee's chapel underpants Aug 2020 #14

---that would require a sense of geography. 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #21

Wolf should have unidentified officers grab Trump and toss him in an unmarked van IronLionZion Aug 2020 #10

Clearly illegal edhopper Aug 2020 #11

Of course durablend Aug 2020 #13

"If the governor allows it, Trump will think he can walk all over him." BumRushDaShow Aug 2020 #20