Thread: Trump mocks Seattle 'anarchists,' tears into Biden at Tulsa rally; campaign spars with Dems on crowd

President Trump roared back onto the campaign trail Saturday night with a rally before thousands of supporters in Tulsa, Okla., using the fiery and freewheeling appearance to mock Democratic foe Joe Biden, criticize those tearing down monuments to controversial historical figures and decry what he described as the "disaster" demonstration in Seattle.

The rally, his first in months, comes amid prolonged concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and a nationwide outcry over racial injustice in the wake of George Floyd's death. Before an enthusiastic and placard-waving crowd -- in an arena that still had visible empty seats despite expectations of a packed house -- Trump described his party as one of equality and justice but also hammered a "law and order" message in response to those protests that escalated into violence.

Trump specifically tore into the occupation of several blocks in Seattle by left-wing protesters, which covers an abandoned police precinct, saying it is an example of the "radical left." The occupants, whom Trump described as "anarchists," call their area the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, or CHOP.

"We're not talking about some little place, we're talking about Seattle," Trump said, criticizing the Democratic officials in Seattle and Washington state. He said he had a standing offer that "any time you want, we'll come in" and straighten out the issues in Seattle "in an hour or less."

But, he said: "I may be wrong, but it's probably better for us to just watch that disaster."

Trump added that a congressman on the flight to the rally told him he shouldn't step in to end the CHOP occupation in order to let people see "what radical left Democrats will do to our country."

He also cited "radicals" that targeted statues of Thomas Jefferson and Christopher Columbus in recent days and said that a law should be passed that burning the American flag results in a year in jail. While touting his chances in November, Trump repeatedly used examples of protesters tearing down monuments and the Seattle CHOP zone as a foil for his "law and order" theme -- while insisting Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, would always "cave" to such "radical" parts of his party.

"Do you want to bow before the left-wing mob or do you want to stand up tall and proud as Americans?" he asked at one point...

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Originally Posted by fuego

"We're not talking about some little place, we're talking about Seattle," Trump said, criticizing the Democratic officials in Seattle and Washington state. He said he had a standing offer that "any time you want, we'll come in" and straighten out the issues in Seattle "in an hour or less."

But, he said: "I may be wrong, but it's probably better for us to just watch that disaster."

Trump added that a congressman on the flight to the rally told him he shouldn't step in to end the CHOP occupation in order to let people see "what radical left Democrats will do to our country."

I've been thinking the same thing also. It's like the left is constantly setting fires and then waiting for Trump to clean up their messes, and then they try find a way to attack what he does anyway. Fine, let them wallow in this big mess...give them enough rope.

This is why I said it was going to be entertaining to watch. If little ole me can see this (and letting it unravel) coming to an ugly blow to the liberals, anybody could see it if they wanted to. Democrats have as much brains as a breadstick.