Welp! You hate to see it. Hundreds of Trump fans in Georgia were left abandoned in 46-degree temperatures for hours overnight following the president’s rally in Rome.
via: Complex
One downright poetic facet of Trump’s recent mid-pandemic cacophonic gatherings has been the sight of swaths of his supporters ultimately being left out in the literal cold.
Amazingly, this happened once again after Trump’s rally in Rome, Georgia on Sunday. As chronicled by NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin, many attendees were left in the cold “for hours” while waiting on buses to transport them to the designated parking area.
Among those stranded were elderly and disabled supporters. The confusion, per Tsirkin, was complicated further due to the exit road being used by both pedestrians and buses, as well as emergency personnel.
Hours after the President departed for Florida, this was the scene in Georgia as people were left for hours waiting for buses to take them to their cars: pic.twitter.com/rx34hXSR2U
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) November 2, 2020
A chaotic scene where hundreds lined the road a mile up from where President Trump held his rally in Rome, GA — attempting to exit the event.
Some people were sitting and laying on the ground. It’s 46 degrees and windy in the area tonight. pic.twitter.com/AqyAYpZBLA
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) November 2, 2020
Former VP Joe Biden commented on this recent Trump rally staple last week, noting that it’s very much on-brand for how the current administration has failed to rise to the moment during the pandemic.
“Several folks ended up in the hospital,” Biden said in reference to a previous left-in-the-cold saga in Omaha. “It’s an image that captured President Trump’s whole approach in this crisis. He makes a lot of big pronouncements but they don’t hold up. He gets his photo op and then he gets out. He leaves everyone else to suffer the consequences of his failure to make a responsible plan. It seems like he just doesn’t care much about it.”
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