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(37,809 posts) Sun Jun 21, 2020, 04:31 PM Jun 2020

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Al Franken breaks down the Trump Tulsa Totter [View all]

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Al Franken
@alfranken
6,200 people at Trump rally in Tulsa. Acts that had bigger crowds at the same venue in 2019:

- Sha Na Na
- The Pips (w/o Gladys Knight)
- Loverboy
- John Tesh
- The West Virginia Touring Company of La Traviata

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Al Franken breaks down the Trump Tulsa Totter [View all] JHB Jun 2020 OP

TY Al Franken! Cha Jun 2020 #1

This is perfect! leftieNanner Jun 2020 #2

"These aren't exactly, ahem, top line acts." sheshe2 Jun 2020 #11

Oh, sheshe2............. MyOwnPeace Jun 2020 #39

:) sheshe2 Jun 2020 #40

Tesh Tops Trump in Tulsa coti Jun 2020 #42

Thank you, Pink and leftieN saidsimplesimon Jun 2020 #55

That she is leftieNanner Jun 2020 #56

All of them has beens MontanaMama Jun 2020 #3

From the Richard Pryor Show edhopper Jun 2020 #7

They still sounded good, even if not the same without Gladys Knight. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #17

The Pips without Gladys??? OMG, Gladys is the group. More people wanted to hear her back up singers? tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #4

Trump will love this. Lol. BootinUp Jun 2020 #5

La Traviata got a bigger crowd? Thanks for the belly-LOL!!! fierywoman Jun 2020 #6

Really. West Virginia has opera? And it tours? Captain Zero Jun 2020 #23

Even funnier! (OK I'm a snob, having played opera in Florence, Venice and LA) -- fierywoman Jun 2020 #29

Lots of serious music in WV Marthe48 Jun 2020 #37

I was kind of intrigued.by that. LisaM Jun 2020 #48

Pink tweeted that her concert at the arena sold out in five minutes. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2020 #8

:snicker: liberalla Jun 2020 #9

Kick dalton99a Jun 2020 #10

Trump is obsessed with ratings and crowd sizes gratuitous Jun 2020 #12

John Tesh? Dem2theMax Jun 2020 #13

Trump is less popular than opera? He's toast. n/t MrModerate Jun 2020 #14

To be fair, I remember reading years ago that more people attend the opera in the US each year than niyad Jun 2020 #30

I don't buy the opera/NFL comparison... MrModerate Jun 2020 #49

And people gladly PAID $ to see them. AllyCat Jun 2020 #15

And team trump actually PAID most of the attendees to his "really" erronis Jun 2020 #27

Lol!! For most of it anyway. AllyCat Jun 2020 #43

The Pips without Gladys Knight malaise Jun 2020 #16

I should've been a Pip... Harker Jun 2020 #22

There were more raccoons scavenging that nite at the "overflow area" NoMoreRepugs Jun 2020 #18

"We've never had an empty seat. And we certainly won't in Oklahoma." keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #19

That's why we're all laughing malaise Jun 2020 #24

:) True Blue American Jun 2020 #26

Trump has not only the Silent Majority klook Jun 2020 #34

:) Marthe48 Jun 2020 #38

"We've never had an empty seat" Beartracks Jun 2020 #50

And Trump's tickets were FREE for f*ck sakes lol ClusterFreak Jun 2020 #20

And some of them must have gone home with COVID IronLionZion Jun 2020 #21

Trump sent COVID there early with his advance team. keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #25

Make Pandemics Great Again IronLionZion Jun 2020 #31

Loverboy is a 41 year old CANADIAN rock band. Canadians are more popular than American prez. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #28

And Loverboy charged for admission, unlike Shitler! SunSeeker Jun 2020 #35

LOL, that is a scream! klook Jun 2020 #32

If you're bested by John Tesh, who CHARGED for admission unlike you...Just.Go.Home. SunSeeker Jun 2020 #33

The Burn is Strong with This One! How Strong, You Ask? Larry Moecurley Jun 2020 #36

It might be the time to end this. warmfeet Jun 2020 #41

I just looked up on a concert finder app OnlinePoker Jun 2020 #44

Hey, don't knock Sha Na Na.. JenniferJuniper Jun 2020 #45

And those people PAID to see those acts TexasBushwhacker Jun 2020 #46

If WV Opera wants to do a Verdi opera that's foolproof, soldierant Jun 2020 #47

La Traviata is not an opera I'd show up for and I love opera TrogL Jun 2020 #51

To be fair ... Straw Man Jun 2020 #52

To be fair... JHB Jun 2020 #53

To be fairer ... Straw Man Jun 2020 #57

The 2003 Detroit Tigers had the worst record in American League history... Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #54