OK Officials Ask Trump Not To Visit To Historic Black District In Tulsa

Gov. Kevin Stitt said on Wednesday that he and Republican Sen. James Lankford (OK) are now recommending that President Donald Trump not visit the Greenwood District during a reelection rally on Saturday in Tulsa.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1315301
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Ooooooh, today just keeps getting better and better and better.

The Twitter storm this evening will be epic.

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This just about says it all about the so-called president we have. We don’t even want you to pay your respects.

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The smart money says he will INSIST on going despite the request for him to stay away.

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Because we have a pretty good idea what he’ll do instead.

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It has been flowing across the TPM front page like water.

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What could possibly go wrong?

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Dangling the cape in front of the Bull.

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Speaking of Twitter storm, (but OT) there’s this gem in Bolton’s book: During Mr. Trump’s 2018 meeting with North Korea’s leader, according to the book, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slipped Mr. Bolton a note disparaging the president, saying, “He is so full of shit.”
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He should go to Greenwood and take his BOP Anti-riot team and use tear gas and rubber bullets on anyone that even dates to protest. Ivanka can carry the Bible.

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One way to keep him out would be to build a very steep ramp without railings that he would have to traverse. Just sayin’!

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I hope Bolton kept it and will surrender it to a hand writing expert…

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With the wind in Oklahoma, Donnie will need a shitload more teargas, if he wants do any street crossing photo-opping.

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Or tell him an IRS tax auditor wants to meet with him.

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Let the baby go. What’s the worst that can happen?

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That may not be definitive - there could just be the one note, written by one of the contestants on his old show, and people just keep circulating it around the room over and over again…

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So…you’re saying I should take the under on the 8% of black votes he got in 2016?

What’s that? No, sorry. “Way, way under” is not a recognized betting option, but good thought though.

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Once you have a certain number of these “tell-all” books, it’s fun to spot the bits that were included in a cascade of favors mutually agreed upon by the authors.

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Viva El Trumpo! Perpetual bull in a china shop, crapping in the punch bowl

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Oh, like he WOULD.

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