Trump is all of sudden melting down about everything he can think of – this time it’s Fire Marshals who are diabolically trying to take down the Trump by limiting the number of people who can go to his venues!! That’s the most dastardly evil political trick since Hitler fired up the Reichstag!!!
Here’s Trump throwing a tantrum about it in order to duck other questions from the press:
Entire trump gaggle just now pic.twitter.com/E76oadIoiq
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
See how he runs off before taking any questions?
Ignored repeated shouted questions about the Khan family https://t.co/Gtu54GQeUT
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
Now we know why Trump was so mad. Says he brought a picture of Clinton event in Columbus. Wanted to do crowd comparison.
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
Just thinking aloud: Trump vs. Fire Marshals more palatable headline for campaign than Trump vs. Gold Star family, no?
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
Apparently the Fire Marshal completely disagrees with the facts presented in Trump’s childish outburst:
Columbus Fire spox Steve Martin just called me, called Trump's accusations of politics "completely false" pic.twitter.com/rGynvWqLKw
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
Martin also pointed out that the Fire Marshal is a career position, one that "you rise through the ranks" of, not a political appointment
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) August 1, 2016
So is Trump trying to start another controversy in order to bury the old one? I don’t think the media is going to let him get away with it.
Here’s more from the Daily Mail:
Donald Trump renewed his complaints on Monday about fire marshals limiting the size of his rally crowds, telling reporters in Columbus, Ohio that thousands of fans were kept out of the city’s convention center ‘purely for political reasons.’
The local fire marshal disagreed, telling reporters that the event was always to be limited to 1,000 audience members – something he insisted Trump’s own staff knew ahead of time.
‘We’ve had thousands of people outside. Thousands,’ Trump told pool reporters as he entered the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
‘They were turned away by – for political reasons – purely for political reasons.’
‘They said in this massive building you’re not allowed to have any more than a thousand people. And that’s nonsense,’ Trump vented.
‘We could’ve had four, five, six thousand people. They’ve all been turned away.’
‘It’s a disgrace,’ he added.
‘Look at the size of this place!’ he said as he began his town hall meeting.
‘Is the mayor a Democrat? Is he a Democrat over here? That’s what I heard. He ought to be ashamed of himself.’
Columbus Division of Fire Battalion Chief Stave Martin, the agency’s public information officer, said in a statement that cutting the crowd off at 1,000 people ‘was the plan all along.’
‘We feel disappointed that Mr. Trump wasn’t aware of how that number was reached and that it was agreed to by his own people,’ Martin added.
But the exhibit hall allocated to Trump’s town hall event inside the convention center included large empty spaces. And a curtain dividing the room left half of it completely unused.
Pretty ridiculous of el Trumpo, but we’ve come to expect nothing more…