Hordes of Donald Trump supporters were left out in the cold waiting for buses yet again after the president’s rally in Georgia, marking the third time MAGA fans have been stranded after similar debacles in Nebraska and Pennsylvania.
After Trump spoke before 30,000 supporters at a rally at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome on Sunday night, long lines of his fans were left waiting in the dark and cold for 90 minutes or more for shuttle buses to take them back to their cars in distant parking lots.
Hours after the President left the venue aboard Air Force One, journalists tweeted photos of extensive lines of fatigued fans waiting in the road.
Many of those waiting were disabled and elderly people, several sitting and laying down on the ground as they were stranded in windy and chilly 46F degree weather.
Hordes of Trump supporters were left stranded waiting for 90 minutes or more in windy and chilly 46F degree weather for shuttles to take them back to their cars Sunday night after Trump’s Georgia rally
Georgia: Trump spoke before a crowd of 30,000 people at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome on Sunday night
Political reporter Michael Tracey slammed the event as a ‘logistical s***show’ saying people were fighting and screaming over getting on the returning buses
NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin shot video of people waiting bundled in coats and hats saying: ‘Some of the folks left stranded were older and disabled. Multiple people tried to hitch rides from strangers amid the pandemic.’
‘The single, narrow road to get in and out of the rally site was shared by pedestrians, cars, busses and emergency vehicles,’ she added.
Political reporter Michael Tracey slammed the event as a ‘logistical s***show’.
‘Screaming matches between people over who gets to board returning busses, etc. I heard variations of “this is the biggest nightmare…” shouted in frustration several times,’ he said.
Hours after the President left the venue aboard Air Force One, journalists tweeted photos of extensive lines of fans waiting for shuttle buses to take them back to their cars in distant parking lots
The Georgia rally was packed with fans standing shoulder-to-shoulder and many seen without face masks despite the threat of the pandemic
Some attendees shared on social media how they had to walk for four miles to attend and leave the event
It appears that none of the attendees were hospitalized after waiting in the cold after the rally ended at 10.30pm.
Some attendees shared on social media how they had to walk for four miles to attend and leave the event.
‘Just left Rome. Very nice crowd. However standing for six hours is kind of rough. Don’t forget the four mile walk there and back. But it was worth it,’ Jackson Doegg wrote over a live broadcast feed of the event as per Newsweek.
‘The folks in charge of transportation were incompetent, gave no direction on the buses, had to walk 3 miles back to the mall. Worth it though, 4 MORE YEARS!’ another fan said.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment on the issue.
Second strike in Pennsylvania: Thousands of Trump supporters waited in 41F degree weather for nearly two hours for shuttles to arrive to take them back to their cars parked in distant garages after the Butler rally on Saturday night (above)
Nebraska: A similar incident took place during Trump’s rally in Omaha on October 27 where supporters waited for three hours in 21F degree wind chill and seven people were transported to a hospital and 30 others, including several elderly rally goers, were treated on site
An estimated crowd of 21,000 attended the rally at Eppley Airfield in Omaga, braving freezing cold temperatures (above)
This is the third time in a week that Trump has left his supporters in the cold.
A similar incident took place during Trump’s rally in Omaha, Nebraska on October 27 where supporters waited for three hours in 21F degree wind chill and seven people were transported to a hospital and 30 others, including several elderly rally goers, were treated on site.
It happened yet again on Saturday night in Butler, Pennsylvania where thousands of Trump supports were waited in the cold for up to two hours in 41F degree weateher waiting for shuttles to take them back to their cars.
However, a Trump campaign official said Saturday there were dozens of buses and the line was simply taking a long time to move, according to the New York Times.