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- iowa@midwest.social
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- iowa@midwest.social
Former President Trump encouraged his Iowa supporters to caucus for him at any cost, joking that due to extreme winter weather, “even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”
Meteorologists warned of “life-threatening” conditions in Iowa for the weekend as the state prepares to caucus. Trump canceled three of his four in-person Iowa events Sunday due to the freezing cold and snow.
Windchill is projected to be as low as -40 degrees in parts of the state Monday, with temperatures also in the negative. The Hawkeye State is also recovering from a blizzard that rocked the region Friday and Saturday, icing roads.
“You can’t sit home. If you’re sick as a dog, you say, ‘Darling, I gotta make it,’” Trump said at an Indianola rally on Sunday. “Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it, remember.”
Oh wow, -40F is -40 in Celsius as well. That’s pretty rough indeed.
Photo of the event:
Beat me to it.
Trump said “Even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it” jokingly? I suspect that it was no joke as the man has no empathy.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Former President Trump encouraged his Iowa supporters to caucus for him at any cost, joking that due to extreme winter weather, “even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it.”
Trump canceled three of his four in-person Iowa events Sunday due to the freezing cold and snow.
The Hawkeye State is also recovering from a blizzard that rocked the region Friday and Saturday, icing roads.
The weather is expected to severely hamper turnout for the caucuses, but political analysts are unsure exactly how that may impact the result.
Trump rivals hope the weather will depress turnout for the former president and boost their more die-hard supporters.
The bitter cold has also impacted the rest of the Midwest and beyond, with more than 110 million people under wind chill advisories Sunday from the Rocky Mountains to New England.
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Iowa should postpone the event.
Honestly this is why Trump is so popular. If the left was half as motivated they would rule.
“If”? I don’t know how old you are but people lined up around the block during a worldwide pandemic (when there was no vaccine) to kick this smelly fatass out. They just didn’t go to any rallies because that doesn’t matter.
And yet voter turnout is lower in the US than anywhere else
Lower than “anywhere else”? No. Not only does turnout depend on the state and the type of election, other comparable countries have a similar range of participation.
Here’s a table of the turnout for the last EU parliamentary elections. You can see it ranges from 22% to 88% depending on the country:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/election-results-2019/en/turnout/
Now here’s a map of turnout in the 2020 election. You can see turnout has a similar range:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections
this is not the first time trump has encouraged his supporters to die for him.
-40 ?! I don’t think I ever experienced -40 in my life.
“Funnily” we don’t even need to ask if it’s Celsius or Fahrenheit
I actually checked because I’m ignorant and they use Celsius where I live.
Ain’t this the same guy who was trying to get votes of people who died from COVID thrown out?
Same guy who told people not to vote in 2020.
Huh.
at least it wasn’t a global warming joke
I am very ok with Trump encouraging behavior that could kill his followers. I hope they take his advice and go even if they’re very sick with COVID.
Yeah, I was just thinking that I 100% agree with Trump on this one.
“joking”.
Very short sighted. Trump should want them to survive until the general election at minimum.
Just like COVID!