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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprise, surprise - all of this is completely exaggerated.  I’ll take the word of Omaha police and others who were actually there.

https://www.wowt.com/2020/10/28/reports-of-mayhem-after-trump-rally-in-omaha-overblown/[/quote]

The facts are true. Yes, what people take away from those facts may differ. Quotes are from your source.

[quote]The Omaha Airport Authority said the Trump campaign rented 40 buses to transport people from remote parking lots to the event site and ran them for 10 hours. The bus company confirmed Wednesday that those drivers were paid, deflating another incorrect rumor circulating on social media.[/quote]

They were not paid at the site, which is why t hey did not return. They have been paid since then -- after the social media outing about the problem.

The anticipated buses were not there. This is why:

[quote]OPD said [b]additional Metro Area Transit buses[/b] were called in after the event to help transport people away from the rally.[/quote]
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Officers also gave rides to elderly and handicapped attendees as they were able, the spokesman said.[/quote]

There were people still waiting at the site for transport by bus until 11:50 pm, about 3 hours AFTER the rally was over at "about 9pm."

[quote]The weather station at the airport recorded the temp as 34 degrees with a wind chill of 27 degrees at 8:52 p.m. Tuesday, with the temperature dropping to 33 degrees with the same wind chill by 11:52 p.m. … The last person leaving the rally site by bus was on board at 11:50 p.m., and pedestrian and vehicle traffic was back to normal by 12:30 a.m., OPD said.[/quote]

People were taken to the hospital.

[quote]Between five and seven people were taken from Tuesday night’s MAGA rally with various medical conditions, authorities said. Others needing medical attention were “contacted by medics over the duration of the event, not just at the end,” the OPD spokesman said.[/quote][/quote]

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