Frank's Musings

The 6,000 attendees at the 20 June 2020 Trump rally in Tulsa acted like the suicidal followers of Jim Jones who died in Guyana  in 1978.  Despite the warnings of medical experts about the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in states like Oklahoma where measures to slow the spread of the virus were being relaxed, the Trump supporters who believed the President’s downplaying of the disease chose to indulge Trump’s egomania by forming a would-be enthusiastic crowd to cheer on his lie-ridden bombast. 

The tragic health effects of that blind faith in Trump’s evangelism won’t be known for a week or two.  In any case, the puny size of the Tulsa crowd may signal the ultimate collapse of the willing suspension of disbelief that brought electoral victory to Trump in 2016.  That  could  lead to the restoration of sense in government in November.