The story about the Trump campaign abandoning rally attendees in freezing temperatures after Trump left Omaha has been covered widely here and on the news shows, but thought I’d add a few tidbits:
1. Apparently the bus drivers weren’t paid(typical Trump practice) although they may not have known this till after they had delivered the fans to the rally. Also, don’t know if they wore masks to the rally, but they definitely weren’t on the return trip after they had been congregating in the cold for hours. In addition, according to a bus driver: “They said they would pay us when we arrived. Nobody paid us. They said passengers would wear masks. Nobody wore masks and they kept singing YMCA. So we left because we heard from other companies they didn’t get paid last time.”
2. The Trump campaign arranged for their own drop boxes to be furnished to the crowd so they could leave their absentee ballots in them. The boxes were in no way official and the crowd wasn’t just limited to Douglas County(Omaha) and Sarpy County(also District 2). They were also appealing to people in Western, IA and probably drew Nebraskans outside District 2. So they grabbed ballots and then left the crowd to fend for themselves. More details here:
Trump Ballot Boxes