The Trump campaign literally left hundreds of its supporters out in the cold on Tuesday evening.
As reported in Newsweek and elsewhere:
Backers of President Donald Trump were left stranded overnight, with several taken to hospital for hypothermia after an Omaha campaign rally ended in chaos.
Hundreds were bussed in to the Eppley Airfield site, leaving their cars in parking lots, but were left wandering up to four miles in the cold after coaches failed to pick them up.
"President Trump took off in Air Force One 1 hr 20 minutes ago, but thousands of his supporters remain stranded on a dark road outside the rally," CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny tweeted at 10:21 p.m. CDT.
Trump’s rally was held at Eppley airport, with supporters transported in buses along an airport service road from parking lots approximately four miles away. At the conclusion of the rally. they expected to be bused back to their cars.
But much like Soviet citizens relocated into the depths of Siberia during Stalin’s time, they were simply abandoned to their own devices in freezing temperatures.
As reported by the Iowa Starting Line:
According to a Twitter account named “Omaha Scanner,” police officers located two groups of elderly Trump supporters shortly after the event ended who were struggling in the cold. One group was reportedly frozen in the cold and unable to move.
Another complaint included a call for a medic to assist a 68 year-old man who complained of hypothermia and possibly had an altered mental status.
Many were trapped in the cold until the early hours of the morning in 32 degree temperatures. The wind chill factor was reportedly a crisp 18-20 degrees.
Megan Hunt is a Democratic state Senator from Omaha:
And this is possibly the most well-done snark I have ever seen (h/t BOHICA from the comments):
The campaign blamed a “traffic jam” for the inability of the buses to reach the area where the rally was held.