21 June 2020

Pink mocks Donald Trump as he fails to sell-out venue for Tulsa rally

US singer Pink has mocked Donald Trump after he failed to sell-out his Tulsa rally venue with supporters.

The US president’s first campaign rally to take place since the coronavirus pandemic began, was set to sell-out the 19,000 capacity BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but he was instead met with empty seats.

Donald Trump's rally failed to draw large crowds (SIPA USA/PA Images)

It went ahead despite concerns about the rally being held during the pandemic. 

The three-time Grammy winner took to Twitter to mock Trump, who had claimed earlier this week that almost one million people had requested tickets for the event.

The 40 year-old, who has played at the venue in the past, said: “I think I sold that same place out in five minutes. #donkeyshow.”

In the background she added: “I don't know, there's a lot of people dressed as seats. Maybe they're in catering.”

But her comments were soon met with criticism by Trump supporters, as one wrote: “No, that theory would be that the pandemic played a part in it. Does that work, has been?”

However the singer said she would 'never ask people to come to an arena during the crisis’.

She said: “Here’s my theory; don’t hurt the people that love you. I would never ask people to come to an arena right now. No good person would.”

The crowds were so unexpectedly small that Trump’s campaign ended up cancelling a speech for the ‘overflow’ crowd because there weren’t enough supporters.

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