My 16 year old daughter and her friends in Park City Utah have hundreds of tickets. That plan was scrapped when the sparsely attended rally in the 19,000-seat arena attracted just 6,200 people, according to an estimate by the fire marshal, with photos from the event showcasing a sea of empty seats.Īll those ticket requests, however, were apparently the work of a coordinated effort by teenagers using the TikTok app, ordering huge numbers of rally tickets in order to troll the president. RELATED: Pink Trolls Donald Trump Over Poor Rally Turn Out The campaign reportedly expected such a massive turnout that an outdoor stage had been set up for overflow, with Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence scheduled to speak to the overflow crowd. Concurrently, we have issued an official cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign.”Īccording to the New York Times, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale had bragged about hundreds of thousands of ticket requests for the Tulsa rally, Trump’s first since the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the shutdown of large-scale public events. RELATED: Neil Young Makes It Clear: ‘F*** You, Donald Trump!’Īfter pointing out that Petty wrote the song to honour “the underdog,” the statement conludes, “We would hate for fans that are marginalized by this administration to think we were complicit in this usage. Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate.” The statement adds, “Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind. In a joint statement shared on Twitter, Petty’s daughters, Adria and Annakim, are joined by his widow, Dana, and ex-wife Jane in stating, “Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind.”
President Donald Trump after Petty’s 1989 hit “I Won’t Back Down” was played at Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. The family of late rocker Tom Petty is taking legal action against the campaign of U.S.