Liberal film director Michael Moore issued a warning to Democrats ahead of the general election: Don’t get “cocky.”
In an Instagram post on Saturday ahead of Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Moore said the candidate with supporters who are “highly-motivated, fired-up, & ’on a mission from God’” is the one who will win in November. He also said Democratic nominee Joe Biden lacks an excited base as many of his supporters are motivated by a hatred of Trump.
“They started lining up on Tues in Tulsa for Trump’s rally today. 100,000 are expected!” Moore said. “Trump has lost none of his base and they are more rabid than ever. Sleeping on the sidewalk for five nights just to get in to see Trump? THAT is commitment.”
“Do not take Trump for granted. Don’t think he can’t win. Don’t get all cocky telling everyone there’s no way he’s winning the White House because, frankly, you sound a lot like yourself four years ago,” Moore warned his followers.
He posed a question to Biden supporters: “’How many people would line up for five days just to hear Joe Biden talk?’ 12? 5? None?”
Moore, of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine fame, warned Democrats that their disdain for Trump is not enough on its own to overcome support for the president.
“Don’t get all smug laughing at these Bubbas in Tulsa today & snickering over how many of them are going to come down with Covid-19,” Moore said. “They live, eat and breathe Trump — and none of us do that with Joe Biden. We’re counting on Hatred of Trump — not love of Biden — to win the day. Is that how you really think — hate beats love? Like, the more we ply our neighbor’s hatred of Trump, that’s the ticket to win?”
Trump held his first campaign rally in months on Saturday night following the widespread shutdowns stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
“So, you are prepared to sit out here for five to six days?” asked a reporter for local television station KFOR, speaking to someone at the front of the line two days before the rally. “We’re here till after the rally,” a woman replied.
