Trump supporters successful Midtown Manhattan for Sunday’s blockbuster rally astatine Madison Square Garden were forced to find imaginative ways to relieve themselves erstwhile they arrived to find nary portable toilets successful show — and immoderate wondered whether nan oversight was intended arsenic a thumb successful nan oculus to nan MAGA crowd.
An estimated 2,000 supporters camped retired connected MSG overnight — and immoderate said they had been waiting up to 48 hours earlier doors opened Sunday morning.
By 10 a.m. location were much than 10,000 group waiting for blocks and blocks astir nan Midtown venue. And not a toilet successful sight.
“We’re peeing successful bags and small cups, and we had to put up a small portable privateness ablution truthful group didn’t person to look astatine each different erstwhile they did that,” said Dorothea Ohlandt, 59, who sewage successful statement for nan Madison Square Garden rally astatine 10 a.m. Friday aft driving each nan measurement from North Carolina.
She said she’s been to Trump rallies each complete nan country, but that New York City was nan only spot that grounded to supply moreover basal accommodations.
Ohlandt, who said she had a hysterectomy 5 weeks agone and is diabetic, said erstwhile she asked officers if she could time off nan unafraid area to spell to nan bathroom, she was told she couldn’t return to her spot successful lune.
“So we had to do this,” she said. She gestured to a heap of bottles pinch urine astir her makeshift campsite, adding that it’s “insane!”
“Why didn’t they put immoderate porta potties retired present for us? Why did nan metropolis determine not to do that? It’s for illustration a third-world country!”
As nan information barriers erected astir Madison Square Garden started filling up early Saturday, Trump supporters learned to their dismay that venturing beyond their confines for a pee break would beryllium a one-way ticket, and that they wouldn’t beryllium allowed backmost successful line.
“This is conscionable for illustration a screw you to nan Trump supporters from New York City!” Jennifer Sasser, 46, who arrived successful New York City Friday greeting aft driving from Wisconsin to guarantee she nabbed a spot astatine nan beforehand of nan statement successful nan entranceway to nan World’s Most Famous Arena.
City Hall didn’t instantly respond to a petition for comment, but New York constabulary brass connected segment seemed to poo-poo nan concerns.
“Life successful nan metropolis isn’t easy,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told The Post erstwhile asked astir nan deficiency of portable toilets for nan monolithic crowd.
“We’ve sewage group successful pens for illustration watching nan shot drop, but this is waiting to get into Madison Square Garden. We’re good prepared, they’re orderly. We’re going to person a very bully day.”
Kimberly Vayda, a azygous mom who useful successful automotive sales, came retired for nan rally pinch her 7-year-old girl Danica successful tow.
“You conscionable can’t portion immoderate fluids. We sewage present a small aft 6 a.m., and she loves Trump, truthful we’re going to reliable it retired and not portion aliases eat anything. It’s benignant of insane that there’s nary proviso astatine each for group who are going to beryllium waiting this long, said.
When asked why she wanted to travel spot Trump speak, Danica told The Post, “Because he’s kind. He helps small kids, I’ve seen nan videos.”
As for her strategy for going nan full time without a bath break?
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“Don’t portion anything.”
Doors for nan arena opened conscionable earlier noon, pinch programming expected to statesman astatine 2:30 pm.
Trump was not expected to return nan shape earlier 5 p.m. Guests will see Elon Musk, Dana White, Tucker Carlson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trump has vowed to triumph New York, a feat not accomplished by a Republican since Ronald Reagan’s blowout triumph against Walter Mondale successful 1984.