July 29, 2016 04:06 PM UTC

Trump: Springs Fire Marshals "Don't Know What The Hell They're Doing"

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• by: Colorado Pols

SATURDAY UPDATE: Via 11News in Colorado Springs, the fire marshal responds more nicely than we would:

11 News spoke to Brett Lacey, who said the problem was with the event. He said organizers handed out too many tickets and there wasn’t enough space in the auditorium for that many people… [Pols emphasis]

Lacey said crews evaluated the room on Thursday and decided about 1,500 people could safely fit in the room. Another thousand could be in the overflow room.

On Friday afternoon, Lacey decided another hundred could be let into both rooms. But, he told 11 News’ Katie Pelton it comes down to what’s safe. [Pols emphasis]

“There’s an old adage that when a fire marshal walks into a room, milk curdles. So because we’re always looking out for public safety and trying to make certain venues go off successfully and safely sometimes there are people that aren’t very happy with some of the rules and regulations we’re required to enforce. But it doesn’t bother me at all,” he said.

We mentioned earlier the likelihood of Trump’s campaign advance team booking a much smaller-capacity venue than appropriate for the number of tickets made available for the event. This could be either simple incompetence on the campaign’s part, or a deliberate act to create the illusion of massive crowds being turned away from an event.

Either way, going off on the fire marshal in his trademark bilious way makes Donald Trump look like, well…a blathering asshole who blames everyone else for his own mistakes. We recognize that he needs little additional evidence in this regard to convince anyone undecided, and his supporters generally love it.

Thanks to the Colorado Springs Fire Department for keeping folks safe against Trump’s will.

Original post follows.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is in Colorado at this hour, and his first public event on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is now underway–but not before Trump kicked off his speech with some trademark nastiness for Colorado Springs fire marshals who limited attendance:

“They don’t know what they’re doing.” “That’s why we’re going to hell.” And here we thought Hillary Clinton was the problem?

Now, it should be noted that the Gallogly Events Center at UCCS only has a capacity of about 1,500 people, which is pretty small for a Trump political rally. It’s a common practice in politics to book a smaller venue than you expect can handle your crowd size, so as to make the story about your “overflowing crowds.” But in this case, Trump would rather badmouth the fire marshals–even going as far as wondering aloud if they’re “Hillary people”–than bask in the glory of his throngs of supporters.

That’s just how Trump rolls, we guess.