'Very low energy': Trump's Pennsylvania rally reportedly 'not even half full'
2 months ago

'Very low energy': Trump's Pennsylvania rally reportedly 'not even half full'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump held a Monday morning campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina that media reports estimated was only at 70 percent capacity. And now it looks like the next pre-election rally on the former president's schedule is even less likely to be well attended. CBS Philadelphia's Josh Sanders posted several photos from inside the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania that shows massive blocks of unfilled seats in a venue that seats just under 9,000 people. Mother Jones' David Corn similarly observed that the Trump rally in Reading was "not even half full" just ten minutes before it was scheduled to begin.

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'A lot of empty seats’: What reporters are seeing and saying about Trump’s final rallies
2 months ago

'A lot of empty seats’: What reporters are seeing and saying about Trump’s final rallies

Raw Story  

Win or lose on Election Day, it's unlikely the 78-year old Donald Trump will ever hold another presidential campaign rally again, and yet some of his supporters over the past week have stopped showing up for his final tour, leading reporters on several networks to mention there are "a lot of empty seats." "Very low energy," is how Mother Jones' …

Trump roasted by Harris campaign over 'ghost town' election eve rally
2 months ago

Trump roasted by Harris campaign over 'ghost town' election eve rally

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump held an election eve rally in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday — but it packed nowhere near the punch of the former president's past campaign events. Gold wasn't the only one who noticed how sparsely attended the Trump rally was, as MSNBC's Vaughn Hillyard estimated that the arena in Raleigh was only around 70 percent full, …

As Trump brags "every rally is full," cameraman pans over empty arena
2 months, 1 week ago

As Trump brags "every rally is full," cameraman pans over empty arena

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump got called out mid-boast on Saturday as he claimed his rallies are always full, right before a cameraman panned to a number of empty seats across the stadium. The video quickly went viral and was reposted by the Harris-Walz X account: “Trump: ‘Every rally is full. Just last week the Harris campaign said the crowd of …

'More empty seats': Reporter shows people 'trickling out of' Trump's rally as he's talking
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'More empty seats': Reporter shows people 'trickling out of' Trump's rally as he's talking

Raw Story  

People were starting to "trickle out" of Donald Trump's Pennsylvania rally while he was still speaking on Saturday, leaving more "empty seats," according to a campaign reporter for USA Today. As Trump spoke past the one-hour mark, some MAGA supporters began to leave, according to reporter Zac Anderson, who covers Trump and Republicans for the news outlet. "Looks like people …

'Things are going great': Columnist mocks Trump's tiny rally venue amid crowd size brag
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Things are going great': Columnist mocks Trump's tiny rally venue amid crowd size brag

Raw Story  

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was expected to speak to a drastically smaller crowd in Asheville, NC, on Wednesday than he did during the 2016 campaign cycle. During comments in Florida on Wednesday, Trump continued to insist he had larger crowd sizes than Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. USA Today columnist Rex Huppke went to X to show Trump some …

'Empty seats all over the arena': Trump busted for moving rallies to tiny venues
11 months, 2 weeks ago

'Empty seats all over the arena': Trump busted for moving rallies to tiny venues

Raw Story  

During a panel discussion on Tuesday's New Hampshire GOP primary, MSNBC contributor John Heilemann suggested that the enthusiasm for Donald Trump's third run for the presidency, outside of his rabid base, is much less than it seems. Speaking with hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, Heilemann noted that Trump rallies lack the energy of his previous runs and that his …

Trump was 'giddy as a kid' about Tulsa rally -- and seeing half-empty arena was 'crushing': NYT reporter
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump was 'giddy as a kid' about Tulsa rally -- and seeing half-empty arena was 'crushing': NYT reporter

Raw Story  

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on Monday said that it was hard to overstate President Donald Trump's disappointment that he couldn't come close to filling a 19,000-seat arena in Tulsa for his big comeback rally. While appearing on CNN, Haberman explained how desperate Trump had been to hold a big rally after having been stuck inside the White House …

Opinion: Trump gets roasted for Tulsa crowd size
4 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Trump gets roasted for Tulsa crowd size

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. After his one-handed water downing in Tulsa he then defiantly threw the empty glass on the stage, inciting cheers from the crowd of “Four more years!” All that was missing was Trump mimicking “Saturday …

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