'A lot of empty seats’: What reporters are seeing and saying about Trump’s final rallies
Raw StoryWin 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' D.C. bureau chief David Corn described Trump's rally Monday in Reading, Pennsylvania—a must-win state both candidates have been focusing on. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard, who says he's been covering Trump since 2015, notes Trump's first rally on the last day before Election Day is just 70 percent full—and Trump was 40 minutes late. Senator Claire McCaskill noted that a Trump rally on Saturday also had "a lot of empty seats."