'Empty seats all over the arena': Trump busted for moving rallies to tiny venues
11 months 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 rallies are poorly attended and have been moved to smaller venues to make the former president look better. "They said there were a few thousand people there, and there probably were a few thousand, but that seats 10,000; it was way less than half filled, and even in the lower level, you could see just seat after seat after seat with no one in it," he reported. "He is getting more people to turn out than Nikki Haley, but the phenomenon, the energy of Donald Trump that you saw on the ground here, that we saw on the ground here in 2016, to a lesser extent in 2020, partly because of the pandemic, it's ebbed a great deal in this primary," he added.

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'A lot of empty seats’: What reporters are seeing and saying about Trump’s final rallies
1 month, 2 weeks 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' …

'Very low energy': Trump's Pennsylvania rally reportedly 'not even half full'
1 month, 2 weeks 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, …

As Trump brags "every rally is full," cameraman pans over empty arena
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

People are registering for Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to not attend - here’s why the prank won’t work
2 months, 1 week ago

People are registering for Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to not attend - here’s why the prank won’t work

The Independent  

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'We had to turn away 11,500 people!' Trump melts down over 'empty seats' rally report
4 months ago

'We had to turn away 11,500 people!' Trump melts down over 'empty seats' rally report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump was focusing on crowd sizes again on Sunday. 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. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign team also shared Anderson's original video, writing, "Trump’s audience is exiting as he rambles incoherently …

'More empty seats': Reporter shows people 'trickling out of' Trump's rally as he's talking
4 months 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, 1 week 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 …

Trump has yet another meltdown over crowd sizes as he falsely claims Harris’s rally was fake and AI-generated
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump has yet another meltdown over crowd sizes as he falsely claims Harris’s rally was fake and AI-generated

The Independent  

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Trump claims 25K people attended his Bronx rally — NYPD says it's much less
7 months ago

Trump claims 25K people attended his Bronx rally — NYPD says it's much less

Raw Story  

The Bronx — Former President Donald Trump's campaign has told multiple news outlets he gathered a crowd of supporters in The Bronx Thursday night that is more than five times the number reported by the New York City Police Department. While outlets Fox News and Daily Mail say his campaign estimate 25,000 people showed up to Crotona Park to attend …

Trump is making his donors travel to him for fundraisers: report
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump is making his donors travel to him for fundraisers: report

Raw Story  

Donald Trump may have declared he was running days after the 2022 election, but his enthusiasm this time around appears just as limp as his crowd sizes. Raw Story reported earlier this week that Trump has been booking smaller venues for rallies so that the rooms look packed. It's a big sports arena, they do hockey games and basketball games …

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