'So Humiliating': Trump's Big Rally Boast Painfully Falls Apart In Real Time

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Oct 9, 2024, 11:08 PM EDT


Donald Trump’s latest boast about his crowd size fell apart in a hurry as he was fact-checked in real-time while he was still speaking.

“We do a lot of these beautiful rallies, and it’s so great,” the former president said in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. “We never have an empty seat, never have, look at it.”

Just one problem: While the sections closest to the stage were packed with MAGA faithful, there were plenty of empty seats toward the back of the venue ― and observers began sharing images of them on social media almost immediately.

An Associated Press photo also shows some of the empty seats:


Supporters listen in near-empty arena sections as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Wednesday in Reading, Pennsylvania.Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-empty-seats-boast-reading-pennsylvania-rally_n_67072ce0e4b047df57066ba6

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Libbey Dean
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📍Trump’s rally in Reading, PA. A lot of open seats in the back. The arena capacity is over 7,000.
9:10 PM · Oct 9, 2024

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Lot of empty seats at Trump rally in Reading, Pa. Arena has 7,200 seats.
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6:55 PM · Oct 9, 2024

[bcool]

1. Those look like sight-restricted seats

They're behind all the cameras, etc., so I suspect people couldn't see the stage from there (maybe they even closed them off).

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Suuurre. And there were thousands in lines outside who firemarshals wouldn't let in.

Facts don't need excuses.

[Kaleva]

9. As the camera scans the arena, you can see a lot of empty seats at the side too

[tavernier]

17. Hahaha

Good one

[EarthFirst]

34. TSF says tens of thousands of ravenous supporters are denied entry to his events regularly...

Surely there are a few thousand who wouldn’t give a flying fu*k if they had obstructed view; just to be in the presence of Der Trumph…

I’m not buying what you’re selling.

[Botany]

2. Lot of the 2016 Trumpers are now taking the dirt nap.

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[MLAA]

13. I'd gladly pay the airfare for those 2 to go to Russia. I hear Putin's army has plenty of job openings.

If asked, I bet they’d both declare themselves patriots.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

33. Where can I chip in?

[Wednesdays]

23. Dirt naps

Covid likely killed a million MAGAts.

Democrats died during the pandemic, too, but not nearly in the same numbers as Repugs, once the vaccine became available. The difference could be critical in razor-thin election results.

[Blue_Roses]

45. This is sick and quite frankly,

a slap in the face of all those who died protecting this country. If they want to be a Russian so bad, then kick their fat asses out!

[Hekate]

56. I've never forgotten those 2 clowns! Right up there with Get a Brain Morans!

[ouija]

3. Nah

Like he would care if his supporters could see or not. He would stuff people under the stage so he could brag about his Bigly crowd size

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. His fans are disguised as empty seats

[dchill]

8. It IS almost Halloween, fer gosh sakes!

[PedroXimenez]

5. the video has the energy of an airport gate

web surfing on their phones waiting for their flight

[Kaleva]

10. I agree. Low energy. People going thru the motions.

[hibbing]

6. "MAGA faithful" I read as MAGA hateful, more appropriate n/t

[Turbineguy]

11. We love empty seats

as much as trump loves the poorly educated.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. As long as those seats are on the opposing side, sure. ❤️

[Omnipresent]

12. It's a wonder, dumpster fire doesn't have cardboard cutouts of people set in the seats of his rallies...

Just like they did with Baseball games during covid lockdowns.

[MLAA]

16. He would have but the MLB required payment up front to rent them 😬

[TheRickles]

14. This video is much more telling than others I've seen on DU.

It's clearly been filmed when Trump is on stage, and it scans the entire arena. True, most of the empties are behind him, but there's plenty of dead space to the sides and front, and the energy in the room is entirely absent. Very telling.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. He's so delusional he's probably seeing people in those seats.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

❤️

[waldnorm]

30. Bruce willis could be there

For all we know.

[littlemissmartypants]

44. I have two favorite movies and I watch them over and over.

1) Little Big Man and
2) that one...
The symbolism is what I love about #2.

Bless Bruce. What a legacy.

Thanks for your reply, waldnorm.

❤️

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

36. He's ready for Mr DeMile's closeup

I am bigly. It's the venues which got small

?si=g9Gkj7ohCd4OQlqU

[UpInArms]

19. The top tier is completely empty

The rest is maybe one-third full … lots of empty chairs in between

[ananda]

20. Looks like the AI Crowd Generator broke down.

Such a shame. Boohoo

[angrychair]

21. Weird juxtaposition

Between his recent crowd sizes, enthusiasm and the polling that show him tied with the VP.
It doesn't make sense. Crowd sizes and enthusiasm paint a pretty stark picture for a campaign in decline but his poll numbers say he is running strong.
Not sure how to make sense of very different data points like this.

[Novara]

38. Don't believe polling.

Seriously, they've been really fucked up since 2016.

[Solly Mack]

22. Maybe he's so delusional he sees people where none exist.

The little exhausted hamster in his head tries but it's got nothing to work with. Can't blame the hamster, he's running as fast as he can on that rusty wheel in Trump's empty head.

[littlemissmartypants]

29. GMTA! ❤️

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3320299

[Solly Mack]

31. Oh, wow! Sweet!

I should have read the thread and recommended your post.

[littlemissmartypants]

32. What's really funny is that we almost used

all the same words in the same order! Maybe we're telepathic.



My Mother and I used to think and say the same things a lot. She called it mental telepathy. I miss her so much!



❤️

[Solly Mack]

39. My husband often tells me to get out his head.

I think it is cool when things like that happen. Same thoughts down to almost the same words.

[littlemissmartypants]

46. I think it's cool too, Solly Mack.

❤️

[Solly Mack]

50. ...

[littlemissmartypants]

55. Awe! Thanks. You, too. ❤️

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

37. Think they fell off the wheel

?si=cbTqpb-TA6s4zy60

[Solly Mack]

41. Those poor hamsters! Oh, my! I feel sorry for the one stuck in Trump's head.

Much like I feel sorry for the Tribble held captive on his head.

[progressoid]

24. A third of those people are media, staff and gawkers.

[Joinfortmill]

25. Karma, baby. Nobody deserves the public humiliation more.

[moreland01]

26. trump gets caught in lies ALL THE TIME . . .

but it doesn't phase him. Just this week, Putin himself confirmed that trump sent him Covid testing machines, which trump had denied.

Hopefully it's reflected in the vote count.

Let's Vote!!!!

[Deuxcents]

27. I wonder what the people sitting there at his rally think when they hear him say no seats are empty

[littlemissmartypants]

47. Think?!?

[keithbvadu2]

28. He is counting those customary 50,000 people outside who could not get in as virtually sitting in those seats.

He is counting those customary 50,000 people outside who could not get in as virtually sitting in those seats.

[Figarosmom]

35. And the people there dont dtartbthinging

Hey this guy does lie. The echo is a good give away. It's got to be some kind of loyalty test when he's telling them something opposite of what they see with their own eyes.
..

[SpankMe]

40. Kamala's rallies are entirely filled

Trump's rallies are over 20% empty across the board, by some estimates. Trump reserves smaller venues than Harris, too.

The enthusiasm gap is glaring with Harris/Walz dominating. Yet, these two poll neck and neck nationwide.

I.

Don't.

Get.

It!

[BumRushDaShow]

49. "The enthusiasm gap is glaring with Harris/Walz dominating"

And the media refuse to even use that term anymore.

If the shoe were on the other foot, it would be magnified over and over and over. They certainly did it when Biden was still running.

"Democrats have an 'enthusiasm gap'"... *click*... 'an enthusiasm gap'... *click*... 'an enthusiasm gap'...*click*...

[sheshe2]

42. Where the people be at?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

43. But Trump said there's "never an empty seat" at his rallies 🤷🏻‍♂️

Link to tweet

[generalbetrayus]

48. Pshaw, those seats aren't empty -

they're filled with the ghosts of MAGAts who died during the pandemic because they treated their illness with bleach and hydroxychloroquine.

[CincyDem]

51. Haha - he's got less draw in Reading PA than the local minor league hockey team. n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

52. So I guess the Butler crowd was an abberration!

[Blue Owl]

53. Clint Eastwood could only dream of all those empty chairs

[Dave Bowman]

54. Lol, well said.