He did that at Hershey.
Strategically, I reckon it's sometimes as much about the geography* as it is the crowd size.
*enemy territory
Watching RSBN now.
Guy in the white hoodie, sitting to the left (behind the podium, in the crowd) looks a little shady....
He is repaying Rep. van Drew for voting no on impeachment and switching to GOP. This van Drew’s District. I don’t think there is a larger venue in the district other than in AC and not sure Trump is comfortable going back there.