Posted on 11/04/2024 8:00:11 PM PST by xxqqzz
As former President Donald Trump kicked off his four-rally tour across three states on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, many seats sat empty in the 5,000-seat J.S. Dorton Arena, marking the start of his final campaign push.
Trump addressed his supporters in a 90-minute speech, covering familiar topics like his proposed tough immigration policies. He mentioned potential tariffs on Mexico if it doesn't assist with border control and aired grievances against his Democratic opponents.
Empty seats were evident at the rally, with social media users and Vice President Kamala Harris' Rapid Response team highlighting them despite Trump's frequent boasts about crowd sizes.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
most of his rallies have tens of thousands of people outside. wonder what the real story with those empty seats are.
Newsweak.
Well considering he only scheduled them in the last couple days and Monday is workday, I’m not surprised. Besides over 1/2 of all voters have already voted, so probably aren’t as enthused to attend a rally.
you know what I remember?
all the threads about obama’s empty seats.
I voted and my wife and entire family did.
None of us have been to a rally.
Some new converts to Trump that I know...never been to a rally.
All the rallies and polls and blah blah are fun and kill time.
but in the end, the votes are all that matter.
The rest is wind.
The moron liberal’s dejected by Trump rally attendance needed reassurance from their communist life coaches that there were empty seats at Trumps rally too.
Pathetic. The whole lot.
The point of the rallies was to reap voters - at some point, you run out of voters. Let’s wait til tomorrow to see how successful they were
It’s 11pm. I’m watching the Grand Rapids Rally. Number four today. There sure don’t seem to be any empty seats. One of the speakers said there’s an overflow crowd outside. Trump hasn’t even landed yet.
It is a common thing for your opponent to reserve seats and not show up.
Not true. I’ve watched all of them . They took photos hours before the speakers started and it wasn’t full then. By the time the President spoke, it was very full. Don’t believe Newsweek.
The final rally is not even over and Newsweek is just lying like they always do. Everyone see for your self.
That looks like a pretty good crowd for this time of night.
Didn’t we learn four years ago that rally size doesn’t mean much?
I think perhaps your first "Trump" was meant to be a "Harris"?
If you take pictures before the seats are full... They look empty.
Thank you for the pics from kamala’s rally.
Wait, you mean size doesn't matter?
(Seems like I've heard that before somewhere......)
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