The Cheering Crowds in Trump's Big Super Bowl Ad Were Forced to Be There

[deminks]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/the-cheering-crowds-in-trumps-big-super-bowl-ad-were-forced-to-be-there/

Ahead of Super Bowl LIV, with an anticipated 100 million viewers, President Donald Trump debuted his new TV ad on Thursday that features footage from a speech at a Pennsylvania petrochemical plant where workers were forced to attend—or risk not getting paid.

The 30-second ad, which is one of two that are set to air during the Super Bowl on Sunday, proclaims that Trump has made the country “stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before,” while clips of the president at various campaign rallies and speeches are spliced together like a highlight reel. Fifteen seconds in, however, the ad features footage from what appears to be a rally in a big warehouse. Trump is shown speaking at a podium against the backdrop of dozens of people standing on risers behind him wearing bright yellow safety vests, with a massive American flag draped behind them.

That footage appears to come from a speech that took place on August 13 at a petrochemical plant operated by Royal Dutch Shell in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where workers were told that if they did not show up, they would not get paid, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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[lunatica]

1. He has dreamy visions of crowds cheering him like Kim Jung Un's

The ones who don’t cheer fast enough or loud or long enough will be put in cages.

[CaptYossarian]

2. He could use the background noise from Adolf's speeches.

100 million viewers? They're showing this in Russia now?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. The only time I would

Cheer trump is when he's dead.

I can't stand his voice ,words,how he looks,he is viscerally disgusting on all levels.

[smirkymonkey]

4. This is bullshit!

How does he get away with this? I am assuming it's a private company. Can't any of these employees sue?

[vercetti2021]

5. I already saw the ad

It's literally just taking credit from Obama that's really all it is. It's a humongous flop and I guarantee people will be laughing at it

[Judi Lynn]

6. Did no one suspect he has been doing this from the first? It's time to start investigating.

Forced participation.

How could anyone doubt he would rise above filth like this if it could be arranged?

[llmart]

7. I also suspect they have to pay people to go to his rallies.

I think it's mostly the same bunch of idiots at every rally and he probably has somebody (not him of course) pay their expenses to be there.

I'm not saying there aren't enough goobers and MAGAts out there in our country who do support him, but the ones I know don't have the money to go from state to state to cheer for him.

[Roland99]

8. I remember that footage. None of them looked pleased