Woman who nodded, gave thumbs up behind Trump in Miami ran pro-Trump campaign in 2018

[Ponietz]

A woman who gained internet fame for nodding and giving President Donald Trump the thumbs up sign during his Miami town hall on Thursday night could have used the free airtime two years ago — because she was running for Congress as a pro-Trump candidate.

Mayra Joli, an immigration attorney and pro-Trump activist who once declared herself Miami’s “master of selfies” during her 2018 campaign, was seated behind the president during his hour-long town hall. After the event, she greeted the president, according to a video posted to her Facebook page.

“We have your back! You see, you see you are the best,” Joli said to Trump shortly after the event finished.

[link:https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/article246492520.html|

No surprise here.

[dawg day]

1. She didn't help him much.

He sounded angry and drunk on rage.

[ooky]

2. I assumed she was a bobble head plant.

[42bambi]

8. Yep. So obvious. I wonder how much he paid her?

[DemUnleashed]

3. Why...

Why the hell did NBC give her such a prime seating spot??! 😤

[lapfog_1]

4. I would assume that this was part of the deal

to get Trump to do a town hall event.

He had to make it look more like his MAGAT rallies

[regnaD kciN]

7. And another prime example...

...of why NBComcast should still go f*ck itself.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. No doubt

she'll be quickly rendered in plastic with a spring-loaded neck and sold via the trump campaign to adorn dashboards all throughout trumpland . . .


.

[regnaD kciN]

6. Extraordinarily rendered...?

[uponit7771]

9. WTF NBC ?!?! They were supposed to vet the crowd !! CNN said they vetted the crowed throughly

[FBaggins]

10. Two possibilities

1 - they’re really bad at the vetting and it’s too easy to fill them.

2 - they were embarrassed by their prior mistake in this area and were trying to show balance

Both may be true

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/media/519955-undecided-voters-at-nbc-biden-town-hall-once-told-msnbc-they-were-voting-for%3famp