'Empty seats all over the arena': Trump busted for moving rallies to tiny venues

[LetMyPeopleVote]

TFG is no longer having massive rallies where we get to laugh at the idiots who attend these events. It seems that even MAGA nutcases are getting tired of TFG's rants and it is harder to ignore TFG's advancing senility if you are not there in person

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During a panel discussion on Tuesday's New Hampshire GOP primary, MSNBC contributor John Heilemann suggested that the enthusiasm for Donald Trump's third run for the presidency, outside of his rabid base, is much less than it seems.

Speaking with hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, Heilemann noted that Trump rallies lack the energy of his previous runs and that his rallies are poorly attended and have been moved to smaller venues to make the former president look better.

"I mean, look, Joe, you mentioned that event," he began. "I was thinking about you on Saturday night. It's the SNHU Arena across the street from where I am now. It's a big sports arena, they do hockey games and basketball games stuff there. We were there together four years ago, Willie [Geist], you, me, [Mike] Barnicle. We were all out there, there was a huge snowstorm. It seats 10,000 people and it was packed to the gills in 2016. The other night here, there were empty seats all over the arena."

"They said there were a few thousand people there, and there probably were a few thousand, but that seats 10,000; it was way less than half filled, and even in the lower level, you could see just seat after seat after seat with no one in it," he reported. "Last night, you know, he did an event on Sunday night in Rochester: the place as a capacity of 700. I mean he filled 700 seats, but, you know, Trump used to brag about the 10,000 people, 12,000 people. 'We kept 10,000 people outside, as far as the eye can see.'"

[brewens]

1. They've played that game for a long time. Remember the Tulsa rally? They were packing people in behind

the stage while Pence was on. The people at that venue had tried to afford a little social distancing by marking every other seat but Trump's people took the signs off.

[Kennah]

2. Four Seasons has availability

[hydrolastic]

11. This is a fun documentary BTW

[Kennah]

13. I very much enjoyed it

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. TFG has become toxic

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[Blue Owl]

4. Little Donny's micro-rallies

Feel the small dick energy and smell the shitty pantload

[keithbvadu2]

5. Is Donald still stiffing the cities, even for small venues?

[Attilatheblond]

19. Wondering about that too. In past, he stiffed cities on fees payable for extra police, traffic control, and such

Kinda doubt he requires as much traffic/crowd control now that he isn't POTUS and doesn't get to travel with such large entourages (paid for by us). But that was a pretty ostentatious parade when he had to show up for his mug shot in Georgia, and it did require blocking some roads. Of course, his ego demanded that big show.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I teally think people are getting tired of the same rant

they've heard for the last 7 years.

[hatrack]

15. Worse than that - nine years of this shit . . .

[Demovictory9]

32. I certainly am tired of him

[A HERETIC I AM]

53. Like a stand-up comic that plays 30 to 40 gigs a year...

but hasn't substantially changed his material in 8 years.

Who wants to go see the same show over and over?

[frogstar0]

7. I wonder why we do not have video or pictures of the empty seats.

Are there restriction on cameras? Seems like if true we would se videos.

[Kaleva]

9. It'd also be interesting if we saw videos where all the seats were filled

A video that scans the entire venue and not just spots like right behind tfg

[Qutzupalotl]

12. The assertion is that they're moving to smaller venues

so the house looks more packed. A view of the seats would not be as informative as the capacity.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. MAGA is dying - as the #TrumpRally features a lot of empty seats & people leaving early as Trump

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[Boomerproud]

34. Why did they come in the first place. Total waste of time.

nt

[Attilatheblond]

18. I recall photos of rallies in 2020 where it was easy to spot computer generated duplicates

of groups in attendance. He hasn't become more popular since then.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. tRump throws out a "heckler" from his rally in New Hampshire... look at ALL the EMPTY SEATS!

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Forget this protester, getting arrested at the Trump rally, look at all the empty seats!

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[Mopar151]

8. WMUR (Channel 9) is still "Kissing the Ring"

They report NONE of the Orange Helllbeasts missteps, or Nikki Hayley calling him out on them. They make SO MUCH money off political ads, and "special election coverage", that they are loath to speak (ill) the truth of any Republican buying their ads!

[shrike3]

10. I see a lack of enthusiasm in my red area.

Which I have alluded to in a couple of posts. Anecdotal, I know.

[Attilatheblond]

17. Seeing same in my area

But the remaining die-hard fan boys are getting more militant, more surly, more obnoxious everyday. And the road rage around here is getting really dangerous.

[shrike3]

20. Lots of crazy driving, yes.

I'm in a red area, so maybe Trumpism has something to do with it. At least there's no Trump parade. They used to have one every Friday. It stopped a couple months ago.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Phases of crazy?

[shrike3]

35. Perhaps. Don't look forward to the next phase.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. Amen! That sounds like Bolivar Peninsula in TX

You can drive on beach. We rented there and unknowingly found out trumpers parade up and down the beach in their trucks every day with giant trump and conferederate flags. That was a couple years ago. Wonder if they still do that.

[shrike3]

39. We used to have a Trump parade here every Friday.

Finally, it stopped. Every day though -- gah.

I'm told the beaches down there are beautiful. Too bad they've got such trash all over them now.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Hope so...our only shot is that we chip away at edges .

[lame54]

14. Are Fotomats still around?

[SleeplessinSoCal]

16. Do those voters still love him or hate us?

I don't know how to react to this other than hope some MAGAts have realized he's just too bonkers for America.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Why its SO important to know what they dont like about him! Remember

and drum on that.

A poll from a couple years ago said, trump supporters did not like his crazy media posts. #1. Don't get why we don't hammer on that. It's a simple Google search find for a layman.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

42. I guess "truth" social isn't making big enough waves.

I don't know why they don't complain about his even more crazy rallies. Remember how upset he was that he had to stay in DC rather than "stoke the crazy" in person and at the expense of tax payers in 2020? He has only himself to blame - about everything!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

43. Youre right. The bad side of his leaving twitter. And

Not enough reporting on bad truth social insanity.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. You made me realize we are actually hurting ourselves by

Not reporting his TS $hit

[SleeplessinSoCal]

45. I think Jack Smith is paying close attention.

I prefer a less toxic diet.

[ancianita]

23. Reality is sinking in, and AI is not going to change that.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

46. I spotted an AI forgery yesterday.

It was on Instagram from Sekena Gomez, who I don't follow, but it wound up on my feed. Pretty shabby looking fake give away due to error. Looked it up and sure enough- fake!

[ancianita]

47. Good on you! There's also a big problem with media broadcasting altered facts. Here's the Atlantic's latest on

the disinformation that corporate media has used lately, with the damage done, no matter how they are corrected. Only one, the NYT, published a formal correction.
In the future we'll be up against both propaganda and AI.

What Did Top Israeli War Officials Really Say About Gaza?

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/israel-south-africa-genocide-case-fake-quotes/677198/

No paywall

https://archive.ph/0Gb8y

[SleeplessinSoCal]

50. This has been a devastating result of the abuse of free speech rights.

I doubt our media will bring it up during the debates. IF we even have debates. Remember back during Bush/Kerry debates there would be "fact checks" afterwards? They were optional.

Went down a rabbit hole. Here is the "true?" story behind the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute".

https://medium.com/skeptikai/the-real-story-behind-the-quote-theres-a-sucker-born-every-minute-1db9a7220d34

I think climate change may shake free some doubters of science. And maybe that will cause an avalanche of truth telling.

[ancianita]

51. Yep. The constant media yell of "fire" in the political arena is an evil spread for profit and power, for all the good

it will do them.

Yah there will be NO general election debates this year.

I hope you're right about a growing effort of truth telling, because the elites might have more comfortable digs on the "climate boat" we're all in, but eventually they're gonna sink with the rest of us, bunkers or no bunkers. When the oceans die, all life dies below or above ground because the planetary healing will take thousands of years. DNA can find a way, but it won't be ours.

[dchill]

25. John Heilemann is probably going to get a...

... reprimand for letting the cat out of the bag.

[Initech]

27. Obama filled Staples Center. Trump could barely fill the rec room at a senior center.

His schitck is over. Done. Finished. And he's the front runner.

[Ford_Prefect]

28. So, despite the MSM presenting him as a viable and equal candidate, his own base doesn't see it that way.

Imagine......

Just think of all the soap and groceries the MSM can't sell if that is so. Oh My!

[SWBTATTReg]

33. tRUMP's rallies are bombing out because he has thousands of ads touting this product, touting that product

nonstop, trying to rip off consumers of their hard-earned money. Anything you see a tRUMP website, or something tRUMP online, look at all of the ADs pushing tons of stupid products for money. tRUMP isn't really running for anything serious anymore, he's using his platform to sell and gobble up more money before the spigot runs out.

I expect him (and this is 65% for him to drop out, 35% to stay in, and this isn't some poll or something I am using, I'm extrapolating my own figures). This is just based upon the few tRUMP avenues I've witnessed (unfortunately) and this seems to be his SOP. Push his ads, sell his junk, of which he gets a % of each sale.

[Kid Berwyn]

37. Empty brain. Empty seats.

Bronzer the Clown has no friends.

[VGNonly]

40. Selective appeal

[LiberalFighter]

41. They are getting tired of listening to him. Tired of looking at him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. TFG's rally attendance is shrinking. 🧵

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[dalton99a]

54. +1