Attendees leaving Trump's rally in Wilmington, NC, 28 minutes into his speech. He would continue for another 40 minutes.

[Dennis Donovan]

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Attendees leaving Trump's rally in Wilmington, NC, 28 minutes into his speech. He would continue for another 40 minutes.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Nah, just lining up for the potties.

[wnylib]

19. Are they golden portables?

[Mblaze]

40. It's like a mullet

Business upfront, potty in the back.

[hlthe2b]

2. If someone dropped me into that---Forrest Gump would have NOTHING on me.

Honestly, though, if I try to be as fair, and unbiased as possible, I still can't imagine how his schtick has not become intensely and unbearably OLD, stale, mind-numbingly BORING by now.

[PatSeg]

58. I know

I can't believe so many people keep showing up. Maybe they feel somewhat obligated even though so many can't bring themselves to stay for his entire mind-numbing speech.

[Deuxcents]

3. Not worth fighting the traffic?

[dchill]

4. Run, Forrest, run!

[BoRaGard]

5. "I did not have weird with that Felon, my self, me and JD. We're not weird." - The Weird Felon (R)

That's how the republican began the event.

He went on to spew more republicanisms and lies, as usual, as the crowd steadily thinning out.

Soon the republicon felon will realize the truth: It sucks to be a LOSER.

[3catwoman3]

48. He actually said "I did not have weird"?

What the hell does that even mean?

[Farmer-Rick]

61. Nah, he didn't say that at his rally yesterday

He said it in some interview after he heard Dems calling him weird.

You know what he really started the rally with?

Crowd size, his very sensitive about his small...crowd size.

[Dave Bowman]

50. Maybe he meant sex?

As in "I did not have sex with that Felon, Mr. Vance."

[niyad]

54. Is that an actual quote?

[uponit7771]

64. +1, I call them Shady Vance and The Felon ... reminds me of a 70s movie title

[bucolic_frolic]

6. You can only take so much of that stuff

even if you agree with it

[Siwsan]

7. Is he reaching the 'Lonesome Rhoades' phase of his campaign?

Although if the film was about him it would be more appropriately called 'A Face in the Small Gathering', rather than 'A Face in the Crowd'.

[Bourgeois Liberal]

11. Eventually He'll Lose it Completely...

And start spouting obscenities and racial epithets in front of a live mic. That'll be the true Lonesome Rhodes moment. We won't need Patricia Neal to turn up the sound.

[albacore]

35. I know he's gonna lose it...eventually..

His cult wouldn't care about any meltdown...they love their Leader.
But what happens if he slimes his way into our White House in November before that happens?
25th amendment....Vance is President.

Let's hope he decompensates totally real soon.

[TommieMommy]

8. Wow they couldn't take anymore of his depressing crappy speech

[SilasSouleII]

46. And yet, they will all still vote for him.

n/t

[ms liberty]

9. I want these journalists to start asking people why they're leaving early

Don't just record it. Set up your camera and mic and talk to them about it.

[barbtries]

31. i saw a video where they were being asked,

and the only answer I heard is they had to get to work.

so which is it? are they all "illegal aliens" or, is TCFSF lying again about who's getting the jobs these days?

for context, he said at his rally, that ALL of the new jobs in the Biden administration went to "illegal aliens."

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[Wounded Bear]

34. "they had to get to work"

Would that be to that job you got during the Biden Economy?

[barbtries]

37. right?

i think it's what scientology calls a shore story. in other words, a lie.

[rurallib]

10. Maybe they have a limit on how many times they can hear "I" and "me"?

28 minutes he probably passed 1000

[birdographer]

12. WOW

That's not just a family or two, that's a crowd walking out, while you hear him whining about something in the background.

Ok, they are bored with the same old whines. But will they vote Harris? Probably just won't vote. I wish they would try a Harris rally, they would enjoy it.

[timms139]

13. I think some

just go so they can say they went and saw a former president. Not because they support him .

[TomSlick]

16. I think you're right.

They did what they came to do.

[3Hotdogs]

22. Yeah. I saw Eisenhower once. something I still recall with some pride.

[3Hotdogs]

23. Oh, and now that I recall, I saw another former president. A president who assured us, he was not a crook.

I don't talk much about that. Jesus... now that I recall, I saw him twice and shook hands with him when he was on a motorcade in 1960. Cranford, N.J.

[Dave Bowman]

51. I hope that after shaking his hand you still had all your fingers.

[barbtries]

29. that's a big ask!

i'd have to ask how long do i have to stay, and how much will you pay me to go?

on the other hand I have already regretfully passed up 2 chances to see Kamala (the first with Biden no less). The first time we were having a heat wave and I could not face standing for who knew how long in the brutal heat, and the 2nd time I was unable to get anyone to go with me. The silver lining about that is that these were both in NC, where the Harris Walz campaign is getting huge, enthusiastic crowds wherever they go.

I took my then 15-year-old son out of school for a day and took the day off work to see Obama speak in 2008. well, to kinda see him; we were very far away! maybe just to say we were there.

[homegirl]

53. I remember standing on

the overlook to the Hudson River with thousands of New Yorkers as the convoy transporting FDR to Yalta moved out to the Atlantic. It was a miserable, cold day and everyone stood there until the convoy had passed and then we all went home. I was a month short of nine years old.

It wasn't until I was 23 years old and saw Winston Churchill sitting in a horse drawn carriage in Sevilla, Spain, surrounded by his painting gear that I put the historical pieces together!

[Beartracks]

45. I mean, I too would be excited to see a former president, but in Trump's case...

... I'd prefer to see HIM leaving.

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[quakerboy]

47. I think many

Are paid to go. When they hit the required time, they walk.

Others are trump fanatics, following him around to be part of the fervor. But once the fire lows, and the wierd yammering gets going, they book it, knowing it's just downhill, and they will be at the next one anyway.

[Cha]

14. Jeeze... I can't stand to hear his voice, Either!

[SheltieLover]

18. Or look at weirdo's fugly mug. Yuck!

Aloha 🌺

[ShazzieB]

66. I've somehow gotten desensitized to his voice, on the whole.

But the way he pronounces certain words drives me batty! My pet peeve right now is the way he pronounces the words millions, billions, and trillions. It sounds like he's saying meeyuns, beeyuns, and treeyuns. Every time he says one of those words, I feel like this:

It's like I've somehow unconsciously channeled all my disgust and contempt for him into having a huge overreaction to certain specific words.

[Jrose]

15. About 15 mins. after watching this blathering bum on tv, I saw

an attendee behind him to his left fail to stifle a big yawn. This is a publicly visible 'fan.' Hey, man, go to the next Harris-Walz rally... that'll wake you up and give you a boost!

[Fla Dem]

17. Probably those paid to attend. They may only have to stay 20-30 minutes.

[Figarosmom]

20. These arent prople leaving

To beat the traffic. I think they just got bored. We don't know what he said before this so it could have been something they didn't like too.

[LilElf70]

43. Trump is a

blathering idiot, capable on nothing more than a word salad. He lives just to hear him self. That's why he never prepares for anything. It's all about him. Yet these idiots will still vote for him. It's unbelievable.

We are witnessing the result of true brainwashing. Even their better judgement, which is making them leave, won't change their mind in November.

[Captain Zero]

62. I keep hoping people who see him will realize he is a bully

And I think this could be happening to some of them. In 2016 I was working in mental health services. I had several guys in early 20s who could see the bully in him on their own.
They had dealt with people like him in school.
They would say they were voting for Biden.

My mother's main complaint about him was very simple.
She said "he is so mean." She was in her 90's, and she voted for Biden.
Even had me get her a bumper sticker that she put in her garage window.

[Jmb 4 Harris-Walz]

21. I'm sure it's people who were paid to be there for 30 minutes!!

Someone stated they had personally seen ads wanting to hire people to attend!

[Prairie Gates]

24. Guys prattles on like Castro

All dictators imagine their words to be an endless source of delight.

Garbage bags.

[hatrack]

25. Well, he didn't walk on water or give sight to the blind, so no miracles . . .

He didn't hit anybody over the head with a folding chair or do the Iron Claw on a ref or jump from the ring and crush a table, so no pro wrestling excitement . . .

He didn't drive a stock car round and round and round (and round) at 180 mph and run into a wall, so no NASCAR fun . . .

Instead, it's the same old song and dance, with a sprinkling of new whines and they've heard it before, so "Gosh, look at the time!"

[barbtries]

26. Here in Durham it's hot today. I expect it's hot in Wilmington as well.

hot and humid.
watching this video i was suddenly reminded of one of my favorite poems, Eye and Tooth by Robert Lowell. It's a poem about depression. The people walking slowly out, they all look tired.

the last two lines:

I am tired.
Everyone's tired of my turmoil.

to read the whole brilliant poem:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/eye_and_tooth_467

[riversedge]

28. Thanks

[niyad]

55. The weather report that I saw said the high wss 82, with 80% humidity.

I would not last 5 minutes in such conditions, I don't care WHO I was going to see.

[riversedge]

27. Most look bored in this short video.......

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[BlueWavePsych]

30. Kick

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Who is surprised by this?

[ailsagirl]

42. Not surprised-- just GLAD n/t

[Attilatheblond]

52. They figured out they would be cooler at home

and listen to their own cranky grandpas rehashing how much better things were in the olden days before all that bussing happened.

[Phil1967]

33. From the video

From the video, the people leaving are wearing/carrying little to no Trump paraphernalia. This suggests that they're not hard core Trumpers and never intended to stay very long. They popped in mainly out of curiosity more than anything else.

[riversedge]

38. Maybe. I admit I once attended a gop rally just to see what it was all about.....

Several moons ago though--downtown NM.

[Kaleva]

57. Which implies Trump doesn't have the support he claims

[riversedge]

36. Trump wraps up his North Carolina rally with some double jerk dancing..............

gawds!! The sad part that these are folks who will actually vote for him IMHO!


Trump wraps up his North Carolina rally with some double jerk dancing

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[StarryNite]

39. He's so weird and boring.

They also probably don't want their eyes becoming infected by looking at him for too long.

[ailsagirl]

41. I'm surprised they lasted THAT long

[Beartracks]

44. I wonder how many are like, "I am SO glad we came!"

"You know, he does look kinda orange."

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[orleans]

49. more of this

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1:04
At Trump’s rally in Wilmington, NC: 90-degree temperatures and no shade. Two dozen people are in a medical tent & more lined up outside. Some people are hitting the exits. Trump has not yet arrived.

1:05
A person was just taken out on a stretcher. “There’s no water and no shade,” another woman tells an official as she walks out. “Horrible planning.”

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2:55
A pack of water bottles is tossed on the ground by an event staffer. Attendees swarm it, and it's empty within 10 seconds.

3:01
Attendees leaving Trump's rally in Wilmington, NC, 28 minutes into his speech. He would continue for another 40 minutes.

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[Tree Lady]

60. Contrast this with Harris rallies

you always see lots of water, I think I even read about giving out popsicles at one.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

65. "Horrible planning" -- Can't handle a rally, yet they will vote for him to take on a much more complex job.

[orleans]

67. yep. what does that say about him? and what does that say about the judgement of those crazy people?nt

[niyad]

56. Another small, cheap venue? county fair grounds?

[Captain Zero]

59. A lot of them have ADHD, just like he does.

They can't concentrate. That's why our short commercials served up to them in 30 second bites could actually get through.

[Sneederbunk]

63. A little of TSF goes a long way.