Trump speaking to a half-empty Penn State arena

[Dennis Donovan]

Republicans against Trump
Whatever you do today, please do NOT retweet this video showing the half-empty arena as Trump speaks at his Penn State rally today
Video in tweet below
From Kamala HQ
7:12 PM · Oct 26, 2024

Link to tweet

[msongs]

1. sound quality low cuz there are not enuff bodies to soak up the reverb nt

[malaise]

2. It's time to wind up the masquerade

Take off your make up
The party’s over…it’s all over my friend (the real enemy withi😂😀😂n)

[Conjuay]

3. Even if you are a trumpie

What would you hear at his rally that you haven't heard continuously since 2015?
"The country is in a cesspool and I'm the only one who can fix it!"

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Red county evangelicals will make this a horse race

But I think we have more effort and more new energized voters.

[Aviation Pro]

5. Pathetic

Good, good.

[JohnSJ]

6. What struck me when I briefly viewed the "rally" was the lack of enthusiasm in the crowd. Just compare that to the

Harris-Walz rallies.

Night and day.

[Tribetime]

7. Put a fork in this clown he's done. Looks like a funeral

[nolabear]

8. I watched a few minutes. The kids behind him were mugging.

They clearly liked being on camera more than anything. They waved, flashed peace signs, yawned, didn’t pick up on cues to cheer or chant.
It was pretty funny actually.

[Pluvious]

9. So sad - also, given that Madison Square Garden can hold of almost 20,000 people...

it should be interesting to see how that fills up

There's a lot of trolls trying to get the reservations so they can just keep them unavailable, hope they are successful

LOL

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. It'll fill up. It's a blowout extravaganza. All the goons (ghouliani) & sycophants (carlson) will be there

Big list of dozens of speakers. Trump takes the stage at 5 pm Eastern, which is 2 pm Pacific, kind of early in the afternoon. Probably he'll be late as other speakers exude extended fawning adulation from every craven orifice.

[BonnieJW]

21. And all the nazis

[4lbs]

29. Yeah, I'll be amazed if he gets more than 2,000, which is 10% of that number.

New York umm.... hates him.

He's already LOST more than 3 cases there, and been convicted 34 times of a felony. All in the last 2 years.

They once asked a woman what she thought about Dumpy's saying he was going to "win" New York. This was about 8 years ago.

She burst out laughing.

The liar even told Faux News earlier this year he would "win" that state. This was back during his criminal trial, and he boldy predicted he would win the state.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-ny-court-system-boasts-hes-going-win-empire-state

[4lbs]

30. He might be TikTok'd again. LOL.

I remember that from 2020.

[keithbvadu2]

37. DonOld says he is more popular than Taylor swift. He should charge admission. See which one has better ticket sales.

[pstokely]

10. why'd he pick a Saturday during college FB season?

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Aren't the dudes who thinks can he reach at home or the bars watching FB?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Harris filled a stadium *in Texas* on football Friday night.

[Wiz Imp]

11. I could have told you that would happen

As I said elsewhere, Penn State is a blue oasis in a desert of red. I'm sure he attracted some people from the surrounding areas but I doubt he got many students (especially on a Penn State football weekend - even though the game wasn't till tonight). I did read a local news article where they spoke to a few students who said why the supported Trump. They were just as stupid as any other MAGA cult members. I think Penn State should consider kicking these kids out for being too stupid to graduate from Penn State.

[Cha]

12. From: " Tired of trump being the dumbest MFer on Earth"

Link to tweet

[surfered]

13. I can almost hear Dandy Don Meredith singing...

…”Turn out the lights, the party’s over.”

[Omnipresent]

28. It's better that he's out of the house tonight

His rallies have fee people, his bedroom at home only has his empty bed.

[AZ8theist]

15. There were 650,000 people outside WHO COULDN'T GET IN!!!!!!!!!

Many, MANY people are saying this!!

I SAW IT ON TV!!!!!

[BOSSHOG]

23. No way, it's over a million

And they’re all ordering trump watches. With credit cards. Free delivery.

[MLAA]

26. And they all had tears in their eyes.👀

[mzmolly]

16. How is this a close election?

[ailsagirl]

20. Damned if I know

[BonnieJW]

22. IT ISN'T

The repubs are paying for polls. That way, when kamala wins in a landslide, they can say the election was rigged.

[mzmolly]

24. I agree.

The energy is with the Harris campaign.

[BOSSHOG]

27. Yes indeed My Friend

IOW, pubs rigged many polls. They are good at such nonsense. But, the good guys are much more prepared for January 6th 2025 than 2021. November 6th will be the slow commencement of trump fatigue. Amongst his supporters.

[paleotn]

34. Elmo is actually paying for votes!

When someone has to buy votes, that's not indicative of much enthusiasm on their side. I think you're right about polling. Their post election whining is pre-set and ready to go. Yea, whatever, Donny. Now off to jail with ya!

[calimary]

17. I want him to LOSE. SOOOOOOooooooooooooo badly!!!

I want it to sting so badly that he's shamed into hiding for at least two or three days.

[ailsagirl]

19. LOL!!

[senseandsensibility]

25. According to the CNN reporter he hit Harris on fracking

and commented on all the muscles of the wrestling team. The crowd loved it the reporter said and offered nothing negative about the appearance. Complete sanewahing.

[asm128]

31. What's really sad is that the venue the idiot was speaking at

was originally booked by Tenacious D for their get out the vote concert. But since Tenacious D is split for now, Penn State got stuck with this jackass instead of Jack Black.

[debm55]

39. That venue is where the basketball games and wrestling matches are held. I went to Penn State and saw ELO there and it

was packed. Crap even Poco was packed.

[paleotn]

32. In the very heart of red PA. That's not a good sign.

Well, it is a good sign for Harris.

[asm128]

33. Centre County is pretty blue

At least for the last 16+ years.

[paleotn]

35. College town, but not all that blue by most standards. The surrounding counties? Extraordinarily red.

https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/pennsylvania/

[moonscape]

38. Just watched Washington Week &

Dan Balz measured feedback from his week/10 days on the road in PA tossed a rock in my stomach. He said he heard more things that should be concerning for Harris than he did for the Menace:

Examples:

- tattoo parlor owner (forget the county) saying he was a life-long dem, thinks the Menace incited an insurrection, but was never a big fan of Harris and doesn’t know if he’ll even vote

- students at State College, members of college dems organizing but very unhappy that Harris hasn’t distanced more from Biden on Gaza

- Pittsburgh union workers: a lot for Harris but as you move out less support & more for the Menace (this seems obvious, moving into red country)

- Philly: a lot of concern among those trying to get young black voters out to vote that enthusiasm isn’t where it needs to be.

- Bucks County: a lot of enthusiasm for Harris among suburban women & passion against the Menace
does

[debm55]

36. I watched the whole damn thing. I went to Penn State and lived there working. I looked at the cast of characters

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standing behind tRump. They were all guys. I noticed they were all guys.and they were scratching their heads, backs and arms. Like they had lice or something. I was fixated on the right of tRump -as I looked at my tablet , who was using the sleeves to wipe his nose. Same guy puts tRump side down holding it at belt level by one hand, and is doing whatever behind the sign. It was gross.And he was right in the front. Did anyone else see this? Between yawning and looking at their phones he said the same lies.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

40. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[Cosmocat]

41. This is not representative of the turnout

I have lots of pictures and videos of people I know who were there, it was completely full while he was talking at the start for sure.

Everyone had to be in by 2, he didn't start until later than babbled for like 3 hours.

And, the response there could not have been a lot of students there is wrong, too, from my outside observation there were a LOT of students that went, and there were people from other countries that went, hoping they can't vote.

I am not posting this to be doom and gloom, it's just not being honest to try to believe he does not have a very large and extremely loyal following.

[Wiz Imp]

43. If you have lots of videos and pictures, then why not post them

From the Philadelphia Inquirer: The lower level of the Bryce Jordan Center, a 15,000-plus-seat basketball arena, appeared to be mostly full with Trump supporters Saturday, though the top section was closed off and covered with black curtains. And from a Penn State newspaper: Around 2:45 p.m., security stopped letting people into the arena. And people were still allowed in after 2:00

So a large portion of the arena was blocked off to begin with and the portion used was NOT completely full I found a video of his complete speech and it was less than and hour and a half, so no, he didn't babble for 3 hours. (A Penn State paper confirms this: Trump began his speech at the BJC around 5:40 p.m. ...Trump finished his speech at 7 p.m.). And there is video from East Carolina University earlier in the week where there were hundreds and hundreds of students pouring out of the arena about a half hour into his speech. I have a feeling this was similar, people showed up and left after a very short time. In the very short amount of video I could stand to watch , Trump was super low energy and slurring his words. I can't imagine college students sticking around a long time to listen to that. And we know the video posted in the OP was while Trumps was still speaking. The full video is out there to see if anyone wants to torture themselves - this was not an overly enthusiastic crowd. Note the full video is focused on Trump the whole time so you can't see when the crowd was leaving.

Note: there are over 35,000 students at Penn State's main campus, so a couple thousand at a rally is not a lot.

[Vinca]

42. Whoa - they should have hired more seat fillers.