Donald Trump’s latest boast about his crowd size fell apart in a hurry as he was fact-checked in real-time while he was still speaking.
“We do a lot of these beautiful rallies, and it’s so great,” the former president said in Reading, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. “We never have an empty seat, never have, look at it.”
Just one problem: While the sections closest to the stage were packed with MAGA faithful, there were plenty of empty seats toward the back of the venue ― and observers began sharing images of them on social media almost immediately.
An Associated Press photo also shows some of the empty seats…
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Can we all agree to quit linking to twitter? Fuck Musk
As someone who’s been transitioning for over a decade, I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone that it’s perfectly ok- if not encouraged to deadname Twitter for as long as Elongated Muskrat continues to deadname his child. And then some.
I agree that X is dumb but instead of not calling it that I just refuse to use it. To say that X is still twitter negates all the issues that Elon caused when he bought it.
Twitter is dead.
Do you mean X, formerly Twitter? I had trouble hearing you with Elon’s dick in your mouth.
No I mean X. It’s not like calling it Twitter or X formally Twitter is an effective protest.
We need to stop using X because it is owned by a fascist asshole who is bank rolling other fascist assholes.
X killed Twitter, it’s dead. I never used it, and have no fond memories of it so for me it quite easy to accept.
It’s ike saying Darth Vader formally known as Anakin Skywalker. Like yeah that’s factually true but misses kinda everything about the depth if the change.
X is not a place for free speech or freedom of any kind. It is an extreme right propaganda machine with ads. And if you have a hard time remembering that, it might be that you are calling it by the wrong name.
Hmmmmmm… No 🙂
Once they stop using Twitter.com perhaps I’ll reevaluate my stance
It is twitter.
Elon can say “these are no longer cars, they’re now called Gloobpeepoops” but that doesn’t make it so. He is not the king of words.
Twitter is to X as Anikin Skywalker is to Darth Vader.
I’m glad musk made one of the dumbest businesses decisions in modern history to change the name. It’s easy to see the line where Twitter once was a place of free speech and now X is a place of right wing propaganda.
The name shouldn’t be protested. The company should be boycotted.
Naaah. That’s what he wants. I bet it pains him where people call it Twitter.
I doubt he cares what people call his platform. All musk cares about is that people still use it. That what sells ads
However I think the more we keep referring to what it was, the longer people will continue to use it. X deserve the same treatment as truth social.
I guess my opinion is pretty unpopular for a lot of different reasons but I think the longer we call it Twitter the slower it dies.
Trump’s followers are not sophisticated, politically savvy people. They’re attracted to Trump because he’s a bully. He (was) everything that they wish they were because at their heart they just want to laugh at others misfortune and he gives them that.
But think back to highschool. What happens when someone finally pulls down the pants of the bully; humiliates him in a crowd of people? That’s right. His followers, that group of laughing Hyenas that follow him around, start to ditch.
Policy doesn’t change a trump voter. Ethics doesn’t change a trump voter. The only thing that changes a trump voter is showing them that their following a loser and a sucker.
I think this is kind of reductive.
I mean it’s a nice narrative and sounds like what we want to hear but is it really true? Trump has had his metaphoric pants pulled down a bunch of times but he has more influence than ever.
I don’t think there’s any simple 3 sentence explanation. Trump is a symptom of a complex array of interconnected problems.
More than half. But not all bigots are the same. Some are bashful aboutv their bigotry. Some are blind to their bigotry. Some are ashamed of their bigotry.
But trump and his followers are proud of their bigotry. Luckily they represent a minor percentage of Americans. Unfortunately they represent a large percentage of voting Americans
What happens when someone finally pulls down the pants of the bully; humiliates him in a crowd of people? That’s right. His followers, that group of laughing Hyenas that follow him around, start to ditch.
You’re describing '80s movies here. In reality, the bullies mostly just go off to college and get great jobs in finance. Or become cops in LA - which is what my personal high school bully did.
This is a perfect description of him and his followers. Seriously. I’d award this shit if I could.
Seriously though. This was a very astute observation. I may use it (with credit) when necessary.
It’s that good.
Still depressing how many still are there…
I get two tickets to ALL his indoor events. 😁🤣
If you get a valid link to acquire tix for his MSG Nazi Redux, it would be a shame if it were shared.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/events
You have to give them a phone number that can receive authorization codes. But I’ve been doing this for over a month and I have NOT received any spam texts or emails from other groups.
There is this too - I used it awhile back so I’m not sure if it still works. I do temp emails on sites that just want a quick login so you can download something and it works great.
The fact that your video proof was on “x” shows the need for these people to leave twitter.
