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Dulcinea

(7,208 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 11:38 AM Aug 4

Donald Trump takes aim at Georgia State University for empty seats at rally

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) In the opening of his speech to thousands of rally attendees in Atlanta Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump took aim at Georgia State University, where he was speaking, for allegedly blocking “thousands of people” from the venue, resulting, he said, in 500 or 600 empty places. The claim could not be immediately verified.

“The school administration stopped us from getting another 500, 600 even a thousand people in,” Trump told his enthusiastic supporters Saturday. “Thousands of people were told no. And that was OK, but we could have fit another 600 people.”

“If they’re going to stand in the way of admitting people to our rally, just imagine what they’re going to do on election day,” he added. “We’re not going to let that happen.”

At the beginning of the event before the speech, rally organizers told reporters that “campus administrators took it upon themselves to not only shut the building down, but push our 5,000 to 10,000 guests that are still outside off the property across the street into the protest zone,” leaving organizers inside the building with empty seats to fill. “We as the hosts had to work behind us to move people around and fill sections,” the rally organizer told reporters.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/donald-trump-takes-aim-at-georgia-state-university-for-empty-seats-at-rally/5ZMG2XZYKFC7XMLGXJQEMUB2S4/

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Donald Trump takes aim at Georgia State University for empty seats at rally (Original Post) Dulcinea Aug 4 OP
Hahaha! BComplex Aug 4 #1
It's not fair! It's not fair! IT'S NOT FAIR!!!! tanyev Aug 4 #2
All these fuckers do is lie, lie, lie, lie and lie. hadEnuf Aug 4 #3
It's always someone else's fault. C_U_L8R Aug 4 #4
Funny droidamus2 Aug 4 #5
"The claim could not be immediately verified."? How about this: unblock Aug 4 #6
Size matters Donny! Your puny crowd doesn't measure up! I wonder if InfoWars sells a crowd enhance supplement? LOL brewens Aug 4 #7
so wait... consider_this Aug 4 #8

droidamus2

(1,710 posts)
5. Funny
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 11:53 AM
Aug 4

Funny when he started to make excuses for why there were empty he seats he was saying there were up to 1000 people right outside that were not allowed in. then it looked like it dawned on him that somebody could just go outside and verify if there was a crowd so he started claiming they had moved them even further away. So basically he had to create a lie to cover up his initial lie.

unblock

(53,906 posts)
6. "The claim could not be immediately verified."? How about this:
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 11:54 AM
Aug 4

"The farfetched and highly implausible claim was presented without a shred of evidence or explanation and appears most likely to be yet another lie from the most thoroughly documented liar in history."

brewens

(14,994 posts)
7. Size matters Donny! Your puny crowd doesn't measure up! I wonder if InfoWars sells a crowd enhance supplement? LOL
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 12:03 PM
Aug 4

consider_this

(2,715 posts)
8. so wait...
Sun Aug 4, 2024, 12:09 PM
Aug 4

which is it, TSF, 'reasons' for why you crowd did not match the size for Harris last week? This claim, or the one you made that people only came to Harris' rally to see Megan Thee Stallion? Got any more 'explanations'. Just throw out shit something will stick with someone among your cult. Who with even half a brain cares what you spew.

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