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Watching people leaving trump's GA rally. (Original Post) LakeArenal 17 hrs ago OP
Who knows? Could be they found something better to do like watching Archie Bunker reruns. Silent Type 17 hrs ago #1
Video? Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #2
Who doesn't want to watch an obese orange clown dancing to a tune only he can hear? Hassler 16 hrs ago #3

Silent Type

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1. Who knows? Could be they found something better to do like watching Archie Bunker reruns.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:13 PM
17 hrs ago

Hopefully, they walked out in boredom and/or disgust.

Wiz Imp

(1,203 posts)
2. Video?
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:55 PM
16 hrs ago

Here's story & video about people walking out of Trump's rally at East Carolina University yesterday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-watched-trump-s-audience-leave-a-rally-early-while-he-ranted-about-migrants-the-spectacle-is-over/ar-AA1sIUqU?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=cc62aab069a74d25dc5e297a7c661843&ei=7

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The scene outside the Minges Coliseum was, to the letter, what Kamala Harris had described a month before on the debate stage in Philadelphia. Less than one hour into the former president's remarks, students were streaming out of the event. Though the president would go on to speak for another 45 minutes from when the flood of exits began, many were heading for doors before the first of several videos onstage had concluded.

One result of that dynamic was a handful of surreal moments.

A massive screen had been set up outside the Minges center to accommodate people who couldn’t get in. It was there because the Trump campaign had anticipated huge crowds — but instead, the screen was set up for nobody. A dozen or so people who said they didn’t feel like passing the security checkpoint milled around in front of it instead.
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A half dozen told The Independent they were leaving early because they wanted to beat traffic. Law enforcement officials confirmed there was no overflow, and therefore little need to beat the traffic really — the event was not at capacity.

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