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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  • Zerlyna
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    11 hours ago

    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.

    • @billbasher
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      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.

      https://receive-smss.com/

      • Zerlyna
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        311 hours ago

        Do they allow authorization codes? I have a text free number and you have to pay $10 a month to show those. Sucks.

        • @billbasher
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          29 hours ago

          They used to. You would need to try and see but it’s free. I haven’t used it for that in over a year though