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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Seriously though. This was a very astute observation. I may use it (with credit) when necessary.
It’s that good.
I would happily award comments or posts with lemmy gold or whatever if it actually went to server costs and the like. But the enshittification of reddit and every other major platform has made me wary to spend any money on anything.
Agreed.