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In reply to the discussion: The TikTok Kids Did Not Effect The Crowd Size at The Rally. [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)18. Totally Agree
It's a pathetic excuse and we shouldn't accept excuses.
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The teens didn't stop the megas from coming but they certainly drove up the estimates the campaign..
brush
Jun 2020
#31
They put out a tweet an hour before saying there was room, plenty of room. Come on down.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#5
I doubt them not showing had anything to do with not knowing if they would be admitted.
LizBeth
Jun 2020
#27
If Brad Parscale was bragging about 800,000 ticket requests for a venue
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2020
#32
But it effected the optics. Maybe they would have gotten a smaller venue the empty seats
mucifer
Jun 2020
#17
Trump needs a new method of getting out his message. Rallies will not work at this time.
33taw
Jun 2020
#7
You cannot prove that no one stayed away because of anticipating a too-crowded space.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2020
#8
I think the Kids were one factor, but I also think the warning for days of a crowded indoor space
riversedge
Jun 2020
#15
They're the reason the expectation was so high, but they're not the reason nobody showed up.
Iggo
Jun 2020
#12
If "[t]hese phony ticket requests never factor into our thinking", explain the overflow setup.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2020
#23
We must operate under the assumption that conservatives will always cry foul.
Caliman73
Jun 2020
#30