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In reply to the discussion: The TikTok Kids Did Not Effect The Crowd Size at The Rally. [View all]Caliman73
(11,738 posts)22. I am okay with the Tik Tok Kids getting credit.
Think about how that affects Trump. He will now have to consider whether he can fill another venue for the rest of the campaign. All of the difficulty securing a place, then to have thousands of tickets requested and not know if anyone will show up? That will weigh heavily on him and his campaign staff. There is not too much that they can do about it either. They can't keep people from ordering massive amounts of tickets and simply sitting on them.
I agree, that Trump isn't as popular as he considers himself, but this throws another worry into his head and anything that stresses him out is good with me.
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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