Just going to start peppering this everywhere. Don’t lose hope friend.
Over the next 30 days we will see republicans throw as much shit information at the wall to try and discourage us from voting. Make it look like Harris has no chance at winning to try and keep us from making our voices heard.
We are not going back!
DropC on
OK, good.
nymph-62442 on
It’s hilarious they’d waste their time in the ghost town that is Johnstown.
gokism on
Jokes on them. He’s into empty seats.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-crowd-size-pennsylvania-1968398) reduced by 78%. (I’m a bot)
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> JD Vance was met with multiple empty seats at a campaign event in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the weekend.
> Photos from The Associated Press show rows of empty seats on one side of the venue, while Vance is on stage speaking.
> Trump responded: "She said people start leaving, people don't go to her rallies. There's no reason to go. And the people that do go, she's busing them in and paying them to be there, and then showing them in a different light. So she can't talk about that. People don't leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics.”
Looks like Vance couldn’t quite fill the room, but crowd size doesn’t always mean support. Sometimes, the message matters more than the seats.
DRagonforce1993 on
Confronted by ghosts on empty seats
Mal-De-Terre on
Thank god they weren’t empty couches…
EmporioS on
Trump is a liability for the Republican Party. He will be replaced swiftly by JD Vance.
Necessary_Chip9934 on
Nobody likes you, JD.
We like Tim, though!
adle1984 on
JD Vance is Trump’s running mate because Vance will not uphold the Constitution and will do Trump’s bidding. That should be published everyday as a reminder for everyone until Inauguration Day.
Lunafitx on
If Vance can’t fill a venue in a critical state like Pennsylvania, it’s a clear sign something’s off with his campaign’s momentum. That kind of turnout matters.
Fractured_Senada on
The Trump half of the Trump Vance ticket is the exciting part to his base. The GOP is bad but Trumpism fractured the party and the GOP realized it had to pivot or they knew they’d start losing HARD. The Vance showing here is likely the result of Trump not being in the same room, he only appeals to the weirdos, not the crazies that support Trump.
Regardless, I’d be interested to know if this is a common showing for a VP before Trump. If it’s not, then maybe this is significant.
siberianmi on
The whole crowd size thing is so weird.
I can’t think of any reason why I’d want to go to a political rally ever. It’s amazing to me that anyone shows up at all.
swazal on
At least the interviewer was a person of color. For a campaign that’s supposedly widening its lead with black men, they couldn’t even afford one paid actor to show up?
brentiis on
So a bunch of groupies he wanted to sleep with were in the crowd?
talligan on
As a non-american (living outside of America) … I’m getting nervous for this. I realise I have no say in US politics, but it does kind of impact the rest of the world so we’re all a little on edge.
I keep seeing headlines like this suggesting everything is falling apart for the republicans but the polls still show it neck and neck. Are all the news articles being posted like this wishful thinking? Or is it actually falling apart for the gop?
MassiveBuzzkill on
That’s so funny, rally volunteers usually fill the areas one section at a time, filling up the areas that will give the best visual first. It looks like that managed to fill maybe two general admission sections and just scattered people out to make the rest look kind of occupied.
Quakes-JD on
Empty seats for an empty suit. Seems poetic.
WickedKoala on
“Fascist rally has shitty attendance”. Fixed the headline for you Newsweek.
i-have-a-kuato on
trump, who by the way is a serial failure monkey with 34 felonies to go along with 2 impeachments and has the vocabulary of a 7 year old with a grade 3 concussion has somehow managed to convince people he is a successful law abiding citizen who has the “best words”
the hell is wrong with people
Vegetable-Source6556 on
He needs to have his minions do what Trumpster does, pay folks $50/ minimum 30 minutes to stay. Fill right up to become a packed house…for 30 minutes! Use donation $$ to buy gift cards, it’s simple! His boss does it!
AdkRaine12 on
JD Vance should be faced with crowds calling him & his running mate “liars” to their made-up faces.
Empty-Ticket-8058 on
There weren’t dozens of us, dozens!!!
dejus on
Maybe the busses forgot to pick up all the people.
phinbar on
That’s OK. Once he and TFG ratfuck themselves into power, attendance at their rallies will be mandatory.
Naples76ersfan on
People don’t want to hear his bullshit.
whiteroseatCH on
Part of those empty seats are hopefully because of this!
Would’ve been a real problem for JD if event seating included sofas.
AdrianInLimbo on
One of the Twitter MAGAts was claiming tens of thousands were there, lol. I wonder if these people got abandoned in the rally area after the event like Trump’s “Coachella” event (held at a manure farm miles and miles from the Coachella Festival Site)
hydrobrandone on
Looks like that place doesn’t many seats as it is. Yay!
Eerie_Calm on
Well if it’s any consolation, JD, I see a lot of those folks are taking up two seats.
AdrianInLimbo on
Vance’s event in Detroit a couple weeks back had tens of people there
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By Jordan King – US News Reporter:
JD Vance was met with multiple empty seats at a campaign event in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the weekend.
Donald Trump’s running mate spoke at JWF Industries, a factory for military vehicles in the steel industry city of Johnstown, on Saturday.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-crowd-size-pennsylvania-1968398](https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-crowd-size-pennsylvania-1968398)
Okay, sure. Whatever makes sense.
The problem isn’t that JD Vance has a few empty seats. The problem is that he is a fascist. I wish the media in the US was more serious.
https://www.threads.net/@deb_colitti/post/DBFUaXXPmb5?xmt=AQGzcrm0JNeFNatG5FZkTOQq3t7ryPj0uUBhBNeGLF5BTw
St Augustine FL, deep deep red
Just going to start peppering this everywhere. Don’t lose hope friend.
Over the next 30 days we will see republicans throw as much shit information at the wall to try and discourage us from voting. Make it look like Harris has no chance at winning to try and keep us from making our voices heard.
We are not going back!
OK, good.
It’s hilarious they’d waste their time in the ghost town that is Johnstown.
Jokes on them. He’s into empty seats.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-crowd-size-pennsylvania-1968398) reduced by 78%. (I’m a bot)
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> JD Vance was met with multiple empty seats at a campaign event in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania over the weekend.
> Photos from The Associated Press show rows of empty seats on one side of the venue, while Vance is on stage speaking.
> Trump responded: "She said people start leaving, people don't go to her rallies. There's no reason to go. And the people that do go, she's busing them in and paying them to be there, and then showing them in a different light. So she can't talk about that. People don't leave my rallies. We have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics.”
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Looks like Vance couldn’t quite fill the room, but crowd size doesn’t always mean support. Sometimes, the message matters more than the seats.
Confronted by ghosts on empty seats
Thank god they weren’t empty couches…
Trump is a liability for the Republican Party. He will be replaced swiftly by JD Vance.
Nobody likes you, JD.
We like Tim, though!
JD Vance is Trump’s running mate because Vance will not uphold the Constitution and will do Trump’s bidding. That should be published everyday as a reminder for everyone until Inauguration Day.
If Vance can’t fill a venue in a critical state like Pennsylvania, it’s a clear sign something’s off with his campaign’s momentum. That kind of turnout matters.
The Trump half of the Trump Vance ticket is the exciting part to his base. The GOP is bad but Trumpism fractured the party and the GOP realized it had to pivot or they knew they’d start losing HARD. The Vance showing here is likely the result of Trump not being in the same room, he only appeals to the weirdos, not the crazies that support Trump.
Regardless, I’d be interested to know if this is a common showing for a VP before Trump. If it’s not, then maybe this is significant.
The whole crowd size thing is so weird.
I can’t think of any reason why I’d want to go to a political rally ever. It’s amazing to me that anyone shows up at all.
At least the interviewer was a person of color. For a campaign that’s supposedly widening its lead with black men, they couldn’t even afford one paid actor to show up?
So a bunch of groupies he wanted to sleep with were in the crowd?
As a non-american (living outside of America) … I’m getting nervous for this. I realise I have no say in US politics, but it does kind of impact the rest of the world so we’re all a little on edge.
I keep seeing headlines like this suggesting everything is falling apart for the republicans but the polls still show it neck and neck. Are all the news articles being posted like this wishful thinking? Or is it actually falling apart for the gop?
That’s so funny, rally volunteers usually fill the areas one section at a time, filling up the areas that will give the best visual first. It looks like that managed to fill maybe two general admission sections and just scattered people out to make the rest look kind of occupied.
Empty seats for an empty suit. Seems poetic.
“Fascist rally has shitty attendance”. Fixed the headline for you Newsweek.
trump, who by the way is a serial failure monkey with 34 felonies to go along with 2 impeachments and has the vocabulary of a 7 year old with a grade 3 concussion has somehow managed to convince people he is a successful law abiding citizen who has the “best words”
the hell is wrong with people
He needs to have his minions do what Trumpster does, pay folks $50/ minimum 30 minutes to stay. Fill right up to become a packed house…for 30 minutes! Use donation $$ to buy gift cards, it’s simple! His boss does it!
JD Vance should be faced with crowds calling him & his running mate “liars” to their made-up faces.
There weren’t dozens of us, dozens!!!
Maybe the busses forgot to pick up all the people.
That’s OK. Once he and TFG ratfuck themselves into power, attendance at their rallies will be mandatory.
People don’t want to hear his bullshit.
Part of those empty seats are hopefully because of this!
[https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/10/12/election-military-overseas-ballots-lawsuit-pa-congressmen/75630009007/](https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/10/12/election-military-overseas-ballots-lawsuit-pa-congressmen/75630009007/)
So our Pennsylvania GOP wants to cast doubt on votes given up by our military serving abroad…
but then wants to use the military to go against their fellow Americans!
[https://www.newsweek.com/trump-suggesting-military-national-guard-election-day-enemy-within-1968345](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-suggesting-military-national-guard-election-day-enemy-within-1968345)
Would’ve been a real problem for JD if event seating included sofas.
One of the Twitter MAGAts was claiming tens of thousands were there, lol. I wonder if these people got abandoned in the rally area after the event like Trump’s “Coachella” event (held at a manure farm miles and miles from the Coachella Festival Site)
Looks like that place doesn’t many seats as it is. Yay!
Well if it’s any consolation, JD, I see a lot of those folks are taking up two seats.
Vance’s event in Detroit a couple weeks back had tens of people there