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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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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[-] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 194 points 2 months ago

Can we all agree to quit linking to twitter? Fuck Musk

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 42 points 2 months ago

YES PLEASE.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I like the libredirect plugin which redirects to Nitter at least.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 points 2 months ago

We also need to start calling it the name it actually is, X

[-] almar_quigley@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

No, x is dumb and I refuse to call it that.

[-] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago
[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Pronounced “shitter”

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 4 points 2 months ago

I agree that X is dumb but instead of not calling it that I just refuse to use it. To say that X is still twitter negates all the issues that Elon caused when he bought it.

Twitter is dead.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Twitter is dead but by calling it X , it lives .

[-] tiefling 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As someone who's been transitioning for over a decade, I'd like to take a moment to remind everyone that it's perfectly ok- if not encouraged to deadname Twitter for as long as Elongated Muskrat continues to deadname his child. And then some.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Moreover, Twitter/X is a company, not a person. There are no feelings to be hurt or rights to be protected. If their owner picked a stupid name, they deserve to be laughed at. If they picked a vague name, it deserves to be ignored.

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Do you mean X, formerly Twitter? I had trouble hearing you with Elon's dick in your mouth.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No I mean X. It's not like calling it Twitter or X formally Twitter is an effective protest.

We need to stop using X because it is owned by a fascist asshole who is bank rolling other fascist assholes.

X killed Twitter, it's dead. I never used it, and have no fond memories of it so for me it quite easy to accept.

It's ike saying Darth Vader formally known as Anakin Skywalker. Like yeah that's factually true but misses kinda everything about the depth if the change.

X is not a place for free speech or freedom of any kind. It is an extreme right propaganda machine with ads. And if you have a hard time remembering that, it might be that you are calling it by the wrong name.

[-] Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

If he can deadname his daughter, we can deadname his site.

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 9 points 2 months ago
[-] fed0sine@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

This is stupid, but I propose something like:

"X VanTwitter"

Which keeps the familial association to its former identity in a widely recognizable way.

Perhaps De/Der/DenTwitter.

Like I said, stupid. 😂

[-] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

It is twitter.

Elon can say "these are no longer cars, they're now called Gloobpeepoops" but that doesn't make it so. He is not the king of words.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

Twitter is to X as Anikin Skywalker is to Darth Vader.

I'm glad musk made one of the dumbest businesses decisions in modern history to change the name. It's easy to see the line where Twitter once was a place of free speech and now X is a place of right wing propaganda.

The name shouldn't be protested. The company should be boycotted.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hmmmmmm..... No 🙂

Once they stop using Twitter.com perhaps I'll reevaluate my stance

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 months ago

Naaah. That’s what he wants. I bet it pains him where people call it Twitter.

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

why its fucking twitter

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

If you got captured in a sex slave operation and I bought you from a trafficker, would you call yourself your name, or the one I give you after I bought you?

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 134 points 2 months ago

Trump's followers are not sophisticated, politically savvy people. They're attracted to Trump because he's a bully. He (was) everything that they wish they were because at their heart they just want to laugh at others misfortune and he gives them that.

But think back to highschool. What happens when someone finally pulls down the pants of the bully; humiliates him in a crowd of people? That's right. His followers, that group of laughing Hyenas that follow him around, start to ditch.

Policy doesn't change a trump voter. Ethics doesn't change a trump voter. The only thing that changes a trump voter is showing them that their following a loser and a sucker.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

What happens when someone finally pulls down the pants of the bully; humiliates him in a crowd of people? That’s right. His followers, that group of laughing Hyenas that follow him around, start to ditch.

You're describing '80s movies here. In reality, the bullies mostly just go off to college and get great jobs in finance. Or become cops in LA - which is what my personal high school bully did.

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[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 12 points 2 months ago

This is a perfect description of him and his followers. Seriously. I’d award this shit if I could.

[-] pikmeir@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

send some lemmynade

[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 months ago

Seriously though. This was a very astute observation. I may use it (with credit) when necessary.

It’s that good.

[-] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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.

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[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

What happens when someone finally pulls down the pants of the bully

You get your face rearranged and the school protects the bully.

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 86 points 2 months ago

Still depressing how many still are there...

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

You can't fix stupid.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

Yeah, in a fair world that'd be his entire base flown in from everywhere

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[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

I get two tickets to ALL his indoor events. 😁🤣

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

If you get a valid link to acquire tix for his MSG Nazi Redux, it would be a shame if it were shared.

[-] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

The fact that your video proof was on "x" shows the need for these people to leave twitter.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

This is stupid... I hate Trump, but if you've ever been to a rally like this you know that no one sits behind the cameras... You know, because they usually want to actually see the stage

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

TIL that all of the arena is behind cameras, which is why there are empty sections around the entire arena.

[-] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Go rewatch the video, the rest of the stadium is pretty full, all the way to the nose-bleeds. I enjoy seeing his shrinking crowd sizes, and his fans walking out while he's talking, but this article doesn't have much meat on its sandwich.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think you watched the videos

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Can’t see anything on twitter. Anyone got a working link?

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