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TRUMP LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING!
Refute the Republican Rhetoric
By Bill Peifer
On Wednesday and Thursday, the Republicans held an unheard-of mid-term convention in Dallas. Called “Trump-a-palooza” by many, it lived up to its nickname with Trump himself headlining the circus on both nights. Here’s what Trump posted on Untruth Social about it shortly before 6 AM on Thursday, which was just about the halfway point of the two-day event:
The Republican Midterm Convention last night, in Dallas, was a major, sold out hit, far bigger, better, and more important than anyone thought possible. It was really something, streaming all over the place, and really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL. The overall numbers beat the NFL. The Arena, which was really nice, beat its own attendance records. The place was packed! There were thousands of people outside who couldn’t get in. Screens were provided. I guess people LOVE TRUMP POLITICS! I’ll be there again tonight to close out the show. Exciting “Stuff!” MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
“Sold out”? Well, the convention floor of the American Airlines Center in Dallas may have been sold out at $25,000 per seat for the candidates looking to kiss Trump’s ring (or something else of Trump’s) and get his endorsement, but the side wings of the second level, and the entire third level, were reportedly very nearly completely empty. That’s not just according to the members of the media who were there to cover the event. That’s corroborated by videos posted on social media platforms by attendees.
“Streaming all over the place?” There were very few streaming services carrying it, and those who did haven’t reported how many viewers they had, so the “really big numbers, despite going up against the NFL” are presumably based on the viewership on FAUX News, the only TV network to carry the “convention”, and they report only about 2.5 million viewers. NFL football games typically get between 14 million and 30 million viewers, so beating the NFL’s season opening game is almost certainly wishful thinking on Trump’s part. But we should be accustomed by now to Trump tacking an extra zero or two, and sometimes three, to any reasonable estimate of the size of his crowds. That doesn’t even really qualify as a Trump Lie anymore. That’s just Trump being Trump.
Perhaps the most telling report when it comes to Trump’s exaggerated claims of the crowd size is that several people in local retirement homes reported that organizers had visited their facilities to offer residents $50 if they’d accept a free ticket to Trump-a-palooza, with many people declining the offer.
Watch for this column next week, since I’m planning to get into Trump’s promise of a “Trump Dividend” of $5,000 to ever adult American if . . . and ONLY if . . . Republicans keep the House and Senate after the elections this year.
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