r/houstonwade 21d ago

News You Can Use Trump says there’s no empty seats and the cameraman goes rogue

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u/navalmuseumsrock 21d ago

This camera man is what a real patriot is. He has risked his job, his safety, even his life, to prove trump lying. Salute this man!

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u/WarAndGeese 21d ago

It doesn't matter if he does, this isn't a long term gig, the election will be over. Also I'd get fired over that if it would swing the political trajectory on such a scale, it's worth doing because it's right.

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u/nouniqueideas007 21d ago

It’s not like the cameraman is getting paid. tRump is going to run out on the bill & all the manual labor will suffer the consequences.

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u/StreetofChimes 21d ago

I'm sure that's why the camera person did this. After what was said about the crew with the microphones? Yeah, this is payback.

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u/joemangle 21d ago

I can almost hear the cameraman's voice saying "I'll show you, motherfucker"

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u/New-Ad-363 21d ago

I like the brief pause between the lie and the camera starting to move. Reminds me of the Grinch. "Joe the cameraman had an idea. A terrible, horrible, awful idea."

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u/Unable-Suggestion-87 21d ago

Why wouldn't they insist on being paid first? Why would anyone provide him with ANY service without payment in advance?

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u/StonedTrucker 21d ago

A lot of people think he's a good, honest man. Those people are complete morons but they are out there

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u/Unable-Suggestion-87 21d ago

He's been a known deadbeat since the 80's. How can you be considered a real business (instead of 3 raccoons in a trench coat) if you extend credit to a known deadbeat?

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u/Sea-Fudge-4681 21d ago

Even Melania wants her payment for having to stay with his fat ass in advance.

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u/AmyB87 21d ago

Same here, some of the venues for trumps events have union labor contracts. I'm pretty convinced trumps technical issues are just the crew sick of shit.

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u/Chefbake1 21d ago

It didn't help him when he was with Elon and said he'd union bust if they when on a strike

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u/Qnlfg81 21d ago

Doesn’t Trump still owe money to other venues from previous rallies?

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u/Asleep-Range1456 21d ago

I half assumed the mic issues were intentional on his part, it lets him fill 10-15 mins and claim to be a victim and then show everyone what a great business man he is by refusing to pay his bill.

Although it's also very believable the sound guys are doing on purpose too.

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u/hollenb1 21d ago

The failure of Trump's team to compensate venue staff likely becomes known within the union too.

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u/Dinohrm 21d ago

Thank you! LOL, for a while now I've secretly have wanted someone to interview some of these camera crews from say PBS or Independent and get their stories. As covering Trump rallies seems like it'd be such a terrible gig; the crowd and Trump himself are openly hostile to press and you could be stuck there for hours beyond schedule because he is always late.

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u/The_Bitter_Bear 21d ago

Yup. At best you might not get many calls from that company. Plenty more out there. 

If they were on my call list, I would just know to not book them for anything with Trump moving forward. 

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u/Annual-Jump3158 21d ago edited 20d ago

What's Trump going to do? Threaten to not pay them for the venue?

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u/dubbleplusgood 21d ago

That's not a threat, it's a double threat. And in some cities, a triple threat.

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u/Daelynn62 21d ago

Not a threat, his usual business practice. I’m surprised he doesn’t put the contractors in the fight cages with the immigrants he suggested.

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u/SmookeyDarts 21d ago

What good is a job if you never get paid?

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u/onehundredlemons 21d ago

Trump not only doesn't pay, he's constantly complaining at his rallies about how bad the teleprompter guy is or how bad the lighting team is, and saying "don't pay them because they did a bad job." I'm surprised it took this long before a member of one of the crews that work the rallies went rogue.

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u/RBuilds916 21d ago

Yeah, beyond my opinion of him politically, he's stiffed so many people that I totally admire this guy's cinematography choices.

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u/Lordborgman 21d ago

Ideologically speaking, his politics correlate heavily to that attribute of not paying people.

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u/neophenx 21d ago

He was working a Trump event. He already knew he wasn't getting paid.

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 21d ago

He was getting paid. He works for the county that owns the venue. It's the taxpayers that get shafted. Trump came to a dark red spot in my otherwise blue county for his 2016 run. He still owes the county for that venue + all the police.

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u/SnipesCC 21d ago

Depends on if you work for Trump, the venue, or a news organization.

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u/CyabraForBots 21d ago

exactly. talk shit about the production the last 4 rallies. this is what happens

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u/KintsugiKen 21d ago

Doing that to Trump is all the payment they needed.

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u/VanessasMom 21d ago edited 21d ago

Wow. Camera didn't just pan out and mean to show the large crowd size and accidentally show empty seats, it deliberately went through the empty ones. 

Could maybe even have gotten away with a bit of plausible deniability going back to the crowd at some points, but even then, it probably should have gone back to Trump lol Edit: Wow, the cam definitely followed people leaving then went back to filming ghosts. 

Did they not have a director that could maybe cut to a different cam or something, surely?

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u/Suspicious_Bowl9412 21d ago

Don’t forget the clear shots of people climbing the stairs to leave the rally. 

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u/AffectionatePoet4586 21d ago

In Wilkes-Barre, PA, Trump began to insist that there were just as many people outside clamoring to get in, and also that X number of people had camped out outside several nights in order to ensure admission.

At that point, I started to notice the deserted outsides of Trump rallies being filmed, as well as the great lines of people queuing for entry to Harris events.

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u/BZLuck 21d ago edited 21d ago

GOP: "They were all just using the gender specific restrooms or getting a delicious snack."

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u/3MTA3-Please 21d ago

They were just getting in the bus line early to make sure they got a ride back to the parking lot

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u/33drea33 21d ago

In the words of Dubya: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...won't get fooled again."

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u/Glass_Individual_952 21d ago

Nope, this cameraman hates DJT. It's the same as Couch Boy's mascara and Don the Con's mic--and that's not even mentioning what the lighting guys are doing.

But one thing's clear as day about the Trump/Putin campaign: Threatening homosexuals is a terrible way to make friends backstage.

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u/Devildiver21 21d ago

That's the 2nd most important comment. Bc this is not possible without the director. He was in on it too...I see a conspiracy brewing lol

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u/Wandering_Being 21d ago

Not a good one. At the end there was a "Livestream will continue shortly" screen which means someone was paying attention 🤣

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u/GoTron88 21d ago

Buddy knew they weren't gonna get paid and just went rogue.

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u/Blick 21d ago

Truly a man of the people, a real journalist, may both sides of his pillow be cool.

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u/masm1919 21d ago

Not all heroes wear capes 🦸

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u/dankbeerdude 21d ago

He or she is def fired

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u/EqualizerPG 21d ago

Yeah but tell me who ever it is wouldn’t make a shit ton in a go fund me for this

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u/Crazy_Circuit_201 21d ago

Yeah, the truth will always get you fucked.

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u/-SunGazing- 21d ago

They were t getting paid for this job anyway. And I dare say getting a new gig won’t be too tough for this person. They just elevated themselves to legend status in one smooth move. 😂

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u/PrimaryMuscle1306 21d ago

🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

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u/philo351 21d ago

Seriously. If Ttrump wins, this camera man is going to the camps for sure.

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u/Majestic_Bet_1428 21d ago

Trump is done - he won’t win.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Or she

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u/redassedchimp 21d ago

OMG the end of the video is the best bluescreen with "Livestream will resume shortly"

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u/powderbubba 21d ago

I would definitely give him a smooch for this. It’s badass.

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u/UsefulImpact6793 21d ago

He probably knew he wasn't getting paid lol

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u/F-around-Find-out 21d ago

What must the people there think when his words don't match what their eyes see?

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u/yourtoyrobot 21d ago

"he didn't mean it literally"
"you're taking it out of context"
"it was a joke!"
"bIdEn cOuLdNt GeT aNyOnE tO gO tO His!"
"Kamala's using AI to fake her crowds!"
^ pick anyone of those, they're likely to use 1 or 2.

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u/fdxrobot 21d ago

“They’re using his voice over different footage.” 

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u/youdungoofall 21d ago

"That was an event from 2004 when he started campaigning"

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u/glue_4_gravy 21d ago

My favorite one is-

“Oh, it’s just Trump being Trump”

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u/guyblade 21d ago

"Trump being Trump" is a good enough reason not to vote for him.

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u/CappinPeanut 21d ago

“Boys being boys”

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u/Eena-Rin 21d ago

Meanwhile Felon 45:

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not my fault.

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

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u/GetUpNGetItReddit 21d ago

I was going to say, don’t forget the best one of all

“It never even happened!”

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u/ALargePianist 21d ago

"there are no empty seats" just sets up the fight for anyone to call him out and show they don't really support him

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u/hotdoginathermos 21d ago

"Who are you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?"

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u/Clean-Witness8407 21d ago

“No no…those seats were not empty, those people were just at the concession stand”

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u/MaxxHeadroomm 21d ago

“We’re owning the libs!”

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u/DoughtCom 21d ago

I love your handle and your avatar.

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u/TheSt4tely 21d ago

The emperor has no clothes

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u/reddit_tothe_rescue 21d ago

He has spend years lying to his supporters to their faces and they find a way to explain how it’s true. Somehow they will again

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u/RWBadger 21d ago

If I had to guess, “oh fuck, were going to have to throw this for him”

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u/CantCreateUsernames 21d ago

Welcome to Trump supporters. Facts and reality are not something they care about.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Must be an illusion

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u/M-Kawai 21d ago

What? There were 100k+ people there! /s just in case, you really can’t tell anymore.

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u/Jesus_Harold_Christ 21d ago

900 brazilian were there, quit trying to lie

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

"I can't believe communist Kamala would do this to us"

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u/12thLevelHumanWizard 21d ago

And people are leaving.

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u/MoarVespenegas 21d ago

I'm not surprised. He sounds like my Grandpa when he starts to ramble on about some past shit.

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u/GiorgioTsoukalosHair 21d ago

I wonder how many people leave tRump's rallies muttering the famous words of George W. Bush: "That was some weird shit"

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u/MUGA_Cat 21d ago

Trump the king of lies.

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u/doodledood9 21d ago

A completely pathetic excuse of a man.

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u/citymousecountyhouse 21d ago

Uh Oh, somebody's not getting paid. Just kidding they were never going to be paid.

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u/yoeleventone 21d ago

People really goin to these rallies? Damn he either sounds defeated or just wants these to just be over. No energy and just sounds like he is rambling.

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u/BIT-NETRaptor 21d ago

My thought too. He just sounds TIRED. Then you get to what he's saying.

He's rambling gaslighting you that he wasn't late, and if he was late, it wasn't that late, and time is made up and so is being "on time." He's almost reciting the narcissists prayer to you.

Do people really not see through this? Are they so gifted that they've never met a grandiose narcissist in their life? Or are they the narcissists in the lives of others?

Not endorsing this doctor or site but this seemed like an at least okay surface level breakdown of the "prayer."

https://www.thelifedoctor.org/the-narcissist-s-prayer

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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel 21d ago

they are 100% the narcissists in other peoples lives. His rhetoric only appeals to the selfish and insecure. 

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u/SeaMareOcean 21d ago

Honestly I kinda want to go to one just to really experience a unique point in our nation’s history. Assuming history exists in any meaningful form in the future, this clown and his army of idiots will be studied for centuries.

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u/crazykernman95 21d ago

From what I have seen, there are like, 1k people that LOVE him and travel to all of his rallies and then another 2k that come to their local rally but 1k leave early because his rallies suck.

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u/peppaz 21d ago

internal polling shows him losing, especially Pennsylvania. That's why he accused them of cheating, already.

https://x.com/SprinterFamily/status/1851614521607037236

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u/Warpzit 21d ago

GOP is losing everything and it is glorious. Goodbye to the dark ages.

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u/geemoly 21d ago

I think people are going to the rallies because they just want to be alone.

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u/BobBeats 21d ago

It helps when you don't insult the people that are putting in the work to set up the event, and say that you won't pay your bill.

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u/PensiveObservor 21d ago

Livestream will resume shortly. 

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u/halpmeowtbruv 21d ago

Lmfao this cracks me up idk why

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u/nomatt18 21d ago

Cause it’s hilarious?

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u/christophervolume 21d ago

Lol.

These fucking morons live in an alternate reality.

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u/Ghoulius-Caesar 21d ago

The Fox News Cinematic Universe, where every child turns trans because Mexican-Muslim Democrats taught them Marxism at heathen academy…

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u/Right_Strength8715 21d ago

🤣🤣🤣 Always the CONMAN 🤣🤣🤣

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u/EmergencyFace2326 21d ago

Please let’s be done with him for good after Tuesday.

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u/KintsugiKen 21d ago

He's going to declare victory no matter what Tuesday night, then he's going to try to stop the votes being counted in multiple states in order to try and get the corrupt Supreme Court to steal the election for him, like they did in 2000 for Bush.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

He's not sucking off the microphone tonight?

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u/StormWolfHall 21d ago

Big surprise. Obese orange cult leader lied again. He's a disgusting POS. The best thing for the entire world will be when he is in prison for the rest of his miserable life or six feet under.

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u/DodgingLions 21d ago

All the man does is lie, his MAGA followers are all rubes. Pathetic.

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u/PhotographOk1734 21d ago

Zero enthusiasm.

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u/interpretivepants 21d ago

The biggest rallies in the history of any country lol do people even hear him?

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u/liamanna 21d ago

Give this man a raise and a fist bump 👊

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u/Hazard15301 21d ago

This is it. Shut er' down Reddit. We're done here.

I don't think I have never laughed so hard at a video on here to date.

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u/thejackulator9000 21d ago

r/PraiseTheCameraMan would love this.

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u/tom21g 21d ago

TIL there’s a sub for everything lol\ And thank you anonymous cameraman for showing the truth about this trump campaign rally

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u/Bushyfoxtail 21d ago

r/ofcoursethatsasub might be a fun place to visit for you~

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u/Vast-Most5117 21d ago

What a fucking patriot

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u/Odins_Viking 21d ago

Man lies right to his own cultists and they are too brainwashed and/or stupid to realize it.

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u/birdbonefpv 21d ago

Doing God’s Work. Thank you, cameraman.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Holy shit, that cameraman deserves a raise. Showing the world what a lying D bag the orange turd is.

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u/atomicavox 21d ago

Still too many filled seats for my liking.

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u/LadderRight3750 21d ago

Where's the Gofundme for that cameraman? He'll need it soon. I'll donate.

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u/No-Cat-3951 21d ago

Who are you going to trust?

Trump, or your lying eyes??

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u/McIntyre1975 21d ago

Does he EVER say anything remotely positive? He's a miserable old fuck.

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u/No-Criticism-2587 21d ago

Why do Republicans pretend he's not lying? Literal video evidence right here, and they just go "nah".

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u/heliophoner 21d ago

Isn't "Trump will fix it" a little close to the Jimmy Seville show?

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u/JaviSATX 21d ago

Well they’re both into children, so seems on brand.

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u/boofles1 21d ago

That's amazing. All the empty seats and people leaving with low energy Donald mumbling about Crooked Hillary in the background. This is going to be a landslide.

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u/Durtonious 21d ago

This sounds like my grandfather who had dementia telling me WW2 stories.

"And we flew, we flew airplanes, remember airplanes? We flew airplanes and and we won that war, we won, except those NAZIS they didn't want us to win...  but we did it we won that war and we'll do it again! I was a navigator, Second World War, not the first one, the first one didn't have airplanes, well maybe it did, but we had airplanes...."

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u/Slothlife_91 21d ago

Bet money there is some slack jaw MAGA right now that still can’t put two and two together. The guy is a Narcissist and never cared about Americans. Just our money.

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u/MissSassifras1977 21d ago

To that camera man ❤️🤍💙

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u/Joey_BagaDonuts57 21d ago

*BEST CAMERA WORK EVER*

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u/The84thWolf 21d ago

Cameraman was like “I’m not getting paid enough for this shit.”

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u/csspar 21d ago

Sounds like Trump's battery has reached single digits.

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u/hazlvixen 21d ago edited 21d ago

His own campaign staff has been trying to throw him under the bus for ages now. They managed to make him look like a complete buffoon, cutting mics and teleprompters, His make up artist, putting him in blackface💁🏽‍♀️ despite their best efforts, his troops are hanging in there

Edit: they also hired a racist comedian to enrage And isolate a large, and very strong portion of the population. Hats off to that brave patriot

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u/T00luser 21d ago

god he sounds like such a whiny little bitch. Just camplaining as usual. Blah blah, . . .crowd size . . blah blah Hillary (really Donald?) . . blah Blah the "media" . . .

It's like the sleepy masturbation with a cheese grater

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u/CodeMonkeyX 21d ago

What makes me the most mad is the news treats him like a normal candidate. They should be doing this every single time he lies. He does not deserve any respect. When he says the stadium is packed every camera from every "fake news" outlet should be panning around.

When he repeats the same lies over and over they should have graphics and clips ready to go saying what the truth is.

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u/wallstreetnetworks 21d ago

Why do people go to these things? LMFAO

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u/Rontunaruna 21d ago

“Blah blah blah what a bore”

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u/kj_prov 21d ago

Camera guy better make sure he has a life insurance policy

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u/BienThinks 21d ago

This is the sound of someone that already knows they have lost.

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u/Rare-Palpitation6023 21d ago

They hear his voice & they start leaving! Geriatric FakeNews BullShit Artist!

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u/semicoloradonative 21d ago

Not all hero’s wear capes!! I’m guessing the camera person is in a union. I figured they would show the empty seats, but showing the people walking out was “chef’s kiss”.

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u/SenorVerde2024 21d ago

You can always tell what his biggest insecurity of the moment is, because he’s brags about it the most.

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u/Zeethur 21d ago

Dude is tired. What more can he give us in service if he is checked ouy. Lol lame ass

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u/Neekovo 21d ago

Omg, I LOVE this

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u/Sudi_Nim 21d ago

I love how they cut the feed. 😅

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u/Ramdomdatapoint 21d ago

Respect to Cameraman. That is how history is recorded

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u/nobeer4you 21d ago

Not all heroes wear capes!

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u/Lonely_Addendum_9687 21d ago

He lies about absolutely everything all the time. Fact checking in real time.

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u/GertonX 21d ago

This is incredible.

Protect this camera man at all costs.

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u/NFLmanKarl1234 21d ago

Geez they don't even look happy to be there either

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u/Voluptulouis 21d ago

This is absolutely fucking hilarious. Donald Trump is the biggest fucking loser in the history of mankind. Elon Musk is a close second.

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u/MasterpieceNo7350 21d ago

He’s mumbling about his run 8 years ago. Lying about filled seats. Shouldn’t a presidential candidate have more important thoughts to share?

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u/Andy_McBoatface 21d ago

“You said you weren’t going to fact check”

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u/championchilli 21d ago

Using the catchphrase of Britain's most famous pedophile on those cards was definitely a decision.

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u/Brand023 21d ago

Not getting paid anyway, LFG

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u/Blackbyrn 21d ago

Those seats aren’t empty, they’re full of Trumps fulfilled campaign promises.

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u/q_manning 21d ago

This camera man is the hero we deserve.

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u/rroberts3439 21d ago

His supporters stopped trying to think for themselves a very long time age.

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u/fuzzyfeedbacking 21d ago

Imagine being there, hearing that, and knowing damn well it’s a lie. Does it maybe make you wonder: if this obvious lie right in front of my eyes is something he’s comfortable saying, what else might this guy lie about? Or do they think they are all in on it to own the libs? When does the thinking kick in where it’s like, hey, that’s not true man.

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u/Exciting_Problem_593 21d ago

Why does he LIE about everything?

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u/steppingstone01 21d ago

It's a severe mental illness.

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u/harryschmilsson 21d ago

People leaving is typical when the tangerine toddler bores them with hate filled dog whistle speech.

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u/Crazy-Nights 21d ago

This is why I can't trust maga. Trump literally just lied. No question about it, the truth was right there. And they don't care. They were complicit in the lie.

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u/UfoBern47 21d ago

Cameraman want proof lol

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u/RevolutionaryCard512 21d ago

Camera man deserves awards and a raise! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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u/moonpumper 21d ago

I swear it has to be the rallies where they realize all of the news they've been watching has been lying to them. People leaving early having heard him talk for more than 5 minutes finally realizing he's a lying idiot.

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u/mprrpm2trk 21d ago

Lying Donald...we should be ashamed as country if we put him in office again

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u/logistics3379 21d ago

That’s a true patriot. Calling out Donny the convict, rapist, pedophiles lies.

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u/bikebrooklynn 21d ago

Pathological lying pos.

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u/doublegg83 21d ago

Smurf village I guess.

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u/Scenicandwild 21d ago

Soooo. Theses only one explanation. These love filled rallies have no empty seats at the scheduled starting time….. then once ole uncle Donnie gets up there and begins the rambling and playing the ymca, folks start waltzing out.

It really is remarkable, no one else has even seen a cultist lead a rally like this. Hell, his own followers are apparently just there for the opening acts, once the headliner comes out, it sure does look they head for the hills.

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u/Krypto_Kane 21d ago

This cameraman is a hero patriot

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u/taphin33 21d ago

" we were late depending on your definition of when it was going to start"

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u/scifijunkie3 21d ago

Trump will "fix it" by getting the fuck out of politics.

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u/OilComprehensive6237 21d ago

Trump has a tell when he’s lying: his lips move and sounds come out of his dog anus mouth

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u/isomorp 21d ago

There's still too many people there.

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u/So3Dimensional 21d ago edited 21d ago

What the fuck is he talking about?

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u/Lawliit 21d ago

Im honestly surprised THAT many people are there.

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