Trump's video speech plays to empty seats at free event

politicsMay 18, 202621385

President Donald Trump played a recycled video address to rows of empty chairs at the free, day-long Rededicate 250 event and did not appear in person. Organizers billed the gathering as a free outreach event, but photos and video show large swaths of vacant seating while the recorded speech ran. Those empty seats highlight weak in-person turnout for a high-profile outreach effort and will shape perceptions of campaign momentum.

emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

As The Daily Beast notes, there were a WHOLE BUNCH of empty seats. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

23161d ago

Kan kansi13

Besides recycling a speech by the most obviously irreligious president in history, the event repeatedly and falsely cast our Founders as establishing the country as a Christian nation. A little more truth would have been nice.

Stu Duncan6

I signed up for about 40 people to come. Because they required no real check. I laughed.

Facts Matter5

I guess people don’t want to go to a prayer event held by a rapist and pedophile.

Ty Howe3

The event got more press in New England than the VRA march in Selma. No mention of Trump’s inability to read his scripted video tape. Unbalanced reporting

RoseMarie

@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

Donald Trump’s recycled religious video message was broadcast to rows of empty seats at the president’s free event to “rededicate” America to God. 🧵 www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

6661d ago

RoseMarie5

Rededicate 250 ran for over eight hours on Sunday at Washington’s National Mall. Billed by organizers as a “National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving,” it included worship songs, appearances by religious leaders, and speeches by members of the Trump administration.

Mickey Kuhns

@mickeykuhns.bsky.social

Trump’s “free” event had more empty seats than a Spirit Airlines flight. Turns out even when admission costs nothing, people still decided it wasn’t worth the trip. The National Mall looked less like a movement and more like a church picnic gone wrong. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

2861d ago

tsfishergirl.bsky.social2

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK TRUMP. FUCK RELIGION. ITS OBVIOUS WAY MORE AMERICANS COULD GIVE TWO SHITS ABOUT THE BULLSHIT LIES RELIGION SPOUTS.

David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Note the tepid applause for Trump. I’ve heard louder applause on a golf course. Also, note the many empty seats.

1362d ago

Bill Loveridge

@bloveridge.bsky.social

Trump 'humiliated' as his speech plays to empty seats at free event: report www.rawstory.com/trump-267690...

1361d ago

Katysheridan7

Why do so many editors think that Trump can feel humiliated? Who knows how the man "feels" about anything? How could any of us know whether he feels shame We can't.

0b3

But it was the biggest rededication of America ever..... Such a clown show up and down

Moments to Remember

@moments2remember.link

🚨 Trump’s massive “Rededicate 250” faith event is getting roasted online after photos showed empty seats during his speech — while he skipped the event to golf. #Trump #MAGA #Politics

961d ago

pissed-off-g.bsky.social

@pissed-off-g.bsky.social

President Donald Trump's free, day-long event to "rededicate" America to God drew a notably sparse crowd at the National Mall on Sunday — with a recycled video message from the president himself airing to rows of empty seats, the Daily Beast reported. www.rawstory.com/trump-267690...

861d ago

Dovewoman 💙 🇺🇦 💙

@dovewoman.bsky.social

Trump was ‘humiliated' as his speech played to empty seats Sunday. It drew a notably sparse crowd at the National Mall. Trump’s 3 minute video was the same footage he recorded in April for ‘America Reads the Bible’. Reuters photos captured dozens of empty seats. l.smartnews.com/p-7KmrQflL/9...

661d ago

David Combest

@decombest.bsky.social

Donald Trump Humiliated: Free Faith Event Marred by Empty Seats, Recycled Video Message on National Mall | IBTimes UK www.ibtimes.co.uk/sparse-atten...

261d ago

Craig Wiesner

@craigwiesner.bsky.social

I wondered how many people would show up and stay for this. No surprise, the president sent an recycled video of himself! www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

161d ago

Kurt Hansen 🥄🏳️‍🌈🌎

@trypax.charityweb.net

I think Trump and his cabinet saw the low registration numbers and decided to minimize their involvement. That's why they only sent videos even though they live in the area, including within walking distance of White House. Didn't want to talk in front of empty seats. Talk about (re-)dedication!

361d ago

The TrumpRussiaGuide 🇺🇸🇺🇦

@trumprussiaties.bsky.social

Trump Humiliated as Citizens Fail to Flock to His Free Rededicate 250 Event www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

261d ago

Still here for the news

@cmmcat.bsky.social

Photo from trump “prayer” event. Empty seats. Another tiny crowd. There are more of us. And we can vision and do better. #NoKings #NoBillionaires #NoOligarchs

Photo of sparse crowd at reeducate 250 “prayer” event. Lots of empty seats, mid-day sunny sky.

161d ago

Northern Harrier

@northernharrier.bsky.social

Images captured by Reuters from the event show dozens of empty seats in front of the screens while Trump’s pre-recorded three-minute message was screened. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humili...

161d ago

kennedykamila.bsky.social

@kennedykamila.bsky.social

The orange menace wants us to “humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways.” I think NOT! 🤮 Read This: "Trump Humiliated as Citizens Fail to Flock to His Free Event" www.thedailybeast.com//trump-humil...

161d ago

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yahoo.comTrump Humiliated as Citizens Fail to Flock to His Free Event rawstory.comTrump 'humiliated' as his speech plays to empty seats at free event: report thedailybeast.comTrump Humiliated as Citizens Fail to Flock to His Free Event

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