OK, I realize I'm way late to the party here, but...

[Girard442]

...does anyone have any insight into why any political strategist would want the optics of a crowd in all-matching shirts and hats? It practically screams paid performers,

I dunno. Maybe if the shirts were brown.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's the optics of a cult, which is even worse.

Although somebody bought and paid for those t-shirts and hats, and it probably wasn't the attendees. So it's a paid cult.

[Ananda62]

2. Candace Owen

Paid for the shirts and the attendees as part of her Blexit stunt (trying to get African American voters to support Trump).

[42bambi]

5. Did she also pay them to come to Trump's mini hate rally.

[brush]

6. Travel and lodging, yes. Many were paid actors. DC has a large black population...

but no way in the world would all those people be local as DC always votes Dem. They came form far and wide on a paid for outing...and probably won't vote for trump.

[42bambi]

9. Thanks, I thought that whole scene looked as if it was a desperate last minute Trump show.

[brush]

11. It was; Candace Owens is just typical black, repug opportunist. She was once...

a Democrat and the party saved her when she had legal troubles only to see her seek a more prominent opportunity in the smaller pool of just a few black repugs as opposed to the much large and more diverse competition in the Democratic Party.

In other words, she's a sellout looking out for herself and not the welfare of her people...along with racists in the repug party. Guess she can stand the smell.

[Lars39]

3. It's trolling...aren't those the colors of Covid-19?

[IcyPeas]

4. she admits to giving them "travel stipends"

Um... yes. We had a small group of attendees who asked for financial help to make the event so we secured travel stipends for them.

Mocking people who are struggling financially is the weirdest, most elitist, Democrat flex— possibly ever.

Link to tweet

[dmr]

7. Financial help, my ass.

Many, if not all, were paid. Just like the actors when Donald came down the escalator.

They couldn't pay me enough to be near that orange orangutan, let alone risk my health, or life to to boost his flimsy ego.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Boy Scouts. Other than that, no. NT

[tblue37]

10. It's their everyday work clothes:

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

12. One guy just threw his blue shirt over his right shoulder.

[Rice4VP]

13. It reminded me of kids on a field trip or

summer camp

[csziggy]

14. Gee, the colors are almost the same as here!

[randr]

15. Trump wanted to address a

crowd of colored people.