WATCH LIVE: Trump holds sold-out rally in Vermont

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump made multiple headlines before ever setting foot in Vermont for tonight’s highly anticipated rally in Burlington.

Despite releasing over 20,000 tickets for an event that seats just 1,400, the real estate mogul’s campaign said the rally quickly sold out.

With Bernie Sanders’ 2016 headquarters just down the block, reports of a massive protest planned by the Democratic presidential candidate’s supporters prompted a lockdown of the Flynn Center, with security instructed to let in only Trump voters.

“I'm taking care of my people, not people who don't want to vote for me or are undecided," Trump told Burlington Free Press. "They are loyal to me, and I am loyal to them."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/265168-watch-live-trump-holds-sold-out-rally-in-vermont

[rjsquirrel]

1. Why would anyone watch this?

[hay rick]

3. All the paint is dry?

Sorry. Still not a good enough reason.

[rjsquirrel]

6. True

But the grass is still growing this warm winter.

The sea of choosing to watch a live stream of a T-Rump rally makes me barf. It's already hard enough to avoid his cretinous presence,

[earthside]

4. I'm watching some of it.

I'm kind of a political junkie ... I can't help it.

What I'm seeing is that actually Trump is getting better in his delivery and, at least tonight, he seems to be a bit less bellicose.

The usual 'protester' ... I think the Trump campaign hires these people, it's part of the show. What a disappointment if you stand in line for hours for this event and you don't get to see Trump put down a protester?

[ImaPolitico]

16. I believe you have something there.

It wouldn't be the first time Trump hired out people to his rallys.

[840high]

12. Why not? We certainly post

pages and pages about Trump on DU.

[ImaPolitico]

15. I certainly did not.

Was watching MSNBC right at dinner time and the minute Trump came on I switched the channel. (Hmmm. that's beginning to be a habit with me.) Ah, what a relief not to have to listen to all that political crapola spewing from Trump's big loud mouth.

[House of Roberts]

2. If you sold 20,000 tickets to a Rolling Stones concert,

or (name your favorite band here), for a venue that seated 1,400, wouldn't you get arrested and thrown in jail?

[hay rick]

5. The 1,400 who get in are the ones who are really getting screwed. nt

[lynne]

14. They weren't purchased. They were free.

Free tickets are many times not used. In Vermont, I would think there'd be a concern that free tickets would be taken with the intent of not being used, leaving more vacant seats in the venue than normal.

By handing out such a large quantity of tickets, they insured a packed house. As with any General Admission event, the first to arrive are the ones that get the seats. Hope they had an overflow spot available somewhere.

[chillfactor]

7. no thanks.....

I am watching President Obama's town hall on CNN.

[Tab]

8. "I'm taking care of my people"

Meaning, don't expect him to represent all Americans if he gets in office. If he can't pretend to do it on the campaign trail, there's no reason to expect him to do it if he reaches office.

[onehandle]

9. The candidate with the largest crowds at rallies always wins. nt

[George II]

10. .

[Tab]

11. At the Flynn?

I had to look up the article to see where the event was held. There's no way in hell you're fitting 20,000 people into the Flynn theatre.

[ImaPolitico]

17. Nice to hear,

Trump had many disruptions.

[humbled_opinion]

13. How does he get that kind of

crowd in VT ? If this is celebrity trolling then maybe I get it, but he certainly isn't a believable serious politician. Side note to Hillary supporters unlike Trump, Bernie's crowds of support are the real deal supporting him because he is the most electable in a GE....

[Tab]

18. Think of Burlington like Boulder, Colorado

Or maybe SFO

1,400 might be the number of potential Trump supporters. And the remaining 18,600 are not.

The Flynn Theatre is a small venue where I used to see blues shows. And could have seen Bob Marley before he was known if I wasn't so dumb. But it sure as shit isn't 20,000. That would be half the population of the town nowadays.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. Not all of them were supporters

In fact, the first person in line said he was a Bernie supporter. Another person in line said she was a Hillary supporter who wanted to "flip (Trump) off or something".