What percentage of Trump's rally participants are paid to be there ?

[steve2470]

I have no idea. I stumbled across this post on Twitter, from a guy claiming some expertise in this matter.

I'll let him speak for himself here:

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[bearsfootball516]

1. I have no idea if that's true or not, but if it was, it wouldn't surprise me.

I mean, a couple months ago when he had his "Eagles fans celebration" clusterfuck, literally no fans showed up so they grabbed a couple hundred congressional interns, sat them down in front of the stage and told them to pretend to be fans.

[steve2470]

2. ah had not heard that, so pathetic of him nt

[bearsfootball516]

3. Yep, here's the link to the story about it.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/the700level/who-were-all-those-eagles-fans-white-house-today

One reporter was tweeting that he asked a dozen of the "fans" there who the Eagles starting QB was in the Super Bowl, and none of them knew. It made it very clear that they were being paid to be there.

[Vinca]

5. Remember when Dear Leader first announced his run? He descended on the escalator in

Trump Tower and was greeted by paid actors in Trump t-shirts. I'm sure a good chunk of his crowd is bona fide nutjobs, but if we can get his schedule in advance it would be interesting to check for ads for seat fillers.

[Aristus]

4. They accuse us of that, so I won't speculate.

I'll simply assert that, lacking jobs or anything meaningful to do, they probably don't need much coaxing...

[steve2470]

7. what I found interesting is that some of his "fans" would talk civilly to Acosta...

while the ones caught on camera were hateful and disdainful and profane.

Could be just the odds.

[RainCaster]

6. I tried this- the result is bullshit

Do it yourself, these were my results:

No results found for "crowd fillers needed" site:craigslist.org.

[haele]

10. Look for "extras wanted" or "event extras wanted".

The filter for "crowd fillers needed" is much too restrictive.
There are all sorts of descriptive for the people who stand around to fill up space depending on who will write the ad, but the term all have in common and is used in the industry is "extras", not "fillers". Most production staff for events, theater, or film will use the term "extras".
BTW Mr. Soros - I know it's been a slow season, but haven't been paid for last quarter's work as a sign-holding extra.

Haele

[haele]

8. Wouldn't doubt it. Any large city that has any theater/film presence has agencies for extras.

Tampa included, to use the latest GOP event.

Back in the day, I used to hang out with a couple extras, used to get called out all the time for crowd scenes whenever I didn't have work or duty. Twice I was called out for practice runs where a producer was working out shots and potential snags.
I still got a few calls up into the early 2000's until I got married into an instant family and had the whole "work/family time" dynamic taking up all my days.
Being a crowd scene extra doesn't pay much, but one can fill up extra hours in congenial company or potentially supplement disability/unemployment on it without risking much.
The ads one sees in Craig's List for extras are usually for the free meals or $20 a day gigs. It's the agencies or day labor sites where most non-union folks who just want the occasional extra job get their employment through.

Haele

[oberliner]

9. Approximately zero

[onenote]

16. +1

[fescuerescue]

11. We should start accepting those gigs

Show up, get paid and then boo him.

Wouldn't that be awesome!? Take one of his crowds of several thousand, and turn it into several thousand booing....AND getting paid to do it!

[spinbaby]

13. No, don't boo him

Laugh at him. He hates that.

[uponit7771]

12. K&R, Red Don doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt

[Mariana]

14. Cult members normally don't have to be paid.

Remember that the polls say the overwhelming majority of Republicans would enthusiastically vote for Trump a second time, if given the chance. That's an awful lot of people. I know rent-a-crowd services exist, I just don't think they're necessary here. There may be church groups and stuff going to these things together.

[salin]

15. You don't need that many - just enough to build a critial mass acting hysterical

to whip the rest of the crowd up. Folks know what it should look like - and some attend out of curiosity for the atmospherics. Start the regular chants - and like lemmings others will join and others will get swept up into the behavior.