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Hop aboard The Trump Train! (Original Post) edbermac Aug 2018 OP
Trump Train? C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #1
I'M GOING !!! (NOT) essaynnc Aug 2018 #2
Four..... What a dumbass Nevilledog Aug 2018 #3
More like the golf warning: Fore! peekaloo Aug 2018 #4
It's fun for them. hotrod0808 Aug 2018 #5
Any bets on how many times/ways he sneaks the number "17" in his speech? salin Aug 2018 #6
I first read "drug train" but I guess that works too. lol Javaman Aug 2018 #7
"Step right in - see the Red Wave" dalton99a Aug 2018 #8
'Fraid I'll be TWO busy to attend. Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #9
Trump Train is no doubt a coal burner. n/t Liberal In Texas Aug 2018 #10
I just checked Craigslist and don't see an advertisement for people to make $50 Maraya1969 Aug 2018 #11
1-800-Hire-a-Crowd Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #12
Too bad some of the people who were previously hired don't come forward and talk about it Maraya1969 Aug 2018 #13
If I weren't a tRumpster, $50 wouldn't be enough to sit through that slop. Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #14

essaynnc

(801 posts)
2. I'M GOING !!! (NOT)
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 11:52 AM
Aug 2018

Of course I signed up for a couple of tickets, hopefully that will keep somebody else from going. By the way, in all of the last rallies, I have NEVER seen an estimate of the crowd size, or lack thereof. How is our fake commander-in-pResident doing with his crowds these days????? Even in the coal country of WV, where HUGE promises are plentiful, easy, and impossible to carry out, I'd like to think it's WAY DOWN.

hotrod0808

(323 posts)
5. It's fun for them.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:08 PM
Aug 2018

They dress up, the chant the same old shit, they applaude the lines in Trump's "speech" that insult people...it's Rocky Horror Show for morons.

salin

(48,955 posts)
6. Any bets on how many times/ways he sneaks the number "17" in his speech?
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:14 PM
Aug 2018

crumbs to the Q (half-baked) "bakers."

Maraya1969

(22,482 posts)
11. I just checked Craigslist and don't see an advertisement for people to make $50
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:36 PM
Aug 2018

I wonder if there are other venues they use. Maybe a talent agency?

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
12. 1-800-Hire-a-Crowd
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:53 PM
Aug 2018

[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/crowd-hiring-politics-campaign-2016/399002/|


These days, if a candidate or protest organizer is short on numbers, he or she can simply pick up the phone and call a company like Crowds on Demand, a Los Angeles-based company that provides rental crowds for campaign rallies and protests. The company was founded in late 2012 by Adam Swart, a UCLA grad who majored in political science. It is among a very small number of U.S. companies that offers rental crowd services in the U.S. (including Crowds for Rent and the Trump-hired Extra Mile Casting), and perhaps the only one that does so openly.

Maraya1969

(22,482 posts)
13. Too bad some of the people who were previously hired don't come forward and talk about it
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 01:17 PM
Aug 2018

Just to let others know that his crowds are fake too.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
14. If I weren't a tRumpster, $50 wouldn't be enough to sit through that slop.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 02:07 PM
Aug 2018

If I were a tRumpster, I'd take the $50, but wouldn't want to admit it.

That leaves perhaps the very poor or the street dwellers who are desperate for the $50, but they're not going to talk about it because it's easy money for them and they don't want to "bite the hand that feeds them".

There's probably a penalty for coming forth anyway. I'd bet there's a scare tactic NDA they have to sign that makes them liable for a huge sum ($1M+ ?) if they blab...hardly worth a $50 payout. tRump is the Reality TV president, and he's likely taking a page from shows like "Survivor" or "The Bachelor" where they're liable for a $5M penalty if they disclose the outcome early. tRump's buddy Mark Burnett must come in handy for such situations - he uses this practice all the time.

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