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Vinca

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

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 2, 2018, 03:31 PM

Aug 2018

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.

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What percentage of Trump's rally participants are paid to be there ? [View all] steve2470 Aug 2018 OP

I have no idea if that's true or not, but if it was, it wouldn't surprise me. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #1

ah had not heard that, so pathetic of him nt steve2470 Aug 2018 #2

Yep, here's the link to the story about it. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #3

Remember when Dear Leader first announced his run? He descended on the escalator in Vinca Aug 2018 #5

They accuse us of that, so I won't speculate. Aristus Aug 2018 #4

what I found interesting is that some of his "fans" would talk civilly to Acosta... steve2470 Aug 2018 #7

I tried this- the result is bullshit RainCaster Aug 2018 #6

Look for "extras wanted" or "event extras wanted". haele Aug 2018 #10

Wouldn't doubt it. Any large city that has any theater/film presence has agencies for extras. haele Aug 2018 #8

Approximately zero oberliner Aug 2018 #9

+1 onenote Aug 2018 #16

We should start accepting those gigs fescuerescue Aug 2018 #11

No, don't boo him spinbaby Aug 2018 #13

K&R, Red Don doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt uponit7771 Aug 2018 #12

Cult members normally don't have to be paid. Mariana Aug 2018 #14

You don't need that many - just enough to build a critial mass acting hysterical salin Aug 2018 #15