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(45,020 posts)That sounds like an ad for Ex-lax
essaynnc
(801 posts)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.
Nevilledog
(51,197 posts)peekaloo
(22,977 posts)run for cover the Orange Julius is gonna blow
hotrod0808
(323 posts)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)crumbs to the Q (half-baked) "bakers."
Javaman
(62,534 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,574 posts)Maraya1969
(22,497 posts)I wonder if there are other venues they use. Maybe a talent agency?
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)[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
(22,497 posts)Just to let others know that his crowds are fake too.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)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.