Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Donald Trump will hold a rally tonight in Bernie Sanders’ backyard at the 1400-seat Flynn Center in Burlington, Vermont. After hearing that some local Democrats had used fake email addresses to reserve seats with the intention of leaving them empty, the Trump campaign responded by upping the reservation limit on Eventbrite to 20,000. More from the Daily Mail:
Donald Trump’s campaign has handed out nearly 20,000 tickets to an event Thursday night in a theater with just 1,411 seats.
Reports have swirled all week in Burlington, Vermont that liberal saboteurs have been requesting tickets by the bucketful using phony email addresses, in the hope that ticketing would stop and a large portion of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts would be embarrassingly empty.
The Trump campaign appears to have dramatically overcompensated: Police report that at least 6,500 tickets have been issued to people who appear to have genuine email addresses and say they plan to attend.
Politico reported that Trump aides routinely issue extra tickets to compensate for no-shows, but the scale of their response for Thursday night’s rally is far out of the ordinary.
Trump tweeted on Wednesday that “police say first come, first serve. Arrive early!” Sub-freezing temperatures, combined with loud, practiced protesters and a crush of pro-Trump Republicans could result in a cold mess on the shores of Lake Champlain.
It’s impossible to know what pro-Trump/anti-Trump mixture will be at the Flynn Center tonight, but local police are issuing “stern warnings” against acts of “intimidation, force, or unlawful acts.” (Tipped by JMG reader Fred)