Former President Donald Trump slammed coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent rallies, accusing her of paying for the crowds she drew without providing any evidence.
“If Kamala draws 1,000 people to a rally, the media goes ‘hot’ and talks about how ‘huge’ it was. And she pays for the ‘crowd.'” Trump complained on Truth Social. Thursday.
Trump, 78, has long been known for drawing large, enthusiastic crowds to his political rallies and has often obsessed over his talent for filling stadiums and other venues.
Harris, 59, has had success packing arenas since her surprise election victory: Last month, her campaign claimed that about 10,000 spectators packed the Georgia State University Assembly Center.
On Tuesday, the campaign boasted a turnout of 14,000 people at Temple University in Philadelphia to announce Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as his running mate.
And on Wednesday, In some reports She drew an enthusiastic crowd of about 15,000 people to a hangar at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
The Harris-Waltz campaign knows how Trump feels about crowd size, and they have begun taunting and mocking him about it.
The Washington Post has reached out to the Trump campaign seeking evidence to support Trump’s claim that Harris paid for rallies for Trump and his campaign.
When Trump launched his political career in the lobby of Trump Tower in 2015, his team paid some of the cheering crowd to be there. According to multiple reports.
Specifically, Extra Mile Casting, a company based in New York, Reportedly He paid about $50 each to watch and cheer him on.
Trump has also complained that the media has been too fawning towards Harris, and he and his running mate, J.D. Vance, have begun criticizing her for rarely answering questions from reporters.
Vance was questioned during a campaign rally on Wednesday, and Trump has scheduled a news conference at Mar-a-Lago for Thursday and has sought to criticize him for distancing himself from the media.
Harris has not given any public interviews with reporters since President Biden dropped out of the presidential race on July 21.
“Donald Trump craves media attention and isn’t getting it, which is why he is throwing tantrums at the media online and today at his country club,” Amar Moosa, a spokesman for Harris Waltz 2024, charged in a statement about Trump’s upcoming press conference.
Polls suggest the race has become even tougher with Biden dropping out and Harris becoming the Democratic nominee.
Harris holds a 0.8 percentage point lead in the latest poll. RealClearPolitics Count It’s a five-way national poll. Trump had been leading the RCP’s overall vote for a long time before Biden dropped out.
