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Home Front: Politix
Trump's gonna need a bigger venue for Ted Cruz rally because crowd size just EXPLODED!!
2018-10-21
[Right Scoop] We told you the other day that Trump had to pick a bigger Houston venue for his Ted Cruz rally because they was getting a lot more signups than anticipated for their 8,000 seat venue. So they bumped it up to the Toyota Center which holds 19,000. And as we also pointed out, that’s well above average of what Trump normally seats for these campaign rallies.

Well it turns out the signups for the Trump/Cruz rally has exploded since we reported that and now there’s no way he can seat everyone in the Toyota Center:
FOX NEWS ‐ At least 77,000 people have signed up for President Trump’s Houston rally on Monday to support incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who is locked in the Texas Senate battle with Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke.

The Houston Chronicle reported that Houston police will be "fully mobilized" for the rally. Attendees must have tickets to enter and will be admitted in the order that they line up, the report said.

"Keep in mind that once the capacity is met, you won’t get in whether you have a ticket or not," an officer said.

More than 77,800 people had signed up for the rally by Friday morning, according to The Chronicle. A person familiar with the event told the paper that the Trump campaign was not considering a move to a larger venue.

It’s been over 24 hours since they last checked, so who knows what the number would be now.

But it makes sense why they aren’t trying to move the venue again, as it’s just too close to the day of the rally which is Monday.

But wow, 77k sounds just fantastic. If this is representative of what’s going to happen on election day in Texas, Beta might lose by a landslide.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  What is it with people who think speaking breathlessly is the way to influence others? Why anyone fell for Beto the tool is beyond me.
Posted by: BrujoTejano   2018-10-21 20:28  

#5  With 70K signing up for a 19K facility, I dont think no-shows will be a problem, even if half the applications were fake. The press is hiding the fact that people in Texas have had enough of them cramming the creepy way-left dude down our throats.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891   2018-10-21 18:25  

#4  I’ve read that on the left they're encouraging their people to sign up for these things so they can either cause trouble once they get in or not go, leaving plenty of empty seats that would otherwose have been filled with Republican supporters.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-10-21 15:09  

#3  Here in Mesa there were 50K outside 4 hours before the venue and gridlock with people trying to get in. The had set jumbo trons outside so the people that could not get in could watch, and that was filled to over flowing.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2018-10-21 12:58  

#2  Would love to see that.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-10-21 11:54  

#1  Leftist college professors who fail papers because "I just can't agree with what you said" recruit for the Republicans. I never thought that I would say this but thank you for being so transparent.
Posted by: Thaiger Omeque4448   2018-10-21 10:32  

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