Donald Trump Rails at Video of Empty Seats During His Rally

In a heated exchange over social media, former President Donald Trump lashed out after a video surfaced showing empty seats at his rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The video, posted on X, formerly Twitter, by the campaign account of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, @KamalaHQ, claimed that Trump’s audience was leaving as he “rambled incoherently,” leaving the venue partially empty.

The video shows people leaving a section of the auditorium along the side of the Trump rally which has many empty seats. The section appears to be behind the stage. A muffled Trump can be heard speaking in the background.

The video was captioned: “Trump’s audience is exiting as he rambles incoherently in Pennsylvania, leaving even more empty seats.” It had been viewed 4.8 million times by Sunday.

Trump took to his platform, Truth Social, on Sunday afternoon to dismiss the video’s authenticity.

He claimed that the footage was taken before the rally began and that the venue was actually packed, with thousands more supporters turned away due to space constraints.

Trump accused Harris of spreading misinformation, labelling her a “Crooked Radical Left Politician” and linking her to a broader conspiracy to remove President Joe Biden, which he alleged involved other prominent Democrats.

“We had to turn away lots of people yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,” Trump wrote. “Comrade Kamala Harris’ Social Media Operation showed empty seats, long before the Rally started, early in the afternoon when, in actuality, we had to turn away 11,500 people!”

The back-and-forth didn’t end there. Late Sunday night, Harris’s campaign account fired back, asserting that the video was recorded while Trump was speaking.

“Americans are tired of your lies and slur-filled delusions.,” the account wrote. “It’s getting… old.”

This is a developing story.