Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is holding a ‘sold out’ rally in Columbus, Ohio Monday evening.
15,000 supporters are expected to attend the event at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
The Columbus Dispatch reported the last tickets were claimed Friday night, three days before the Monday night rally.
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Donald Trump supporters line up nearly three hours before start of Columbus, Ohio rally, image via Twitter.
Going to Ohio, home of one of the worst presidential candidates in history–Kasich. Can't debate, loves #ObamaCare–dummy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2015
“Going to Ohio, home of one of the worst presidential candidates in history–Kasich. Can’t debate, loves #ObamaCare–dummy!”
(Live stream of rally at 7 p.m. on YouTube.)
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A bunch of liberals announced online their plans to sabotage attendance at Trump’s rally by placing orders for the free tickets available at the Eventbrite site and then not showing up. (Side note, even though the event was deemed a ‘sell out’, Eventbrite still was offering tickets to the rally as of 5:30 p.m. EST, ninety minutes before the rally. Probably tickets not claimed that were sent to bogus email addresses.)
https://twitter.com/kell56bell/status/668891147088064513
“register for two free tickets to (not) see trump. make him present to an empty arena. #MakeColumbusGreatAgain https://www.eventbrite.com/e/donald-j-trump-in-columbus-oh-tickets-19610046176 ⦔
https://twitter.com/diasporadesi/status/666982395749531648
“DONALD TRUMP IS GONNA BE IN COLUMBUS. TICKETS ARE ALSO FREE. EVERYONE RESERVE ONE BEFORE REAL RACISTS GET THEM.”
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https://twitter.com/JNYOSU/status/666985286149214212
“@diasporadesi i totally just got one and this is so satisfying knowing I’m preventing someone who cares from getting one βΊοΈ”
Do ya girl & ya country a favor by reserving two seats to see Donald Trump in Columbus, then don't go. It's free!! https://t.co/MpLO5B3yxJ
— bemma baby (@bemma_boy) November 22, 2015
“Do ya girl & ya country a favor by reserving two seats to see Donald Trump in Columbus, then don’t go. It’s free!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/donald-j-trump-in-columbus-oh-tickets-19610046176 ⦔
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https://twitter.com/TheQueerCat/status/668463482979782657
“@lameemmae @THECAROLDANVERS I DID IT AND I WAS CACKLING THE ENTIRE TIME”
@lameemmae πππ except im on a different continent πππ pic.twitter.com/jyl91ZYepT
— East African Mzungu (@maijathemzungu) November 22, 2015
More here with several claims of bogus ticket orders with names like Jesus Freedom, and here and here.
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A Periscope video here taken by Andy Chow of Ohio Public Radio shows thousands of people walking in an orderly manner on their way in to the Trump rally.
A photo taken a few minutes before the doors opened at 5 p.m. EST shows the size of the room Trump is expected to fill.
Trump event tonight. Columbus. Stage is set. Covering speech inside and protests outside w/ @andy_chow @karenkasler pic.twitter.com/c9l9RhyKyx
— Don Gonyea NPR (@DonGonyea) November 23, 2015
These two photos taken just after 6 p.m. EST shows the room filling up.
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Less than an hour to go before trump takes the stage in Columbus. pic.twitter.com/GhbTb3uCDh
— Shane Stegmiller (@ShaneStegmiller) November 23, 2015
At Trump Rally in Columbus,Ohio ! Go Trump! pic.twitter.com/5aKt1vABEy
— oifvet3id (@oifvet3id) November 23, 2015
Massive line to get in around 6:30 p.m. EST
90-minutes after doors open, STILL an incredibly long line to get in #Columbus #Trump event. @WKYC pic.twitter.com/YFMXlkRr30
— Chris Tye (@TVTye) November 23, 2015
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While the libs’ bogus ticket order scam failed, there were reports however of groups of liberals protesting outside including Planned Parenthood and Black Lives Matter protesters.
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