Thousands of Trump supporters were locked out of the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire for Thursday’s reelection campaign rally by President Trump even though there were plenty of empty seats in the upper deck of the arena–and even a dozen empty seats were seen in the lower bowl in the corner behind Trump as he spoke to the near capacity crowd. A rally attendee said he “watched authorities force away thousands of people trying to get into the SNHU, that waited in line for hours.”
Photos taken from inside and outside the 11,000 capacity arena show thousands outside watching the rally on a large outdoor TV while several hundred seats were seen to be empty inside.
THOUSANDS watching @realDonaldTrump from OUTSIDE the Manchester, New Hampshire arena! pic.twitter.com/BINMd3AYRs
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) August 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/MikeySwetz/status/1162152728950444032
https://twitter.com/Shadowbanned941/status/1162155238037610496
Many of these people now gathered the outside SNHU Arena had tickets to listen to President Trump inside but were prevented from doing so due to crowd size. #wcvb pic.twitter.com/tGNEehGetO
— Julie Loncich (@JulieLoncich) August 15, 2019
Overflow outside the @realdonaldtrump rally in Manchester, NH tonight pic.twitter.com/cIzptok3a3
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) August 15, 2019
Inside:
Interesting — because there are still plenty of seats inside. #WCVB pic.twitter.com/1bE4dUGxPN
— Ben Simmoneau (@bensimmoneau) August 16, 2019
Trump loves to claim his rallies are sold out and overflowing into the streets outside. A rare Fox camera pan to the top of the arena at tonight’s Trump rally in NH shows empty seats pic.twitter.com/hkV4w8krW5
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 16, 2019
Lewandowski and Trump (in distance) pic.twitter.com/008oDmpE8v
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 16, 2019
Additional protesters interrupting Trump’s rally here tonight in Manchester and highlighting there are more empty seats than usual in the upper sections as the president passes the 75-minute mark pic.twitter.com/nUOQllXJB0
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) August 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/1162165702494756870
https://twitter.com/BelkissObadia/status/1162170182766333952
With thousands outside, question as to why empty seats at President Trump campaign rally, Manchester, NH, screen image via C-SPAN. #TrumpRally #KeepAmericaGreat2020 pic.twitter.com/OYZrlSV9A6
— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) August 16, 2019
President Trump at campaign rally, Manchester, NH, screen image via C-SPAN. #TrumpRally #KeepAmericaGreat2020 pic.twitter.com/nvo55VCyJQ
— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) August 16, 2019
President Trump at campaign rally, Manchester, NH, screen image via C-SPAN. #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/TU7lBY2SVK
— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) August 15, 2019
A rally attendee inside the arena tweeted about the problem before Trump took the stage:
https://twitter.com/OldManVanCandy1/status/1162137976404619264
https://twitter.com/OldManVanCandy1/status/1162174347492188160
https://twitter.com/OldManVanCandy1/status/1162175471502729217
https://twitter.com/OldManVanCandy1/status/1162143062421901312
https://twitter.com/OldManVanCandy1/status/1162143615801581569
Traffic was backed up for ten miles getting to the Trump rally.
Traffic 10 mi. outside the Trump rally #Manchester #NewHampshire pic.twitter.com/zHygpnpWIF
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) August 15, 2019
