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Meanwhile, Harris has aggresively hit the campaign trail, hoping to fire up voters in battleground states across the country

On Thursday, former president Donald Trump attempted to — yet again — recalibrate his campaign, this time with a press conference at his property in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The appearance at his beloved golf course comes exactly one week after Trump tried to put the spotlight back on himself amid Vice President Kamala Harris’s surging poll numbers, with a press conference at his Florida home of Mar-a-Lago. He used the event to grumble over crowd sizes, at one point stating incorrectly that his speech before the January 6 riot at the Capitol had more attendees than Martin Luther King’s 1963 March on Washington.

It’s noteworthy that both of these “press conferences” happened at his own properties — the safest of spaces for the former president.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

i think hes terrified of the optics of not drawing crowds. the 24-person couchfucker event prolly scared the shit out of him

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was that a thing or are you referencing the picture that was taken 1.5 hours before the event began?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yikes. People like to believe whatever fits their narrative. Really sad to see that. I hate Trump more than anyone, but fake stories are really not going to help.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What 24-person event?

Edit: oh, I guess this.

Politifact says it's false.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People are saying it was a weak and low energy crowd of 24. Repubs have been telling me for years to use the "people are saying" standard for fact checking.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I agree. And I think that assassination attempt has him scared, whether he admits it or not.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

If he's so terrified, just ensure everyone there has a gun. I'm sure there's plenty of good people with guns to stop the bad ones.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

You do not need to agree, what he says is based on a fake story.