‘Embarrassing: Donald Trump’s Desperate Attempt to Deny Shrinking Rally Crowds Backfires as Video Shows Attendees Leaving Early

Donald Trump has been working to challenge the notion that people are leaving his rallies due to “exhaustion and boredom,” as Kamala Harris suggested earlier this month. The vice president made the jab during the presidential debate with the Republican nominee on Sept. 10. Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a campaign event on December 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa Republicans will be the first to select their party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential race when they go to caucus on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) “During his rallies, you’ll hear him talk about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter…. And what you’ll notice is that people start leaving early out of exhaustion and boredom,” Harris said. Trump firmly disputed Harris’s claim, stating, “People don’t leave my rallies. We have the biggest, most incredible rallies in the history of politics,” adding that people “don’t go” to the vice president’s rallies and making claims that “she’s busing them and paying them to be there.” Since then, videos have been widely circulating online showing attendees at some of Trump’s most recent rallies leaving while the events are still underway. During a Friday...