Police say Trump issues 20k tickets for 1400-seat VT venue
“Isn’t this more exciting?” he asked. “I tell you one thing”. Bernie Sanders got his start.
Sanders also laid into Trump over some of his positions on climate change and inequality, which the self-styled Democratic socialist has made key issues of his campaign.
“Okay, security, move a little faster please”.
The Trump campaign gave away 20,000 tickets to the event, even though the Flynn Center has a seating capacity of 1,400, according to the Burlington Free Press. She loves Donald Trump, and the interruptions from the protesters didn’t ruin it for her.
“Who’s going to pay for the wall?” he asked the crowd.
Police chose to allow the event to go forward because of a commitment to the First Amendment, the importance of allowing political speech and allowing people to participate in the democratic process, del Pozo said. “The crowd repeated the phrase and chanted Trump’s name in support of the protesters” removal. They were removed from the theater.
Trump opponents turned out early too. Next time, I said please remove them. I really do. Anyone wondering if there are any Trump supporters in the liberal bastion of Vermont learned quickly that there are many. “OK, you can get them out. You have to”, he said.
“I don’t think we can be beaten”.
His allusion to gun-free military bases was apparently a reference to the attacks against two military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last July. “Take him out!” Trump told his security team.
Trump worked the audience’s enthusiasm. Another protester shouted an obscenity. “But, they’re so rude”, he added. Were in Vermont. The air is so nice and clean, Trump said after taking the stage.
“It is common for event planners to over-issue tickets to political rallies to compensate for efforts by a candidate’s detractors to reserve seats and then leave them empty”, it said.
Once, he suggested confiscating the coats of some hecklers and throwing them out into the cold. “You know, it’s about 10 degrees below zero outside”.
In typical Trump style, the candidate began his speech by describing his lead in the polls.
The New York Times spoke to one person in line who likes Sanders and Trump: “Bernie is my No. 1 choice, and Trump is No. 2”. Passersby stopped along the pedestrian marketplace to take pictures or video as the protesters thrust signs into the air that read “Let’s dump Trump” and “Smash fascism”. Many people waved signs. “I wanted to see the spectacle that surrounds Donald Trump”.
Supporters lined up hours ahead of time to get in.
The upbeat real-estate billionaire appeared to relish dealing with the protestors.
Inside the theater, Trump supporters were greeted with tunes from The Beatles, Pavarotti and the musical “Phantom of the Opera”.
Trump has repeatedly said that gun-free zones are a magnet for mentally ill shooters and that the recent mass shootings in Paris and California could have been prevented if more citizens were armed to protect themselves and others.