Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump falsely claimed there were “no empty seats” at the Republican Party midterm convention in Texas despite photographs showing a largely empty upper section in the arena. The president accused news outlets of manipulating coverage by photographing empty seats when attendees briefly stepped away to use the bathroom. Vice President JD Vance also addressed the convention and sharply criticised a protester who interrupted his speech while waving a Mexican flag. Photographs from earlier in the day showed that Vice President Vance also spoke to an arena with significant empty space in the upper seating area. The exaggerated crowd size claim is part of a longstanding pattern by President Trump, who has previously made similar false assertions about his rallies and inauguration. In fullTrump claims there are ‘no empty seats’ at Republican convention in arena with numerous empty seatsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump blasts empty seats at Republican convention as ‘fake news’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump falsely claimed there were “no empty seats” at the Republican Party midterm convention in Texas despite photographs showing a largely empty upper section in the arena. The president accused news outlets of manipulating coverage by photographing empty seats when attendees briefly stepped away to use the bathroom. Vice President JD Vance also addressed the convention and sharply criticised a protester who interrupted his speech while waving a Mexican flag. Photographs from earlier in the day showed that Vice President Vance also spoke to an arena with significant empty space in the upper seating area. The exaggerated crowd size claim is part of a longstanding pattern by President Trump, who has previously made similar false assertions about his rallies and inauguration. In fullTrump claims there are ‘no empty seats’ at Republican convention in arena with numerous empty seatsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
