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Hour before Trump in Orlando speech, lines disappear and arena seats remain
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Empty seats can be seen at 7 p.m. in the upper level during the President Trump campaign rally at the Amway Center in downtown Orlando on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (Stephen M. Dowell / Orlando Sentinel)
About an hour before President Trump was scheduled to speak, the long lines snaking around the Amway Center in downtown Orlando were gone.
The gates were open as people trickled into the main entrance to the arena, and seats were still available inside the building. As Trump’s speech was about to begin, the arena was nearly full.
On Monday, Trump tweeted that 100,000 people had requested the free tickets to the event. The arena has a capacity of about 20,000.
Those still arriving walked past a long line of gates and the outdoor area where the Trump 45 Festival was being held, which contains hundreds of discarded lawn chairs and pop-up tents.
A group of protesters standing near the Amway security check point was asked to leave after holding signs that read, “Liar, liar, comb over on fire,” and “Trump is our national emergency, not the wall.”
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I was about to post it but you beat me to it Poke! I knew it would drive the MAGA crowd crazy, the truth usually does.
The Orlando Sentinel is doing a great job covering this campaign event down here. A lot of disinformation being put out by the Trump campaign, but the local news is destroying most of it.