Donald Trump takes aim at Georgia State University for empty seats at rally

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) In the opening of his speech to thousands of rally attendees in Atlanta Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump took aim at Georgia State University, where he was speaking, for allegedly blocking “thousands of people” from the venue, resulting, he said, in 500 or 600 empty places. The claim could not be immediately verified.

“The school administration stopped us from getting another 500, 600 even a thousand people in,” Trump told his enthusiastic supporters Saturday. “Thousands of people were told no. And that was OK, but we could have fit another 600 people.”

“If they’re going to stand in the way of admitting people to our rally, just imagine what they’re going to do on election day,” he added. “We’re not going to let that happen.”

At the beginning of the event before the speech, rally organizers told reporters that “campus administrators took it upon themselves to not only shut the building down, but push our 5,000 to 10,000 guests that are still outside off the property across the street into the protest zone,” leaving organizers inside the building with empty seats to fill. “We as the hosts had to work behind us to move people around and fill sections,” the rally organizer told reporters.

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