![]() ![]() Elkind noted that DeWine chalked up his absence to a conflicting sporting event involving his granddaughters. Mike DeWine, whom the ex-president recently (and grudgingly) endorsed, was “notably absent” from the rally. Later on Monday, Trump continued to take issue with the Mail’s reporting that Ohio Gov. “The former president posted on Truth Social he had delivered 'massive crowds' for JD Vance and Dr Oz in Ohio and Pennsylvania after they asked him to,” the article now states at the outset. The headline of the piece now reads: “Donald Trump says most Republicans 'would lose' races without his backing as he visits Ohio rally to support US Senate candidate JD Vance.” All references to the crowd size being anything less than “massive”-including a number of Elkind’s photos-were deleted from the piece. “The place was ELECTRIC (more so than electric cars, which don’t have the same “stamina” as these incredible people)! Despite the obvious FACTS (TRUTH!), the Daily Mail’s obnoxious reporter said the crowd was ‘uncharacteristically thin,’ WRONG!!! How do you fight this Fake News?”īy Monday morning, the Daily Mail had completely altered the article and eventually removed Elkind’s name.ĬBS Star Reporter Fears We’re on the Brink of Civil War Other reporters (and me) saw them all, loud and clear,” the twice-impeached ex-president blared just after midnight early Monday. “Check out the pictures (on TRUTH SOCIAL) of the packed arena crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, not to mention the thousands of people outside the arena who couldn’t get in. Trump, who is notoriously sensitive about his crowd size and television ratings, eventually took to his social-media platform Truth Social to blast the Daily Mail and Elkind for its rally coverage. ![]() The reporter included several photos she took showing large swaths of empty seats throughout the venue, including one taken less than an hour before Trump took the stage revealing the arena was two-thirds full. OAN’s Trumpy Boss Cuts a Fat Check for Ron DeSantisĮlkind, who traveled to Youngstown for the Mail to cover the rally, pointed out that the less-than-capacity crowd may have been the result of a “major college football game between Ohio State University and the University of Toledo” taking place at the same time. “The former president boasted about the 'massive crowd,' but the stadium was uncharacteristically thin right up until the time when Trump took the stage,” she added. “While the crowd does not fill the entire 7,000-seat Covelli Centre, the Trump supporters who made it to Youngstown on Saturday were wildly excited,” Elkind originally wrote. The Daily Beast found the original text by searching cached versions in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Trump’s return to the campaign trail follows a slew of battleground state polling showing the president trailing his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, in key states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin as well as by a wide margin nationally.In the article, published Saturday evening and titled “Uncharacteristically thin crowd in Ohio an hour before Trump takes the stage for rally in support of Senate candidate JD Vance - just after saying most GOP candidates would LOSE without his endorsement,” Elkind noted that Trump had bragged hours before the event that it was “sold out” and he expected a “massive crowd”-only for the arena to be visibly less-than-full. “There are so many grandparents who’ve gone almost a year without being able to see grandchildren,” the adviser reportedly continued.Īnother adviser, speaking to Axios on the condition of anonymity, was more blunt about the president’s chances of surviving a stressful schedule while recovering from the virus: “He’s going to kill himself.” ![]() Some advisers to the campaign slammed the potential strategy in anonymous statements to Axios, with one telling the news outlet that Trump “really f-ed up with seniors when he said not to worry about the virus and not to let it control your life.” Campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh told The Hill that the president “has personal experience with COVID and understands what people are going through.” The Trump campaign did not return a request to respond to Axios’s reporting. A White House physician said in a memo to reporters Saturday the president was no longer a risk to transmit the coronavirus to others. The reported busy schedule would come as Trump is recovering from a hospital stay and diagnosis of COVID-19. President Trump has asked campaign advisers to schedule numerous events and get him on the road “every single day” between now and the election, Axios reported Sunday. ![]()
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