A massive overflow crowd remained outside to watch speeches by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and President Trump as the Republican presidential ticket took the stage at a ‘sold out’ rally at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota Saturday night. Capacity for the rally was estimated to be around 8,000.
Trump is making a play for Minnesota after losing the state by about 230,000 votes in 2020 and by about 44,000 votes in 2016. A Fox News poll released this week has Kamala Harris leading Trump in Minnesota by six points, 52 percent to 46 percent in a head-to-head match-up (similar to the 2020 vote) and 47 percent to 41 percent in a five-way race..
Trump has been holding rallies at indoor arenas since he survived a would-be assassin’s bullet that miraculously only hit his right ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. One supporter, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two supporters were wounded in the stands behind Trump during the attack by a lone gunman who was killed by a Secret Service sniper, according to initial reports.
Video taken by the Trump Campaign’s Dan Scavino, Jr. shows the crowd watching Trump’s speech live on a jumbotron:
The overflow crowd here in St. Cloud, Minnesota this evening at the MASSIVE #TrumpRally!
USA—USA—USA🇺🇸🦅 pic.twitter.com/82JznZvYIh
— Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) July 28, 2024
A photo taken by an attendee of video shown inside of the massive crowd outside. The attendee said the overflow crowd was 12,000.
Video taken earlier by a supporter in the crowd while Vance was speaking.
One supporter who tried to attend said the line for the rally stretched nearly four miles. A video clip shows the line to get in snaking through a neighborhood.
The Trump campaign’s Margo Martin posted video of supporters greeting Trump’s motorcade:
Supporters gathered outside the airport as Trump Force One landed:
Inside and outside views of the Brooks Center:
KTSP-TV reporter Tom Heuser reported capacity of around 8,000.
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