Kamala Harris Lies About Size of Arizona Rally Crowd; Massive Black Curtains Used to Hide Thousands of Empty Seats | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor


Kamala Harris Lies About Size of Arizona Rally Crowd; Massive Black Curtains Used to Hide Thousands of Empty Seats

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Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held a rally in Glendale, Arizona outside of Phoenix at the Desert Diamond Arena Friday night that was only partially filled, with large sections blocked off. But that didn’t stop Harris from lying that her rally was “the largest in Arizona political campaign history.”

Viral photo from the Harris-Walz rally at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona shows empty sections of seating blocked by black curtains as well as empty club level sections, August 9, 2024.

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The Desert Diamond Arena has a capacity of 20,000. The Harris campaign dubiously told reporters attendance was 15,000 when videos show about one-third of the arena’s seating was blocked off in the upper deck and two club level sections.

While 12,000, or even the claimed 15,000 would be a good crowd, it is not the record and not even close to capacity.

In 2016, then candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona that drew 20,000 supporters according to police.

Photos and video posted by reporters and the Harris-Walz campaign show massive black curtains blocking thousands of empty seats almost completely around the upper deck of the arena along with empty club level sections.

Video posted by Jessica Swarner with the Copper Courier taken from the only open to seating upper deck section shows that three upper deck sections were either curtained off or left empty:

Harris: “About last night: Some are calling our rally the largest in Arizona political campaign history.”

Walz boasted about the size of the crowd during his speech:

The campaign told reporters attendance was 15,000:

Excerpt from the Associated Press, October 6, 2016:

Police estimate turnout for Trump event in Arizona at 20,000

Prescott Valley police estimate as many as 20,000 people showed up for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign rally in an arena in the Yavapai County community on Tuesday.

Approximately 7,500 people were allowed inside the Event Center and police Sgt. Jason Kaufman says that left an estimated 13,000 people left outside.

Video posted by a Harris-Walz campaign staffer shows the upper decks of the arena blocked off by massive black curtains:

Video posted by ASU journalism student Emily Holshouser shows the upper deck and club section of the arena blocked off.

A 360 degree view posted by the campaign shows the blocked off sections:

News outlets like The Guardian falsely reported the arena was “packed”:

And the Harris campaign posted a phony comparison photo from Trump’s rally in Billings, Montana taken well before the crowd filled that arena to capacity with no sections blocked off.

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The Republican Party’s RNC Research noted the rally was by invitation only (did they get 6,000 rejects?) and that ID was required to enter:

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Kristinn Taylor
Kristinn Taylor has contributed to The Gateway Pundit for over ten years. Mr. Taylor previously wrote for Breitbart, worked for Judicial Watch and was co-leader of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com. He studied journalism in high school, visited the Newseum and once met David Brinkley.

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