No, Trump’s rally wasn’t canceled because of poor attendance – PolitiFact

Stand up for the facts! Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy. We need your help. More Info I would like to contribute No, Trump’s rally wasn’t canceled because of poor attendance If Your Time is short A recent “pro-Trump rally” in Washington, D.C., was organized by supporters, not Trump, and was scantly attended. But it wasn’t canceled.  Former President Donald Trump is known to brag about and sometimes inflate the number of people in the crowd at his rallies. News photos show big crowds at recent-days rallies in Arizona and Nevada. But two recent Facebook posts swing in the opposite direction, claiming that his supporters abandoned him at an event. “Trump rally just got shut down after no one shows up,” read one Facebook post from Oct. 8.  The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook.) A video in the post reveals that the event in question was not a rally featuring Donald Trump, but one thrown by his supporters.  The video shows an Oct. 7 Daily Beast story…
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