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Why are people leaving Trump rallies early? We asked them

Why are people leaving Trump rallies early? We asked them


Why are people leaving Trump rallies early? We asked them
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The line to get into the Donald Trump rally snaked about a quarter-mile around the venue in Marietta, Georgia, on Tuesday, an hour before the event started.

The hall, which seats 2,700 people, had already started filling up with supporters, the first of whom arrived around 1pm for the 7.30pm event. Not everyone was getting in.

The Guardian tested that proposition on Tuesday.

About three out of 10 people attending the rally left before Trump finished speaking at 10.14pm. In their defense, Trump was an hour and a half late.

Perhaps 50 people had left by then.

Another 50 or so left over the next 10 minutes. Four of them were thrown out.

At least 500 people had left by then. Voni Miller would have stayed if she could.

So. Why leave?

Rosenbaum has been to several rallies, he said.

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