Dozens of people were seen leaving Donald Trump’s rally in Las Vegas early while the former president was still speaking on stage.
A clip posted on X, formerly Twitter, showed a giant number of Trump supporters leaving the domain where Trump was speaking in Nevada on Sunday as the former president delivered his speech.
Trump’s appearance in Las Vegas was the first large-scale demonstration he organized since he was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business documents in New York. The occasion also played out in dangerously hot situations, as a heat wave hit the western part of the country, with temperatures in Las Vegas reaching around 105 degrees on Sunday.
The video of others exiting the web was uploaded via broadcaster Brian Shapiro, host of the Las Vegas-based radio show Pushing The Limits, as well as Ron Filipkowski, a former federal prosecutor and common Trump critic. Since then, the clip has been viewed more than a million times on X.
Thousands of people leaving the Trump cult are gathering right in the middle of Cheeto Jesus’ speech. How strange, don’t you think? Why are they leaving? Maybe it’s because the Orange Man is giving exactly the same speech in temperatures of 105 degrees, without shade or water?pic. twitter. com/x8JIzmd3hZ
“Thousands of people leaving the cult of Trump are gathering right in the middle of Cheeto Jesus’ speech,” Shapiro wrote. “Strange, don’t you think?
Maybe it’s because the Orange Man is giving the exact same speech at a temperature of 105 degrees, with no shade or water?”
In the video, a woman can be heard explaining “we have to work” when Shapiro asks behind the camera why other people are leaving Trump’s speech.
Trump’s office was reached for comment via email.
The presumptive Republican nominee’s 2024 crusade team hired more doctors, provided thousands of bottles of water and set up fogged-up and enthusiastic tents around the park to cope with Sunday’s sweltering conditions.
There is no shadow or marquee in front of the level where other people watched Trump deliver his speech.
The Clark County Fire Department said another 30 people were treated at the scene or sent to the hospital Sunday because of the heat.
The former president even joked that people were uncomfortable from the heat while he was on the level on Sunday.
“By the way, what breeze is pleasant? Do you feel it? I don’t want anyone to bother me, we want each and every voter,” Trump said.
“I don’t care about you, I just need your vote. I don’t care,” he added, drawing some laughter from the crowd. “You see, the press is going to take this, and they’re going to say, ‘He said something terrible. ‘”
Trump also asked the crowd to let staff know if they’re not feeling well, because “we’ve got people coming to get them right away. “
“You know, they were very worried. Everybody was very worried about you,” Trump added. “And they never talked about me. I’m here sweating like a dog. “
Correction 2024-06-10 at 11:55 a. m. ET: Spelling correction for Ron Filipkowski.
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