Social media trolls are signing up to attend Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden with no intention of going, but the joke may be on them.
The ex-president’s rally in the heart of Manhattan at the legendary arena may not win him New York state, but it will boost Trump’s growing enthusiasm in the area — especially among minority communities for whom his support has soared lately has increased.
Trump and his campaign hope to sell out the 19,500 seats at MSG on Sunday, October 27, but some are already threatening to derail the event.
Anti-Trumpers George Conway – the ex-husband of Kellyanne Conway, the former president’s close adviser – and Rick Wilson of the Lincoln Project – have suggested that their dozens of X-followers should register for the meeting and not show up.
Donald Trump is expected to hold a rally in the heart of New York City at Madison Square Garden on October 27. The former president is not expected to win the Empire State, but his visit to Manhattan is sure to galvanize local Trump supporters
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‘Don’t miss President Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden!! Sign up here,” Conway posted on his X account, seemingly starting the plan.
His self-proclaimed friend Rick Wilson, who was never Trump, then reposted Conway’s invitation to take a seat, adding sarcastically, “Oh no. It is completely wrong to flood the area in this way. No one should have to do this.”
Conway then reposted Wilson, adding the details of the event and offering ways for those protesting Trump’s rally to get there by public transportation.
‘You’re right. I deeply regret encouraging people to register for Trump’s 5:00 PM rally on October 27 at Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza in Manhattan (between West 31 and 33 Sts. and Seventh and Eighth Aves., easily accessible via the A, B, C, D, E, F, M, N, Q, R, W, 1, 2 and 3 trains, plus Amtrak, LIRR, NJ Transit and PATH),” Conway continued.
“And I urge people not to click on this link and fill out the form,” he wrote again, posting the link to register for Trump’s MSG event.
Never-Trump lawyer George Conway outside the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s hush money case was underway. Conway fooled Trump during his visit to the ex-president’s trial in New York, and now he’s trying to fool the president by fraudulently getting people registered for the MSG meeting
Former Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has been helping the former president’s political operations for more than a decade
“I can’t believe you posted a link,” Wilson responds again in public back and forth to make sure their nearly 4 million combined followers see their plan.
“People who don’t plan to attend the meeting could end up filling out the form and that would just be so wrong,” Wilson’s second post said.
Many of their followers followed the sarcastic instructions and registered for the meeting.
Some are posting tongue-in-cheek follow-ups with screenshots of their endorsements from the Trump campaigns and saying, “Thanks for registering.”
“Oops, looks like I signed up for two tickets to the Trump rally in New York City!” Democratic X-personality Brooklyn Dad Defiant, posted next to his receipt.
‘I really hope I can be there, because otherwise there will be two empty seats at his meeting. And if everyone did that, wouldn’t it be terrible! You absolutely shouldn’t take the two minutes it took me to do the exact same thing.’
The point is that the event is first come, first served, so it doesn’t matter how many people sign up to ‘reserve’ a seat.
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Those who arrive at the stadium will be seated until all available seats are filled.
Anyone who registers online but does not show up will have their place given away.
But the Trump campaign now gets their login information and can add these new logins to their numerous lists.
Still, the plan could disrupt the Trump campaign’s ability to estimate how many attendees will actually show up.