Donald Trump boasted about the greatness of his campaign numbers at exactly the wrong time on Wednesday.
As the former president stated that his rallies are heavily attended and that no one leaves early, a MAGA fan behind him got up and left.
The episode was captured in the background of the livestream of his rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, with six days to go until Election Day.
The size of the rallies has notoriously been a sore point for Trump, who has claimed his rallies are the largest in human history.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has continually mocked his fascination with crowds.
Trump bragged about how no one ever leaves his rallies early, just as someone apparently left him behind
“It’s sad, we’ve done this for nine years, we’ve had the largest rallies in the history of the world,” Trump said Wednesday.
“Chancellors and prime ministers, people told me they were watching the meetings from Europe.”
‘Everyone watches our rallies, everyone loves our rallies, we never have an empty seat. They’re trying to humiliate us as that horrible, horrible person that I debated about where she said
Just as Trump announced this, a man in a black shirt with the criminal mugshot of the ex-president from Georgia started walking off stage behind Trump.
The man appeared to step down through the stands and disappear behind Trump’s dominant silhouette in the foreground of the shot.
Former U.S. President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Rocky Mount Event Center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on October 30, 2024.
“It’s sad, we’ve done this for nine years, we’ve had the biggest rallies in the history of the world,” he said. ‘Chancellors and prime ministers, people told me they were watching the meetings from Europe’
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‘Everyone watches our rallies, everyone loves our rallies, we never have an empty seat. They’re trying to humiliate us, just like that horrible, horrible person I debated with where she said, ‘and people leave early,’ nobody leaves early,” the Republican continued.
While the former president’s rallies are normally packed, there are often some that trickle around the back of the venues, which are often arenas or other large venues.
But because such productions typically last longer than five hours for some attendees, even the MAGA faithful drop out early.
But maybe Trump can’t see all the way back.
Fans watch Trump during his rally
“If I saw them leaving early, you know what I would say, I would say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much and make America great again, thank you very much,’ and leave,” the Republican said.
“But I’ve never had to do that.”
Noticing the irony of the clip, the Harris campaign reposted it on social media and shared the awkward moment.
“Trump claims that ‘no one leaves his rallies early,’ just as people leave early after him,” according to Harris’ Campaign X account.