Trump Boasts of Packed House at Half-Full Arena

“‘This place is packed,’ President Trump said, looking out at a red-capped and rhinestoned crowd. ‘Not only is this packed, but you have an equal number of people standing outside,'” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“There were no lines outside of American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on the sweltering first night of the Republican Party’s midterm convention. The arena’s upper deck was nearly empty. The middle tier, only slightly fuller. A frantic energy circulated in the foyers as staff ushered attendees onto the convention floor before the president took the stage.”