BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermonters who plan to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak here on Thursday should prepare for "airport-like" security and sizable crowds after the campaign issued tickets for more than 10 times the number of available seats, the Flynn Center's executive director says.
Donald Trump called the Howie Carr Show to brag about the number of tickets his campaign had distributed and how many people would be turned away. Trump says they could easily fill a 20,000 seat venue in Bernie Sanders's home state of Vermont. The Donald further bragged that people are standing in line for over six hours to see him speak. This was in reply to the Karl Rove observations that people might tell pollsters they like Trump but that doesn't mean they will actually get off the couch to vote for him.
As I understand it, the Trump Campaign distributed 14,000 tickets for a 1400 seat venue and then it is first in line gets in (after they pledge loyalty to Donald at the door.) I tend to believe that if someone will stand in line outside for hours in January they might also show up to vote at a later time. We will see.
The fact that Donald is spreading the field in New Hampshire by speaking in neighboring states shows that he is thinking well beyond the Granite State.
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