Could it be considered a criminal action that Donald Trump's campaign distributed 20,000 tickets to an event in a venue that had a capacity of 1,400?

Since they had plenty of security, the 1,500 % overage doesn’t amount to being criminal. But Trump supporters might consider that he doesn’t really give a fig about them, and considers them merely pawns at his behest.

Oh my god I hadn’t thought of that aspect. That would make me feel angry and betrayed.

I think it was a prudent move by Trump’s team to have more tickets out there for that event especially when anti-Trump activists make it known they were scooping these tickets and telling those who did get tickets to simply not show up.

@ibstubro I did not see where in your link reported that “Trump still didn’t manage to fill the hall with canned supporters.”

Then you did not read the link, @Cruiser. Dump Trump.

I think it was based on the expected turn out. Statistics being what they are… You can give away rotten rats for dinner, but expectations are that very few would actually eat them. If the organisers had packed the venue to over-capacity, that would have been criminal because of fire ordinances.

If you think everyone who had a ticked foisted on them was a supporter, you’d be wrong. I’m sure plenty ended up right in the nearest garbage bin.

@ibstubro Oh…I see now. You are intoning that only canned supporters should have been at that event as opposed to real Trump supporters or even the anti-Trump people. I would have to imagine the hundreds of people who waited 12 hours outside to get into the event would have to be paid “canned” supporters to wait in line that long to see the Donald.

Also, at the venue entrance, Security picked and chose who would be admitted. It was NOT open to every ticket holder. Just those that were Trump supporters. He played a numbers game. Thanks to the security at the door, he made sure the numbers favoured the House. Not a gamble of support at all, but a deck that was seriously weighted so Trump came out Trumps. As fake as his name.

When the organization that I work for has a free event, it’s common for many to RSVP but then not show up. This to the extent that sometimes, the organization will charge a nominal fee, and then when the guests show up they get their money back.

So for the Trump organization to give out way more tickets then the facility holds, it’s not unusual. The venue will allow the max to attend, and nobody else gets in.

Note that I’m not a Trump fan, but am just answering based on my experience.

Seeing how many people do not like Trump, maybe they figured only one out of every five tickets would show up, so they gave out more in believe most would not be acted upon.

Yes.

If one is looking for some hairsplittingesque reason to discredit Trump