Trump falsely claims his events have never ‘had an empty seat’

President Trump falsely claimed during his campaign rally Wednesday night that he has never “had an empty seat at any event.”

“We haven’t had an empty seat at any event,” Trump said, addressing supporters in Greenville, N.C.

{mosads}Reporters online were quick to point out that the president’s statement is incorrect, with multiple events having open spaces, including Wednesday’s rally.

“We haven’t had an empty seat at any event” Trump says. Not true.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 17, 2019

Trump says he’s never had an empty seat at any of his events. He has had empty seats at many events.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 17, 2019

“We haven’t had any empty seat in any event,” Trump says, predicting he could have sold out this arena several times over.
The 8000-capacity venue is quite full but there are indeed a smattering of empty seats (that’d have crummy views.) pic.twitter.com/bCx2xk902G

— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) July 17, 2019

Other Twitter users also spoke out against Trump’s claim.

Trump now claiming he’s never had an empty seat at a rally.

I attended a rally of his in West Virginia that had multiple light sections.

— Linda Tirado (@KillerMartinis) July 17, 2019

This is not the first time Trump has said his campaign events were full. During a 2017 rally in Harrisburg, Pa., Trump said he broke the “all-time” record for an arena, but reporters tweeted “rows of empty seats here,” HuffPost reported.

Trump also overestimated the crowd size at his 2017 inauguration, after former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the audience was “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.”