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Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021

Did Trump hold a rally that drew only five people?

Kaiyah Clarke, Lead Stories

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The headline on a video claims that former president Donald Trump could draw no more than five people to his latest event in Florida.

But that's not true. The video itself doesn't say that; only that the paid event "had so many empty seats that organizers closed the top bowl of the stadium."

It was the first of a planned series of events with Bill O'Reilly, the former Fox News host.

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