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The Kamala Harris campaign mocked Donald Trump on his own social media platform, Truth Social, comparing the number of attendees at the Democrat and Republican rallies.
The platform was launched by the former president in February 2022 after he was banned from various mainstream platforms including Facebook and Twitter, now known as X, after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. It was touted by Trump as having a focus on free speech.
Harris' campaign has a verified account on the platform, and used it to take a jab at Trump.
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"Harris rally vs. @realDonaldTrump rally. Same arena in Philly," they posted on Tuesday, alongside two photos of Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both presidential candidates have recently held rallies.
One photo shows Harris and her newly announced running mate, Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, on stage with the crowd filling the blue-decorated space. The second photo is a lot more blurry and appears to show Trump onstage during his rally with the top tier of seats empty, a visual that some noticed at the time.
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The post was also shared on X by the Kamala Harris campaign on Wednesday, along with a quote of the post saying, "Yes, we posted this on Truth Social." The post has accumulated more than 1.7 million views and 61,000 likes.
Harris announced her Walz as her vice presidential on Tuesday and later that day, the Harris-Walz ticket made their first campaign stop in Philadelphia. According to the Maine Morning Star, the Harris campaign said there were 14,000 people at Temple either watching the rally at the Liacouras Center, or in an overflow room at nearby McGonigle Hall. The venue reportedly has the capacity to seat 10,000 people.
Trump rallied in the same area on June 22, in front of a crowd of nearly 4,000 people, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian.
The Harris campaign account posted similar jibes at the former president three days ago on Truth Social, comparing the crowds at the rallies both parties held in Atlanta.
In one post, two videos are shown, one captioned, "GSU Center in Atlanta – Harris, 7/30," the other labeled, "GSU Center in Atlanta – Trump, 8/3." In the first video the crowd appears to have filled the vast majority of the seats, while in the second video, there are a significant number left vacant. @KamalaHQ wrote on the post, "Sad, @realDonaldTrump."
The New York Times reported that both candidates drew approximately the same sized crowd at their Atlanta rallies, although Trump referenced the fact that entertainers Megan Thee Stallion and Quavo were at Harris' event, suggesting they were the reason she was able to draw a crowd.
At least two other posts from Harris' campaign account on Truth Social reference crowd sizes at the Atlanta rally, suggesting Trump's were smaller.
Trump has long boasted about the size of crowds at his events, although his accounts have often been questioned. One of his earliest controversies as president was claiming that 1.5 million people attended his inauguration, and that it was the most-watched inauguration in history; both statements were broadly disputed by fact-checkers.
Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign for comment.
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