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I remember that trump used actors to make it appear that there was a crowd for his first event at trump tower. It seems that trump is hiring seat fillers for this event
Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2025-06-11T13:12:54.206Z
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kimbutgar
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cbabe
(6,217 posts)What’s on the back of your tshirt…?
stillcool
(34,407 posts)people of color? ethnic groups? What country do they end up in?
ah...crypto currency. Over my head.
Ms. Toad
(38,308 posts)A quick search turns up nothing for "T Mellen Events" or "Fight Fight Fight LLC" The post contains zero contact information to sign up or, in the alternative, a place to meet on the day of the event.
This is the flip of the "paid protesters" or "paid insurrectionists" claimed by Trump, and is equally likely to be untrue.
sinkingfeeling
(57,243 posts)Today at 9:16 AM
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This ad is in the Washington DC Craigs List
Seat Fillers Needed - June 14th - Constitution Avenue - DC
T-Mellon Events is looking for seat fillers and extras to provide their time for space maximization and attendance perception for an event taking place in Washington DC on June 14th. Extras and Seat fillers will check in on the morning of June 14th at 9:00 a.m.
Extras are required to wear Red, White and Blue clothing and will be provided a RED hat to wear. GOLD accessories are acceptable as well. The team will advise the extras where to stand or sit according to the line of sight from a VIP viewing platform area.
Extras and Seat fillers will be paid a flat daily fee and will be provided a lunch of fast food and soda.
We encourage people of color and ethnic groups to sign up for maximum perception control and these individuals will be prominently displayed on the televised broadcast and local viewing screens to be seen by the VIP platform.
compensation: Flat Fee of $1,000, paid in cryptocurrency - Provided by FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT LLC
Source: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/washington-seat-fillers-needed-june/7857143452.html
The link says the listing is being held for review.
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/seat-fillers-needed-for-june-14th-maga-parade.5919764/
Nanjeanne
(6,510 posts)Ms. Toad
(38,308 posts)Not to mention that there is still no way to sign up or place to meet.
KPN
(17,145 posts)
Wiz Imp
(9,012 posts)and it is being investigated for ethics violations.
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025-05-06-Letter-from-Sen.-Richard-Blumenthal-to-Fight-Fight-Fight.pdf
request information and records regarding the ownership and financial structure of Fight Fight Fight LLC, foreign investments in the $TRUMP coin, and the steps that you have taken to address the potential for significant conflicts of interest posed by this business venture.
On January 17, 2025, Fight Fight Fight LLC launched the “OFFICIAL TRUMP”
($TRUMP) cryptocurrency, a ‘meme coin’ (a type of asset purchased “for entertainment, social interaction, and cultural purposes” with its value “driven primarily by market demand and speculation” The $TRUMP website states in its disclaimers that the product is “not intended to be… an investment opportunity,” but rather “an expression of support for, and engagement with, the ideals and beliefs embodied by the symbol ‘$TRUMP’”—making it a Trump-endorsed cryptocurrency to demonstrate support for the President.
President Trump himself promoted the venture at the time of launch, and then on multiple occasions since, encouraged investors to “join my very special Trump Community.”
Within two days of launch, the price for $TRUMP had skyrocketed over ten times to $74.27.7 However, it fell again just as quickly, reaching as low as $7.42 by April 8.8 This activity mirrors a common pattern in the cryptocurrency market known as a “pump and dump,” “rug pull,” or “rug” whereby a select group of insiders makes a large profit off of a new crypto
before the price collapses. Indeed, the sale of $TRUMP prompted speculation that a select group of insiders gained early access to a lower price before the project was shared with the public.
In the face of dwindling value and steep losses for hundreds of thousands of investors, on April 23, Fight Fight Fight LLC announced a “Dinner with Trump" competition that promised an evening with the President to discuss cryptocurrency policy at Trump National Club in Washington, D.C. for the top 220 holders of its coin. In addition to the dinner, the promotion offered a “Special VIP White House Tour” for the top 25 holders, which was quietly revised to remove reference to the White House. The scheme to pump $TRUMP again after months of floundering worked. Within hours, its price rose more than 50 percent with a significant surge in trading volume, and remains near $11 (compared to its April low of $7.24).
So, T-Mellon Events is likely Thomas Mellon who is a big Trump donor. Fight Fight Fight LLC is the company that administers the X account for Trump's cryto coin and is one of the top investors in said crypto coin.
Ms. Toad
(38,308 posts)Or where to show up for the assignment. It are they just paying everyone who shows up and somehow hears of their this ad?
This is just sometime trolling.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,022 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,243 posts)Nanjeanne
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doc03
(38,841 posts)on late night TV in Pittsburgh. Just put up a mural with a fake audience.
bearsfootball516
(6,681 posts)They emerge whenever a big event is being held by a political party or candidate.
jls4561
(2,843 posts)as they do not give a damn about the effects of what they do, only the optics.
yorkster
(3,686 posts)I know, I know - probably fake.
Torchlight
(6,318 posts)He contracted New York-based Extra Mile Casting in 2015 for the precise same thing, but Lewandowski said it never happened and that he had never heard of Extra Mile or Gotham GR... so I guess that puts this to rest too.
LetMyPeopleVote
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BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)They do this shit all the time. They are FALSITY incarnate. Jesus despises. Satan approves.
GenThePerservering
(3,146 posts)AND dayumed funny!
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,022 posts)For nearly a decade, the president has accused those protesting against him of being “paid protesters.” It’s a ridiculous claim rooted in a scary subtext.
As Trump clings to his “paid insurrectionists†line, there’s an unsettling subtext:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-10T19:09:42.597Z
For Trump, Americans who disagree with him are effectively an impossibility that can only be explained through corrupt schemes and illicit payments. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/paid-insurrectionists-unrest-l-trump-returns-unsettling-old-favorite-rcna212142
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3lrbedg5qxc2t
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He’s been pushing the same line quite a bit in recent days. A day earlier, the president also told reporters: “The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators.” Over the weekend, he also used his social media platform to complain about “paid troublemakers” and “paid insurrectionists.”
If the line sounds familiar, it’s not your imagination.
As regular readers might recall, it was nearly nine years ago when Trump’s 2016 candidacy inspired protests, at which point he assumed that the people involved couldn’t possibly be sincere in their dislike of him. They were, he said at the time, “paid agitators.”
After he prevailed on Election Day 2016, there was related anti-Trump activism. Those involved, he said in November 2016, were “paid protesters.” Months later, after his inauguration, the activism continued. Trump assured the public once more that these Americans deserved to be ignored — because, he assumed, they were “paid protesters.”
The following year, Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination inspired another round of progressive activism. The protesters, Trump insisted, were “paid professionals.”....
Indeed, it’s hardly a stretch to draw a straight line from “paid protesters” rhetoric to election denialism: Americans who side with Trump and Republicans are real, while Americans who disagree must necessarily be seen as inauthentic.
Whether the president is prepared to accept this or not, the fact remains that Americans who take to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with him don’t need to be compensated: Their outrage is sincere.
LetMyPeopleVote
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LetMyPeopleVote
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