# San Antonio Trump Rally - 10/7 - "Livestream" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 5, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606 "2026-10-05T19:02:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/61 "2026-10-07T23:32:06Z")
They have paused 3 times in 30 minutes so far to eject protestors. Maybe JohnT was one of them. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/62 "2026-10-07T23:43:58Z")
Aww, I’m sorry you didn’t make it. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/63 "2026-10-07T23:59:32Z")
Mixed feelings here. OT1H we don’t get an insider’s view. OTOH JohnT’s mind is not at risk listening to that drivel. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/64 "2026-10-08T00:30:49Z")
You can still see it here. For as long a you can stand it. > [@dougrb](#): > > Live on youtube > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqOxKuopa0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqOxKuopa0) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/65 "2026-10-08T00:34:00Z")
I am not that brave. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/66 "2026-10-08T00:47:27Z")
There’s a My Pillow ad. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/67 "2026-10-08T00:51:10Z")
Don’t feel bad @JohnT . [Gov. Abbott isn’t there either](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-texas-senate-2026-midterm-election-congress-live-updates-rcna601953). ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/68 "2026-10-08T00:56:55Z")
Roger Clemens (baseball player) is getting the presidential medal of freedom. For some reason. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/69 "2026-10-08T00:58:36Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > For some reason. Because he’s a good Republican, and has spoken nicely about Trump. And because the woke Hall of Fame won’t elect him. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/70 "2026-10-08T01:01:21Z")
Starting tomorrow medicare recipients will get a refund of OVER ONE HUNDRED dollars! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/71 "2026-10-08T01:21:15Z")
Hey, some of us already got $90. Did we get stiffed by 10 bucks? 😠 > [@These $90 payments from Social Security that just showed up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-90-payments-from-social-security-that-just-showed-up/1033633): > > Both Mr. brown and I received today $90 each from Social Security. Googling says: “The checks, which have already hit some seniors’ bank accounts, are tied to the [Trump administration’s announcement](https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/10/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-medicare-improvement-fund-payments-for-seniors/) that it would send checks to 20 million Medicare enrollees to lower healthcare costs.” I won’t accept bribe money originating from the orange turd. I’m sending our $180 directly to the Democratic party. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/72 "2026-10-08T01:25:06Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Attendance. Media reports inform us that the nosebleed seats at recent rallies have been sparsely populated, if not totally empty. “Fake news,” says Trump, who claims that the place was packed, and thousands were turned away. > [@JohnT](#): > > Lol, no. We got here, they are at capacity, we cannot get in. Sorry everyone! It looks like if he appears in a very large city, he can get a capacity crowd. But when he appears in smaller towns, people aren’t inclined to travel to see him, he just gets the locals, and has to lie about the attendance because he can’t accept reality. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/73 "2026-10-08T01:34:39Z")
Trump was telling the crowd how the fake news would say no one was there WHILE the camera was panning the balcony and there was no one there. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/74 "2026-10-08T01:52:26Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Trump was telling the crowd how the fake news would say no one was there WHILE the camera was panning the balcony and there was no one there.   That’s why it’s “fake news”. The camera was obviously panning a balcony in some deserted theater somewhere, as it’s inconceivable that anyone would forego an opportunity to listen to the wisdom of His Orange Majesty. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/75 "2026-10-08T01:59:41Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > It looks like if he appears in a very large city, he can get a capacity crowd. Actually, looking at the footage, it was nowhere near capacity because Trump was on the “court”, with curtains blocking the seats behind him. So those seats, appx 20-25% of the Coliseum, were empty by design. There were a couple of hundred people outside watching him on a big TV screen. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/76 "2026-10-08T02:10:11Z")
I was trying to estimate rows and columns on the main floor and came up with 50x50=2500. The venue website says it has parking for 10,000. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/77 "2026-10-08T02:17:15Z")
When Obama came to my area in the mid 2010s, they recommended that people arrive 3 hours ahead of time, because of security screenings. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/78 "2026-10-08T02:30:53Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > So those seats, appx 20-25% of the Coliseum, were empty by design. Huh. Maybe it’s either cheaper if they don’t open up the top level since no one has to clean and security it, but also maybe they weren’t sure if they would fill up and they thought if everyone spread out the camera would always see half empty seats. Or maybe the angle is worse ballistic wise when you’re on ground level? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/79 "2026-10-08T02:34:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I can’t think of any circumstance where I would voluntarily go to any political rally even for a candidate I like. I’m sure I have a price but so far no one is offering. I went to a John Kerry “appearance” once, for free, but I didn’t think it through thoroughly enough to twig that it would be a campaign rally or I wouldn’t have gone. The actual speech was unremarkable. The opening band was pretty neat though. His last name was McCarty but I don’t remember his first name. An alternative jam bandy group like Dave Matthews only good. I remember his last name because he kept saying “We’re the \*\*\*\*\* McCarty Group, no “H”, no “N”.” ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606/80 "2026-10-08T02:37:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You can still see it here. For as long a you can stand it. > > > [@dougrb](#): > > > > Live on youtube > > > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqOxKuopa0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqOxKuopa0) Here’s [what he said tonight about Los Angeles and San Diego](https://www.ksl.com/article/51633720/trump-interrupted-by-protesters-as-he-fights-to-rally-texas-voters-behind-paxton-in-us-senate-race): > [@](#): > > “You want to see problems? Let them hit San Diego, let them in Los Angeles,” Trump said. “We’re not going to let that happen. We protect our cities. We protect our country.” So, he made it reasonably clear tonight that he was talking about protecting San Diego and Los Angeles, whereas[in Nebraska, I believe two days ago](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/let-them-take-out-los-angeles-president-trump-defends-ongoing-war-with-iran/3951953/), when he was cheered, he was literally saying that taking out San Diego and Los Angeles would be a good trade for defeating Iran: > [@](#): > > They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay and it’s going to be over very soon. So I’m wondering, if anyone has checked ThelmaLou’s YouTube link, if there was the same kind of cheering for protecting San Diego and Los Angeles as there was for literally trading them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-antonio-trump-rally-10-7-livestream-thread/1033606.md?page=5)