45 minutes after the speech started in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the group begins to depart Trump

Trump won Indiana County, Pennsylvania, with 65% of the vote in 2020, but after listening to him for 45 minutes, some people began to leave the rally.

Here was the scene after Trump showed up 45 minutes late and started ranting:

A 0.5 photo of the crowd outside Trump's rally in Indiana, PA. People started leaving after about 45 minutes of the former president's speech. @TribLIVE pic.twitter.com/xLu0gbwzTA

— Haley Daugherty (@halzdoc) September 24, 2024

After listening to Trump for an hour and fifteen minutes,

even his most die-hard supporters in a country where he received around two-thirds of the vote in 2016 and 2020 were fed up:

Trump has been rambling for an hour and fifteen minutes now, and even the crowd in rural, Republican southwestern Pennsylvania has grown tired. pic.twitter.com/4N0As575py

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 24, 2024

Trump railed against Oprah Winfrey and demanded that Johnny Carson, who died nearly 20 years ago, should return as host of the Tonight Show:

Trump demands that NBC bring back Johnny Carson. “Where is Johnny? Bring Johnny back.” Johnny Carson died in 2005. pic.twitter.com/XVB8d2Q3Dg

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 24, 2024

This was Trump's second campaign appearance of the day. At his first campaign appearance Trump threatened John Deere.

Throughout the 2024 election campaign, it was clear that Donald Trump could not make multiple campaign appearances in one day. His mind could not handle it. At the second appearance, he kept talking nonsense.

Donald Trump will not find a friendlier audience than the one that awaited him in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and even there he was so exhausted by his detours that he almost wanted to leave the event.

One of the reasons why Trump is currently losing this election is that, unlike Kamala Harris who keeps her speeches short and energizes her followers, Donald Trump drains the energy of his supporters by sucking all the energy out of the captive audience to feed his insecurities.

Even in friendly places, supporters are Leave Trump.

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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a member of the White House press pool and a congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor's degree in political science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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