'Weak sauce': Trump roasted for bragging about 'packed house' in high school gym

Systemic Error Podcast · Oct 5, 2026 · 4m

What happened

RawStory reports that President Donald Trump attacked Fox News for failing to highlight what he called a “packed house” at an Ohio rally, claiming that recent events in Ohio, Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma were sold out. The Ohio event, however, took place in the roughly 5,000-seat gym at Butler High School in Vandalia, near Dayton.

Critics—including Democrats, former supporters, and some Republicans—mocked Trump’s boast and contrasted the small venue with the larger arenas associated with his earlier campaigns. A pro-Trump correspondent defended her account by saying she meant…