Seat fillers are evidently being hired for trump's birthday parade

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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]

1. Ha ha fools getting paid by a known conman with worthless crypto currency!

[cbabe]

2. Excellent subversion opportunity

What’s on the back of your tshirt…?

[stillcool]

3. a thousand dollars? Upfront? Cash?

people of color? ethnic groups? What country do they end up in?
ah...crypto currency. Over my head.

[Ms. Toad]

4. Chances are about 99% that this is fake.

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]

7. My search turned up this. Maybe someone could check out DC Craigslist.

Today at 9:16 AM
#1
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]

12. I can find ZERO about any company called T Mellon Events anywhere. And I'm in the events business.

[Ms. Toad]

20. Being held for review says it all.

Not to mention that there is still no way to sign up or place to meet.

[KPN]

14. Closer to 100%.

[Wiz Imp]

15. Fight Fight Fight LLC is a legitimate company

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

Recent reports indicate that Fight Fight Fight LLC may be enabling the violation of government ethics requirements, facilitating financial transactions with foreign nationals under federal prosecution, and potentially violating federal laws, including with its promotional private dinner with President Trump scheduled to take place on May 22, 2025. I therefore write to
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).

[Kcgeek]

21. Might be legit

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]

22. And they just expect people to know how to sign up -

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]

24. Welcome to DU

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Did they ever find out who paid all those tens of thousands to show up for Harris/Walz rallies?

[Nanjeanne]

6. I can find Zero information on any company called T Mellon Events. I really wouldn't put much stock in a tweet.

[doc03]

8. They could do like the old Studio Wrestling

on late night TV in Pittsburgh. Just put up a mural with a fake audience.

[bearsfootball516]

9. These ads are always fake.

They emerge whenever a big event is being held by a political party or candidate.

[jls4561]

10. Is this a joke? I wouldn't put it past the whores and house elves on Fatass45's team to hire seat fillers,

as they do not give a damn about the effects of what they do, only the optics.

[yorkster]

11. Timothy Mellon? Is that you?

I know, I know - probably fake.

[Torchlight]

13. Won't be the first or last time he pulls it.

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]

16. Remember that trump paid for people to attend his campaign announcement at trump tower back in 2015

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[BoRaGard]

17. G.O.P. prepares another formal lie to the American people

They do this shit all the time. They are FALSITY incarnate. Jesus despises. Satan approves.

[GenThePerservering]

18. This is pretty obvious satire

AND dayumed funny!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. According to Maddow Blog, trump is obsessed with paid agitators (everything trump says is a confession or projection)

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:

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...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-10T19:09:42.597Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/paid-insurrectionists-unrest-l-trump-returns-unsettling-old-favorite-rcna212142

The Republican replied that he would “take a look at what’s happening,” which wasn’t exactly reassuring. But before moving on, Trump blamed local unrest on “paid insurrectionists.”

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aunpu65mdrhwfie7ynymlzeh/post/3lrbedg5qxc2t

Link to tweet

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]

23. Will these seat fillers be paid if the parade is cancelled

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