i figure if the Biden campaign did something like this we might be getting 24/7 but what do i know
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 28, 2023
… A lot of coverage noted that Trump’s visit wasn’t really “at the strike,” as a number of reports had it, but at a non-union auto parts manufacturer, Drake Enterprises. What’s gotten much less attention is that a substantial number of the “auto workers” and “union members” in the audience appear to have been phonies produced by the Trump campaign…
It's unclear how many auto workers attended Trump's speech.
A person in the crowd with a "union members for Trump" sign acknowledged she wasn't a union member.
A person with an "auto workers for Trump" sign said he wasn't an auto worker. https://t.co/yWziQmqUSG
— Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) September 28, 2023
Craig Mauger seems to have been the first reporter to point this out: