Vice President Kamala Harris’ Nevada town hall event on Thursday was reportedly packed with Democratic voters already committed to supporting her, despite the event being promoted for undecided Latino voters, according to independent journalist Michael Tracey.
Following a week of media appearances, Harris took the stage in Las Vegas at a Univision-hosted town hall aimed at undecided Latino voters in the state. While on “System Update with Glenn Greenwald,” Tracey noted that during the event, he observed “two segments” of the audience, one of which consisted of people asking questions who were allegedly flown in by the network from out of state.
“So what I figured out was that there were two segments of the audience who they filled this ‘Town Hall venue’ with one segment where they were actually entitled to stand up and ask questions. Meaning the host called on them and they stood up and asked questions. These were people from around the country, Latino voters, who were flown in at the expense of Univision, which is odd,” Tracey said.
“I mean, we’re in the swing state of Nevada, there are plenty of people, I’m sure, in Clark County, Nevada, who would have been more than happy to go and ask Kamala Harris a question,” Tracey continued. “But instead they flew people from Florida, Wisconsin, California and other places to Las Vegas to ask these questions that I guess only they could ask.”
Tracey stated how those who were able to ask Harris a question pressed her on “generic platitudes” like immigration policy. The independent journalist then continued to highlight how the second “segment” of Harris’ audience were seat fillers allegedly outsourced by a casting company called FansOnQ.
The company’s site claims to be “the best audience casting and fan engagement” group, noting that with their base in Miami they service productions in Miami, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
” … There were also other people in the audience at this event who were not called upon to ask questions, but were just filling seats, and that duty, it so happens, was outsourced to a company called fansOnQ … which is, it’s one of these strange services who which, if you never really thought about it, you would never really think about it having existed, or you never think about the fact that it exists. But once you hear that it exists, it makes sense,” Tracey said.
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“It’s a company that goes and puts out casting calls for audience members to attend stuff like music award shows. So this company is used for the Latin Grammy Awards, where they have people who go and dance at the award show, but they’re selected and vetted ahead of time … and they employed that same service for this event,” Tracey added.
The independent journalist then played a clip in which two audience members could be heard stating that they were not undecided voters, but instead supporters of Harris prior to attending the event.
“I was decided before, but a lot of people wasn’t,” one woman told Tracey.
“I already [knew] I was going to go for Kamala before [this] and now that just kind of solidified it,” a second attendee could be heard stating. “Part of the reason why I wanted to go was just like also [to] support her.”
During the event, Harris addressed questions about the border crisis, pledging to focus on both securing the border and creating a pathway to citizenship, according to The Hill. Harris stated it was a “false choice” to suggest lawmakers must choose between the two, the outlet reported.
Polling in the key swing state of Nevada shows Trump with a narrow 0.2 point lead, holding 48.2% support, while Harris has 48%, according to RealClearPolling’s average.
FansOnQ and Univision did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Featured Image Credit: The United States Senate – Office of Senator Kamala Harris
