#Plaidshirtguy goes viral after reactions to Trump during Billings rally

[mahatmakanejeeves]

#Plaidshirtguy goes viral after reactions to Trump during Billings rally

A guy dressed in plaid lit the internet on fire with his less-than-enthusiastic reactions to President Trump's speech in Billings Thursday night.

Incase any of you were wondering...
#plaidshirtguy

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[MontanaMama]

1. Read the Twitter thread!

It's hilarious. This kid is in high school!!

[Grasswire2]

2. then he was removed by the infamous Zina Bash.

See other thread for Time coverage.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Where's the biggest thread for this? There are a lot of competing threads. Thanks. NT

[handmade34]

4. love plaid shirt guy!

but is this real?????? do they really pay people???

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. That people are paid to attend/protest is a common theme. I doubt that this it happens.

Anyone can place an ad on Craigslist.

[lunasun]

8. No liberals, democrats or traitors !

$ 330 then sez $390 you know you're gonna get $150 max from that right there

[Doreen]

5. OMG!!!!

That was funny.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. And then there's the girl who wiped her runny nose on the American flag.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. #plaidshirtguy at Trump rally is ... a Billings high schooler

Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

Meet The Trump Rally’s “Plaid Shirt Guy” [VIDEO]

#plaidshirtguy at Trump rally is ... a Billings high schooler
By MIKE KORDENBROCK [e-mail] 20 hrs ago



In these three photos starting from the left, Tyler Linfesty, in the plaid shirt, looks on during the President Donald Trump's campaign rally at Rimrock Auto Arena on Thursday. At center, Linfesty is told he is going to be replaced, and at right, Linfesty is escorted out of the seating area.

BETHANY BAKER, Billings Gazette

Billings West High School senior Tyler Linfesty learned Thursday morning during first period that he had been selected for VIP treatment at President Donald J. Trump's rally at MetraPark.

Linfesty had applied for tickets to the rally earlier in the week. After earning VIP treatment, he went to tell his friends. ... Fellow seniors Erik Hovland and Christian Dunlap were walking to class when Linfesty "approached us in the hallway looking pretty frantic, talking about how he gets the opportunity to get a picture with the president," Hovland said.



Tyler Linfesty, a senior at Billings West High School, talks about his attention on social media as "Plaid Shirt Guy" at the Donald Trump rally on Friday.

CASEY PAGE, Billings Gazette

Linfesty reached out to the Trump campaign and told them he was planning on bringing friends. He said they told him they would save three seats for them.

Not long after Trump took the podium Thursday night at MetraPark, social media cued into Linfesty's puzzled facial expressions, visible just over Trump's right shoulder. ... All three West seniors were ultimately asked to vacate their seats midway through the event by people they believe are Trump campaign staffers. By the end of the rally, the 17-year-olds achieved viral fame on social media.
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Billings West High School seniors, from left, Tyler Linfesty, Erik Hovland and Christian Dunlap talk about the attention they received on social media at the Donald Trump rally on Friday.

CASEY PAGE, Billings Gazette
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Emails and calls to the campaign for comment were not immediately returned Friday.