Amy Bartner

IndyStar

An Indianapolis woman is hoping her viral Facebook post will leave empty seats at Wednesday's Donald Trump Rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

"Here's the link to tix for tomorrow's Trump rally at the State Fairgrounds here in Indy," Becky Schlomann posted on the Indiana Equality Facebook group at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. "I reserved the max number per phone number (2) so that those seats will go unfilled. This is a form of protest that worked well in Michigan. Will you consider doing the same and sharing?"

The post was shared more than 650 times in seven hours.

One of those sharers, east side resident Demian Hostetter, said this is a way to quietly protest without drawing more attention to Trump.

"I was just trying to think about ways to protest him in town instead of going outside and contributing to the violence," Hostetter said. "Honestly, in the best-case scenario, there won’t be anyone there to hear his hateful rhetoric. The more his words are echoed by anyone, the more powerful he becomes."

The comments on the shares ranged from "Done" to questioning whether the tactic would work: "I'm pretty sure that they way over'sell' the tickets and that this is an exercise in futility," one commenter wrote.

For Hostetter, it's worth a shot.

"I don’t know if it'll work or not," he said. "It seems like it’s a little bit late to be organizing the day before, and he seems pretty oblivious to that sort of thing."

Emails inquiries to Trump's campaign were not returned Tuesday.

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