Meg Whitman Stages Town Hall, Asks For ‘Lots Of Cheering’ (VIDEO)

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman
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Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a Republican candidate for governor in California, was recently caught staging a town hall meeting and asking attendees for “lots of cheering” when the cameras started rolling.

At the event, in Orange County, CA, Whitman was caught on video telling the crowd: “You’re an integral part of this, lots of cheering would be good.”

The amateur cameraman shooting from the audience was quickly asked to turn off his camera, but managed to also get audio of someone asking audience members to repeat questions they had already asked, ostensibly for the benefit of the official cameraman:

Whitman recently found herself in another awkward media situation when she invited reporters to an event, wouldn’t take any questions, then had security escort them out.

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