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| Trump rally in Evansville, IL |
Last week Elizabeth Warren held a rally in the hotbed of liberal politics, Seattle, Washington. Just about every media outlet I saw reported that the crowd she drew totaled 15,000 ... a Trump-size rally. However, like in most fake news reportage these days, these numbers are suspect ... see: daily timewaster analysis ... which-calculates that the real numbers might be one quarter of that reported.
So, was her Seattle crowd as large as reported? Very doubtful. Was Trump’s inauguration crowd as large as Obama’s? Very doubtful ... but after all, it took place in Washington, DC ... not the epicenter of Republican voters. So Trump did let his ego get the better of him back then ... just as Warren’s people and media did recently.
However, there is little doubt that Trump’s recent rallies are drawing over-capacity crowds ... with many thousands more waiting outside his venues ... to see an attempt to discount his numbers, see: Washington Post’s Pooh-Poohing. Media outlets have even taken crowd pictures before the arenas are filled to prove that Trump is lying. And many more defend such media propaganda ...
Come on you liberal folks. Watch at least a snippet of one of Trump’s rallies and see for yourself if he and his people are inflating attendance numbers. If elections are won or lost on voter enthusiasm, Trump is a shoe-in.
The number of attendees is irrelevant. Fascists always draw large crowds. Think history.
ReplyDeleteThe real concern is The WH is occupied by someone of limited cognition who is getting worried about 2020. His new Press Sec says "Trump doesn't lie." Which basically means that she cannot see the truth. And should be ignored.
Oh I've seen Trump at the rallies. Even when he is lying he is incoherent. Mattis' aides and friends say "he found the president to be of limited cognitive ability, and of generally dubious character."
So then, Lizzy Warren is well on her way to becoming a Fascist?
ReplyDeleteMad Dog was a great general ... but somewhere along the way he forgot who his boss was. He agreed to give Trump a plan to get out of Syria in six months. After six months, he did not produce the plan. I consider this to be an indication of limited cognitive ability.
ReplyDeleteTrump's style at his rallies is very much that of an evangelical preacher. Last week he even broached that he has been sent by God to save us from the wretched progressives. The King of Israel. And he later says that he was joking... but he was not. Watch for calls at rallies to praise the Lord and quest for salvation. Sing Hallelujah!
ReplyDeleteThe master showman distributes many more tickets to known loyalists than the venue can handle. But the total number of people at all his rallies (that we the taxpayers pay for) is what? Maybe 10 million? In a country of 150 million registered voters, that's a statistical footnote.
Apparently, those of us that are not Trump fans have to go stand around at a progressive rally so that we can win the election by fan appeal.
By the Bye, the RNC pays for these rallies ... see: “https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/15/politics/donald-trump-campaign-rallies/index.html”
ReplyDeleteYou ref was 2 years ago. Just a couple weeks ago: https://www.vox.com/2019/8/14/20805724/trump-campaign-events-white-house-line-obliterated-taxpayer-dollars and https://publicintegrity.org/federal-politics/donald-trump-police-cities-bills-maga-rallies/
ReplyDeleteVox isn’t talking about his monster rallies ... and, yes, communities do have some security expenses, but they also get a lot of new retail and restaurant traffic.
ReplyDeleteSo if the communities just take the retail and restaurant traffic and let the Trump rally do without security, that would be a better return for the community...
ReplyDeleteThe "lot of new retail and restaurant traffic" is for how long? A few hours? One day?
ReplyDeleteAbout as long as those communities are paying for extra security ...
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