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You see some coverage of Trumps rallies but I am no aware is anyone has mentioned how large they are. I feel like the media is keeping footage of his rallies brief and do not show what they really are. My take is they are really sickening.
Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)Katie Tur said they weren't as big as Trump wants us to believe, and that the "overflow crowds" who couldn't get in were pretty much non-existent. She's been following him all along. I hope she's getting combat bonuses for it.
I know lately, they haven't been showing anybody seated behind him, which possibly indicates smaller venues maybe?
The shouts from the audience seem a bit louder, which could indicate a smaller venue also, with people closer to the podium and not being drowned out by crowd buzz.
I hope the crowds are dying down, but his fans are diehards, so hard to tell unless they show them.
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)strategically place behind Trump making all sorts of psychical gestures in Thursdays speech.
LostinRed
(840 posts)Lol who cares they're full of deplorables
True Dough
(17,313 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,816 posts)... depends on how many KKK members are available to attend.
duncang
(1,907 posts)Some times they will show off to the sides and you can see a lot of empty areas. Also he has done a fair amount of small venue events where there really isn't enough capacity. Then he gripes about fire marshals. All to make the illusion the crowds are yuuuge.
Katy Tur has had some comments on some of the stuff going on during them. Pretty eye opening.
Atman
(31,464 posts)I saw articles about Pensacola and Pennsylvania. Curiously, both claimed "record" crowds of 30k and 29k respectively. But the photos attached to both were very suspect. The FL shot was an aerial view, and you could clearly see a field of vendor tents, like at a big festival. Conveniently, the shot was too far away to make out much other detail.
Similarly odd, the PA shot was of a packed Arena, but nothing could be made out. Jumbotron image was blurred, but you could see that no one was waving banners or signs. I saw these yesterday, but unfortunately didn't get links.
ON EDIT: Found the link to one source -- note that it's 'Conservative Nation.' Check out the picture. No way to tell what it's a picture of.
http://www.consnation.com/2016/10/trump-breaks-record-in-the-pennsylvania-massive-crowd-for-trump-video/
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Pretty massive.
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)minority to the point of non existence. Most of my neighbors would love a free ticket to one of his rallies. Closer to the large cities, that is not the case at all. No matter how you look at it, yes they are really sickening.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,020 posts)Donald J tRump's support is deep, but not wide.
Unfortunately for him, the election measures the wideness of support, not the depth. His core love to talk about how his rallies attract thousands, but it is not as important as they think.