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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:38 PM Nov 2017

Here We Go Again: Twitter Mocks Trump Over Awful Attendance at National Tree Lighting

by Joe DePaolo | 7:57 pm, November 30th, 2017

Here we go again.

President Donald Trump and the first family attended the National Tree Lighting ceremony in Washington on Thursday before a crowd of…well…let’s see:

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The parallels to the Inauguration were obvious. And Twitter, which seldom disappoints, was all over it. Here’s a sampling of the social media reaction:

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Here We Go Again: Twitter Mocks Trump Over Awful Attendance at National Tree Lighting (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

Those seats aren't empty! They're filled with the see-thru folk who are building the see-thru wall! struggle4progress Nov 2017 #1

Dolt45 said that he would bring transparency Thor_MN Dec 2017 #11

Bwahahahaaa! montana_hazeleyes Dec 2017 #16

Filled with middle class taxpayers who will benefit from the cuts dembotoz Nov 2017 #2

Yeah not fooled Dec 2017 #8

Yuge crowd! Tremendous! Best ever! No president in the history of presidents has ever Solly Mack Nov 2017 #3

Treason's Greetings keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #12

The biggest, most beautiful, best ever tree-lighting ceremony the world has ever seen! VOX Nov 2017 #4

And hundreds of people came disguised as empty chairs... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #5

LMAO! radical noodle Nov 2017 #6

I have to admit, I stole it... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #17

That was well worth stealing! radical noodle Dec 2017 #18

Obviously a homage to Clint Eastwood's witty dialogue mythology Nov 2017 #7

Let me count the crowd: 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 1.5 million. tclambert Dec 2017 #9

It's 1.5 million. Period. dalton99a Dec 2017 #13

It's the best not popular vote Christmas ever! snort Dec 2017 #10

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2017 #14

My fave reply and my own contribution. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #15

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)

1. Those seats aren't empty! They're filled with the see-thru folk who are building the see-thru wall!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:45 PM

Nov 2017

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

11. Dolt45 said that he would bring transparency

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:39 AM

Dec 2017

We just didn't know he was talking about his huge crowds...

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)

16. Bwahahahaaa!

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 02:23 AM

Dec 2017

dembotoz

(16,827 posts)

2. Filled with middle class taxpayers who will benefit from the cuts

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:51 PM

Nov 2017

not fooled

(5,801 posts)

8. Yeah

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:14 AM

Dec 2017

dump and congressional pukes will show 'em for their lack of enthusiasm: condemn them and their aging parents to an old age of penury and insufficient medical care. Take that!