I read that the rally was “packed with 9000 attendees.” The Chicago Tribune reported it that way, and I think the AP did too – altho I guess the Trib could have just used the AP phrasing.
But this implies that the rally was projected to have about 9000 attendees. This seems small to me – didn’t Trump have way more than that at pre-election rallies? I mean, there were about 9000 people in just a few blocks at the Women’s March on Washington. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were 5 to 10 times as many at the Not My President rally today in Chicago, and that’s only one of the many rallies planned. Obama had way more than 9000 at his farewell speech, and thousands lined up on a bitter cold Chicago morning only to have tickets run out before they could snag one.
So what’s the dope? Was this rally deliberately planned to be relatively speaking kind of tiny? Did they somehow adjust the space so that the 9000 that showed up filled the space, while they could have if necessary accommodated many more?
Trump did this many times during the campaign and WON unlike Hillary who could only draw a few hundred and Kaine who once had single digits at an appearance.
On Youtube, I saw 130,000 were watching during one of the streams.
FINALLY someone brings this up! I have been asking how Republicans feel about Trump promoting this hate group since his campaign, back when the website linked was Gods2.com. Now both that and the BlacksforTrump2020 redirect to the same insane rantings. There’s years of insane ranting videos by that guy Michael Whateverhegoesbynow.
I skimmed the thread but didn’t read carefully so excuse me if it’s been mentioned… the reason this is a “campaign event” is because that allows him to sell merchandise and to choose who is let in. If it were just a presidential speech, he’d have to allow everyone in and couldn’t have protestors tossed or sell his crap.