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highplainsdem

(49,015 posts)
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 08:25 PM Feb 2017

Trump rally drew little more than half as many people as similar event, same hangar, in Sept.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320266-police-say-9000-people-turned-out-for-trumps-rally

President Trump's rally Saturday in Melbourne, Florida drew a crowd of 9,000 according to local police enforcement.

Melbourne police tweeted, "All attendees now in the AeroMod hangar for the @realDonaldTrump rally. Total attendees at event = 9,000."

Trump held an identical campaign event at this airport hangar during the general election in September. According to reports, 15,000 people attempted to attend the September rally, but some were turned away.
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Trump rally drew little more than half as many people as similar event, same hangar, in Sept. (Original Post) highplainsdem Feb 2017 OP
Thanks for this link, I was wondering. rgbecker Feb 2017 #1
Trump will Photoshop this event with the previous one to make the crowd size look bigger. Initech Feb 2017 #2
Spicer: "Over 90,000 people attended the president's rally. Period." dalton99a Feb 2017 #3
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2017 #11
K&R uppityperson Feb 2017 #4
Just saw this. Funny. The weather seemed nice in logosoco Feb 2017 #5
Bullshit on 9,000 Pacifist Patriot Feb 2017 #6
He ALWAYS Lies. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2017 #17
Lets think about this. Doreen Feb 2017 #7
I saw something that Michael Moore said there were 50K. woodsprite Feb 2017 #8
He was being facetious. MANative Feb 2017 #12
Biggest ever rally ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #9
trump must already found the other 4000+ jobs already liberal N proud Feb 2017 #10
Fake News erpowers Feb 2017 #13
but God kept one drop of rain from hitting him..... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #14
And this even after offering them all free swag via Craigslist... JudyM Feb 2017 #15
They only 'sold' (gave away) 9000 tickets. jmg257 Feb 2017 #16
I know several people who stood up and walked out when he took the podium. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2017 #19
Awesome. Thanks! Lucinda Feb 2017 #18

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
5. Just saw this. Funny. The weather seemed nice in
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 08:32 PM
Feb 2017

Florida today. And it's Saturday when most people are off work.

I haven't seen anything about counter rallies.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
7. Lets think about this.
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 08:52 PM
Feb 2017

He campaigned to the out of work or underpaid white men. Well, having campaign after campaign starts to cost money for his people to go to. When you are out of work sure you have the time to go but the money starts to run out. If you are underpaid you are also more likely overworked so that means both no money and no time. His poor followers are not able to afford to see him time after time. Just a thought.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. Fake News
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 09:20 PM
Feb 2017

The failing The Hill, which nobody reads (falling subscriber numbers, losing money, not sure they will be around tomorrow) has decided to publish a fake hit piece on Donald Trump. Everybody who is not trying to make excuses for Hillary Clinton's historic landslide loss (which happened to be the largest loss in the history of loses. Donald Trump won the electoral college vote by a margin of 538-0) knows there were more than 2 million people at the hangar. The number would have been even larger if it had not been for the category 5 hurricane that passed through just before Donald Trump began speaking.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
16. They only 'sold' (gave away) 9000 tickets.
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 11:28 PM
Feb 2017
No more passes left for Donald Trump rally in Melbourne

Estimated 9,000 tickets claimed in less than 24 hours

MELBOURNE, Fla. - No more tickets are available for President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday in Melbourne.

"There are no more passes available," said Lori Booker, a spokeswoman for Orlando Melbourne International Airport, the location of Trump's 5 p.m. visit.
About 9,000 free passes were made available at noon Wednesday and were gone by early Thursday, Booker said.


http://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/no-more-passes-left-for-donald-trump-rally-in-melbourne

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
19. I know several people who stood up and walked out when he took the podium.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 10:33 AM
Feb 2017

They were jeered and cursed at by Trump supporters.

I know even more who got tickets and didn't bother going. Not a chance in hell they filled it with all 9,000 if they only gave away 9,000 passes.

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