'Crowd has been thinning': Trump supporters reportedly 'walking out' of N.J. rally

[Tom of Temecula]

Donald Trump loves to brag about the "huge" size of his political rallies, but on Saturday a reporter spotted the ex-president's supporters leaving the event while he was still speaking.

Trump over the weekend spoke in New Jersey, which most polls show is solidly behind the current president, Joe Biden. After the event, the former president was criticized for making a mistake about China and for apparently slurring his speech. Trump spent a good portion of his speech bragging about the size of the crowd, even insisting news cameras turn to face the crowd to show how many people attended the event.

But a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer noticed that, prior to Trump being finished with his speech, his own fans started departing. "Trump is still speaking, but the crowd has been thinning. People have been walking out back to the boardwalk," wrote Aliya Schneider on Saturday. "The back section of the crowd is noticeably smaller as people continue to leave while Trump is still speaking."

Schneider, who provided video evidence of her observations, also included the ex-president's response. "Trump just said he hasn’t noticed anybody leaving," she wrote during the speech. She added, "People have also left the front seating section. Trump is speaking again after bringing others on stage with him and the back section has largely emptied out," the reporter noted. "It’s gotten cold with the sun down and the beach breeze."

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nj-rally-crowd-walking-out/

[WarGamer]

1. The crowd was reported at 80k... one of his largest ever.

Lisa Fagan, spokesperson for the city of Wildwood, told The Associated Press that she estimated a crowd of between 80,000 and 100,000 attendees, based off her own observations on the scene Saturday, having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space.

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/ap-trump-heading-to-jersey-shore-to-rally-mega-crowd-in-weekend-break-from-hush-money-trial/

[SledDriver]

5. Metlife stadium here in NJ has a capacity of 82k

They’re expecting us to believe a MetLife Stadium Taylor Swift show's worth of people showed up to this?

Orange shitgibbon also claimed he had a much bigger crowd than Bruce Springsteen.
Springsteen sold out three nights at MetLife Stadium last year. I was at one of them.

[ShazzieB]

13. And don't forget what he said about his inauguraion crowd!

Let's face it, no matter how large or small the crowd was, he'd claim it was the biggest crowd ever, "like nobody's ever seen before!"

[SledDriver]

43. His inauguration crowd lol

[Celerity]

23. I doubt it was 80 to 100K, I would guess it was half that. Big, yes, but not OMG big.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/trump-wildwood-beach-rally-president-20240511.html

A spokesperson for Wildwood had previously said capacity for the event would be about 20,000. Wildwood’s mayor, Ernie Troiano Jr., said the event could accommodate 40,000 and a speaker claimed that 80,000 were in attendance, an unconfirmed number.

[TheRickles]

29. Thanks for this link, which puts the event into a more accurate context.

[hibbing]

2. Make America Bored Again n/t

[unblock]

3. The better people know Donnie, the less they like him

He may be the first politician whose own campaigning costs them votes since... well, Kristi noem. But still!

Sad!
really really sad!

[msongs]

4. not more than a few thousand in that pic if that many. the line leaving is thick and he's babbling lol nt

[onetexan]

15. Yup looks more like around 5k, not 80k

Baloney

[SoFlaBro]

6. Even his hard core MAGA dipshit followers don't want to listen to the psychotic ramblings of that dumb ass motherfucker.

[oasis]

42. Well put. nt

[NBachers]

7. So I guess they won't be chanting for an encore.

[sheshe2]

8. His crowd like his hair is wearing thin.🤣

[GoneOffShore]

20. His forehead and his hairline have a lot in common.

They both go way back.

[DET]

9. Not the snake thing again...

No wonder they’re leaving.

[SunSeeker]

14. What the fuck were his snake story ramblings about? So weird....

[femmedem]

32. He's dehumanizing migrants by equating them with snakes and saying when people take pity on them and help them

they end up being bitten. He's been using this metaphor since 2016. It's the lyrics to a song written by the late Black activist, musician and playwright Oscar Brown, Jr. and Trump coopts it against Brown's family's wishes, who say Trump embodies the snake Brown warned against.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/the-snake-africa-oscar-brown-jr-daughters-trump-don-lemon-cnntv/index.html

[Prairie Gates]

10. They go to get flicks for Insta

Nobody needs to hear Trump yap.

[lindysalsagal]

11. They always leave before he shuts up.

[SomedayKindaLove]

12. They just want to see and support their cult leader

Not be bored to death by him.

[ZonkerHarris]

17. I think it's more like the game show Let's make a deal.

They get dressed up in a funny costume, and hope they get picked to be on TV interviewed by a reporter and get to say wacky crazy stuff

[lame54]

16. Trump calls it a leaving ovation

[Think. Again.]

33. You win! 🏆

[betsuni]

18. They always do that, tho. When it's time for din-din, get back on the road or to the hotel.

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. My "TV Guide" allegory:

Monday, May 13, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Friday, May 17, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 8:00-8:30 PM: S1E2, My Mother the Car
...

Even if you liked My Mother the Car, watching the same episode every time it's on will get old after a while. And even if you love Dick Van Dyke.

(Who wasn't in it anyway, it was his brother, Jerry. Jerry Tyler Moore, yeah, that's the ticket.)

[riversedge]

21. Here is some good video of the crowd leaving........

The MAGA cult began leaving while the #OrangeTurd was speaking at his #TrumpRally in Wildwood, New Jersey.
How embarrassing for him.

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[Celerity]

22. More threats to Biden from the Trumper truck scum

Link to tweet

[Tickle]

24. I did watch a lot of it

Lots of hate, lots of anger, but the crowd was huge. It had to have been his largest so far. I've never seen so many people get off on so much hate. There was no sign of anyone leaving. I do wish I had a buck for every time I heard his crowd was thinning or it's the same people that follow him. I could afford a thick piece of prime rib.

[Brenda]

25. There are vids above showing people leaving.

Are those fake? Is the reporter a liar?

[Tickle]

37. I don't think anyone is lying

I'm just sharing what I saw

[Think. Again.]

36. Yep, the hate and anger are what the rightwingers go for.

[Tickle]

38. There are so many

confused asses. How do we reach them?

[Think. Again.]

39. We outnumber them....

...so let's just focus on getting out the vote and give them enough rope to hang themselves.

[Tickle]

40. Agree 👍💯 NT

[underpants]

26. His crowd are people who leave early "to beat the crowd"

They don’t like being around people anyway

[malaise]

27. That snake shit again

He’s a losing viper

[Walleye]

28. Trump doesn't even try to understand our system of elections

The only number that counts is the number of votes he gets from registered voters, in the election, doesn’t matter how big his crowds are. He only does it anyway because he needs it, he’s addicted to the adoration of multitudes

[Mike Nelson]

30. Long...

... long, long day for those people. Some even camped out the day before. I am not sure what the bathroom situation was like, either... people must have been tired and hungry. My advice is always to leave these events early, or you get caught in the crowd leaving all at once. Plus, it was a bore after he used vulgar swear words and called Christie fat.

[Think. Again.]

35. Yeah, and it was in a little space near a mediocre seasonal amusement park.

[Aussie105]

31. I admire an orator who

speaks clearly, uses complete sentences, and used imaginative allegory to make a point.

Trump can do none of that.

[Think. Again.]

34. It's interesting that he's choosing smaller venues now...

...I guess he thinks that makes the crowd look bigger?

"A spokesperson for Wildwood had previously said capacity for the event would be about 20,000. " -Philadelphia Inquirer

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. Who is surprised by this?

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