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In an interview with the far-right cable channel One America News that was released on the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, former president Donald Trump spent four minutes complaining about the medias failure to cover the size of the crowd at his speech shortly before the riot began.
Before I get into the specifics of what he said, Id like to add some additional context. You will recall that Trumps presidency began with a nearly identical dispute over the size of the crowd at his inaugural speech. That fight set the tenor for much of his presidency. He pushed press secretary Sean Spicer to have an unscheduled news conference (at which Spicer didnt take questions) to rebut accurate reporting about the number of people who attended the event. He complained about the coverage during a visit to the CIA, claiming without any basis in fact that more than a million people had showed up to hear him speak. The president whod used crowd size as a proxy for his popularity on the campaign trail continued to do so once elected.
Sitting down with One Americas Christina Bobb, Trump again couldnt resist raising this same line of complaint.
Massive numbers. They dont cover the numbers of people, Trump said of the audience at the Ellipse speech that morning. They always show the Capitol with a very small, just a tiny percentage of the people that were there. They never show helicopter pictures of that incredible crowd because it was the largest crowd Ive ever spoken before. Ive never had a crowd Ive never seen a crowd that big.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/10/trump-is-mad-media-isnt-covering-real-story-jan-6-crowd-size/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
pwb
(11,275 posts)Opposite world for that ass.
gohuskies
(1,156 posts)This guy is so predictable and continues to show what a numbskull he is. And yet he has his lemmings blindly believing this b.s. Florida should just secede from the Union and become Maggotville.
twodogsbarking
(9,754 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,117 posts)The narcissist needs constant adoration to prop up a fragile ego.
The sexual inadequacy theme keeps playing out with this guy.
malaise
(269,026 posts)Ridicule this fool
Irish_Dem
(47,117 posts)It is very wounding to their fragile ego.
Biden's speech had to have hit Trump very hard.
I wish the DNC had some psy-op plans humiliate Trump.
It would be very easy to do so.
spanone
(135,843 posts)malaise
(269,026 posts)That is all