Tens of Protesters Show Up To Support Trump

[cstamm53]

Even Fox News Covered the Tiny Crowd Supporting Trump Outside Manhattan Court Despite His Call for Protest

By Ken Meyer

Former President Donald Trump spent days calling for people to “protest” his seemingly-imminent indictment over the Stormy Daniels hush money case, though the protest that showed up might not have been what he had in mind.

Fox News published a report on Wednesday, acknowledging Trump’s supporters were “far outnumbered in New York City” when they turned up to protest outside of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. This happened when the assembled Trump supporters were counter-protested by people who were there to cheer for Trump’s indictment, plus the other legal troubles that continue to surround the former president.

The NYPD took steps to safeguard the area on Tuesday as news watchers have been concerned about the possibility of violence from Trump supporters gathering to rail against his potential arrest. So far, the Trump supporting crowd has been meager in size, and Fox News referred to a Politico report on Trump’s supporters reacting to the small gathering

“We threw it together at the last minute, the last 24 hours,” said Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club. Wax insisted to Politico that the club wanted to keep their protest “low key,” and that “we weren’t sure we even wanted to come out because some people don’t like us, but we are here to show that there is support for President Trump in the bluest area in the country, here in Manhattan.”

Here’s what Politico got after hearing from another Trump supporter:

Norman Ross, 59, a personal trainer, said that fellow Trump supporters were cautioning each other about coming out to protest, saying they could be arrested in traps orchestrated by Democrats in the largely liberal city. Ross said he believed there was a larger protest around the corner. But, other than a smattering of Trump supporters outside the former president’s Fifth Avenue building, the courthouse protest was the biggest gathering Monday.

“A lot of the conservative groups are writing to each other right now to stay home. They are nervous that this would be a setup,” he said, adding they feared “they would be arrested like January 6.”

Ross told the outlet he would return if Trump gets indicted, and he acknowledged the possibility that further protests could devolve into chaos.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/even-fox-news-covered-the-tiny-crowd-supporting-trump-outside-manhattan-court-despite-his-call-for-protest/

[Blues Heron]

1. fool me once...

“A lot of the conservative groups are writing to each other right now to stay home. They are nervous that this would be a setup,” he said, adding they feared “they would be arrested like January 6.”

doh!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Young Republicans....Now there's an OXYMORON for the record books.

Too bad there are not deprogramming clinics for this bunch.

[brewens]

3. I wonder how many just weren't willing to spend their money getting out to protest?

Not even anyone ponying up for free buses for them this time. Some Trumpers have spent thousands going to his rallies and showing up to support him. He doesn't spend dime of his own money helping them.

[Beastly Boy]

4. I learned something new today

I learned there are more than a dozen young Republicans in New York, and that one of them is 59 years old. Go Grandpa!

[SomedayKindaLove]

5. Couples and couples of protesters

[barbtries]

6. it never gets mentioned

but he MUST be losing supporters along the way. empirically speaking, he's a liar, a grifter, and a con man. not every single trump supporter can still be hanging on.

the people celebrating his arrest in my opinion will far outnumber those "protesting." the only reason it's a thing is because the media keeps pushing trump as if there is an iota of validity to his outlandish outbursts. as if he isn't guilty as sin.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Agreed. They don't want to identify as a failed loser. Deathsantis is betting on this .

[Hortensis]

8. Agree MUST be so, but how many VOTES is he losing if he runs?

I strongly suspect you're right that celebrants will come out now in far bigger numbers. Wish we could be there...

But votes show the truth that matters. Most of the 71M Americans who voted for tRump in 2020 -- most of those wishing they had a better choice -- would vote for him again.

They pathetically now call it voting for the tRump "agenda." A good strong one-two sucker punch would be asking someone what woke means, followed by asking what the agenda is. Anyone who can add anything at all to "Lock the Dems up" for both gets another round -- a question about how they'll do whatever that is.

[TheRealNorth]

9. TFG is a loser

And deep down they know that, so some are looking to jump ship to people like "tiny d"eSantis, who is sticking it to the liberals.

[Hortensis]

12. Sure. But he was and they were in 2016 when they lost yuuuge (by winning).

As for deSantis, some observers think he's a typical press "miss" on guessing who the RW base will eventually go for. Like JEB! Without the book banning, etc, would he even be a flash in the pan?

We'll see. If he starts failing when real competition comes along, as FL's governor he does have the ability to create some genuine atrocities to convince the MAGAs he's the real thing -- a vicious strongman who can win, and not just a "weak t."

[pwb]

10. Train this Norman, you freak.

Fuck off.

[PatSeg]

11. Ah, so arresting lawbreakers

actually IS a deterrent against crime. Guess even MAGATs don't want to face consequences for their actions. Sorry Donnie, guess the party is over.