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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama's inaugural concert in 2009 vs. Trump's Inaugural concert today. Sad.
Relatable Quotes ?@RelatableQuote 3h3 hours agoObama's inaugural concert in 2009 vs. Trump's Inaugural concert today. Tragic
Joy Reid @JoyAnnReid
The difference is staggering: an estimated 400,000 people for Obama's pre-inaugural concert vs an estimated 10,000 for Trump. https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/822253235759026176
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Obama's inaugural concert in 2009 vs. Trump's Inaugural concert today. Sad. (Original Post)
bigtree
Jan 2017
OP
Some of the people for Trump's concert were probably joggers and tourists that got lumped into the
Yavin4
Jan 2017
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Docreed2003
(16,875 posts)1. That's probably the biggest crowd Lee Greenwood's performed for
Since 1988
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)2. Some of the people for Trump's concert were probably joggers and tourists that got lumped into the
count.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)4. LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)3. Klan rallies were much larger in the 20's.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)5. The numbers were pathetic.
Another accurate shot of the skimpy crowd is at 2:13 in this video:
By the way, if you want to lose your lunch, starting at 58 seconds in, for about 3 seconds, Cheato sings along with the song, and his mouth when he sing the "U" in "USA" looks like a gourami's mouth!
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Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)14. Please apologize
Do not insult that adorable little fish
tblue37
(65,487 posts)16. My mom used to keep fish, and we always had gouramis in the aquarium. nt
Takket
(21,625 posts)6. 10,000???
Hell, the Tampa Bay Rays draw better than that!!!
napi21
(45,806 posts)7. Yeah, and the Con had the ba**s to brag about the HUGE CROWD that was at his welcoming parade
today! he said it was the biggest in history! ARGHHHHH
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)8. Many thousands more of us watched Obama's pre inaugural concert on HBO.
Almost 45K more have watched it later on YouTube on this version alone:
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)9. Trump used the military as seat fillers
mcar
(42,372 posts)10. A friend arrived in DC today
in advance of the March. She said they were able to walk all around the Capitol and no one was around.
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)11. LOL, 10 Thousand....
...They must have included brietbart and fox news beat-offs licking his nutz on twitter.
mopinko
(70,208 posts)12. aint like we had good weather, either.
it was fucking cold.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)13. Porta potties outnumber the people.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)15. The low turnout PROVES it was a coup!
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