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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:38 PM Nov 2017

Here We Go Again: Twitter Mocks Trump Over Awful Attendance at National Tree Lighting

by Joe DePaolo | 7:57 pm, November 30th, 2017

Here we go again.

President Donald Trump and the first family attended the National Tree Lighting ceremony in Washington on Thursday before a crowd of…well…let’s see:

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The parallels to the Inauguration were obvious. And Twitter, which seldom disappoints, was all over it. Here’s a sampling of the social media reaction:

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Here We Go Again: Twitter Mocks Trump Over Awful Attendance at National Tree Lighting (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

Those seats aren't empty! They're filled with the see-thru folk who are building the see-thru wall! struggle4progress Nov 2017 #1

Dolt45 said that he would bring transparency Thor_MN Dec 2017 #11

Bwahahahaaa! montana_hazeleyes Dec 2017 #16

Filled with middle class taxpayers who will benefit from the cuts dembotoz Nov 2017 #2

Yeah not fooled Dec 2017 #8

Yuge crowd! Tremendous! Best ever! No president in the history of presidents has ever Solly Mack Nov 2017 #3

Treason's Greetings keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #12

The biggest, most beautiful, best ever tree-lighting ceremony the world has ever seen! VOX Nov 2017 #4

And hundreds of people came disguised as empty chairs... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #5

LMAO! radical noodle Nov 2017 #6

I have to admit, I stole it... Wounded Bear Dec 2017 #17

That was well worth stealing! radical noodle Dec 2017 #18

Obviously a homage to Clint Eastwood's witty dialogue mythology Nov 2017 #7

Let me count the crowd: 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 1.5 million. tclambert Dec 2017 #9

It's 1.5 million. Period. dalton99a Dec 2017 #13

It's the best not popular vote Christmas ever! snort Dec 2017 #10

K & R SunSeeker Dec 2017 #14

My fave reply and my own contribution. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #15

struggle4progress

(126,683 posts)

1. Those seats aren't empty! They're filled with the see-thru folk who are building the see-thru wall!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:45 PM

Nov 2017

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

11. Dolt45 said that he would bring transparency

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:39 AM

Dec 2017

We just didn't know he was talking about his huge crowds...

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)

16. Bwahahahaaa!

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 02:23 AM

Dec 2017

dembotoz

(16,922 posts)

2. Filled with middle class taxpayers who will benefit from the cuts

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:51 PM

Nov 2017

not fooled

(6,761 posts)

8. Yeah

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:14 AM

Dec 2017

dump and congressional pukes will show 'em for their lack of enthusiasm: condemn them and their aging parents to an old age of penury and insufficient medical care. Take that!

Solly Mack

(97,269 posts)

3. Yuge crowd! Tremendous! Best ever! No president in the history of presidents has ever

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:53 PM

Nov 2017

Meh...you know the rest.

Fuck Trump.

Season's Greetings all.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)

12. Treason's Greetings

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:55 AM

Dec 2017

VOX

(22,976 posts)

4. The biggest, most beautiful, best ever tree-lighting ceremony the world has ever seen!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 10:56 PM

Nov 2017

Wounded Bear

(64,637 posts)

5. And hundreds of people came disguised as empty chairs...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 11:14 PM

Nov 2017

radical noodle

(10,689 posts)

6. LMAO!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 11:28 PM

Nov 2017

Good one! I sure needed a laugh tonight. Thanks!

Wounded Bear

(64,637 posts)

17. I have to admit, I stole it...

Reply to radical noodle (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 11:25 AM

Dec 2017

radical noodle

(10,689 posts)

18. That was well worth stealing!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #17)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:20 PM

Dec 2017

mythology

(9,527 posts)

7. Obviously a homage to Clint Eastwood's witty dialogue

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 30, 2017, 11:38 PM

Nov 2017

tclambert

(11,194 posts)

9. Let me count the crowd: 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 1.5 million.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:16 AM

Dec 2017

dalton99a

(95,265 posts)

13. It's 1.5 million. Period.

Reply to tclambert (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:04 AM

Dec 2017

snort

(2,334 posts)

10. It's the best not popular vote Christmas ever!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 12:18 AM

Dec 2017

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)

14. K & R

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:10 AM

Dec 2017

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,439 posts)

15. My fave reply and my own contribution.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:33 AM

Dec 2017

Link to tweet

My fave response.

Hoped my reply below to "what size crowd was at Obama's tree lighting?" would make the list.

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