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(3,839 posts) Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:13 PM Aug 2015

Donald Trump rally draws 20,000 white people in mostly black Alabama town [View all]

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Source: Daily News Bin

Donald Trump held one of the larger rallies of the 2016 election in Mobile Alabama on Friday night, drawing a crowd that was claimed by attendees to be as large as forty thousand in size, though the half empty venue suggests it may have been closer to twenty thousand people. The outsider candidate for President is currently the republican frontrunner, and is touting the event as a sign that his candidacy – which many in the mainstream consider a joke – is to be taken seriously. He posted a picture of the rally as evidence. One problem: literally everyone in the crowd is white, even though Mobile is a majority black city.

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What has my country become when people embrace an asshole like Trump?

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Donald Trump rally draws 20,000 white people in mostly black Alabama town [View all] Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 OP

Some in This Country Are Just Showing Their "True Colors" with Trump.... LovingA2andMI Aug 2015 #1

But CNN says there were many more....I guess they were too busy counting to notice the racist crowd. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

I was watching it for a bit, and during that time, they had the camera centered on an area... C Moon Aug 2015 #4

Huge rallies guarantee that a primary candidate will come out on top. onehandle Aug 2015 #3

This is the second rich idiot the Republicans have run.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #12

I think he draws crowds because he's a novelty.. people want to hear him speak.. n/t secondwind Aug 2015 #5

Everyone loves a train wreck Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 #6

I think they were paid to attend... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #21

It's Mobile, Alabama. Pretty dull. Apparently, the beaches are no longer all that attractive JDPriestly Aug 2015 #28

That's a dumb guess. ShrimpPoboy Aug 2015 #30

As far as you know, anyway... MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #31

Mobile is river town, not a beach town... ensemble Aug 2015 #32

'White Power' Yelled From The Stands In Alabama At Donald Trump's Rally riversedge Aug 2015 #7

Oh.My.Gawd MrMickeysMom Aug 2015 #22

And according to Daily Kos some people were screaming "white power" in the audience kimbutgar Aug 2015 #8

That comes as no surprise. RACISM. jwirr Aug 2015 #9

TRUMP penndragon69 Aug 2015 #10

Senator and Mrs. Sessions on Trump Force One DonViejo Aug 2015 #11

Oh barf! SoapBox Aug 2015 #18

Do you notice the spin on the crowds at Trump rallies is on the headcount? bulloney Aug 2015 #13

Here are two pictures from his visit. David__77 Aug 2015 #14

Just consider it is in the ol state of Alabammie asiliveandbreathe Aug 2015 #15

NBC reporter Katy Tur accused Trump supporters of racist slurs on national TV aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2015 #16

"What has my country become when people embrace an asshole like Trump?" < The one we created by jtuck004 Aug 2015 #17

Totally! SoapBox Aug 2015 #19

+1 navarth Aug 2015 #20

20,000?! Don't underestimate the danger of this novelty act, then. Beartracks Aug 2015 #23

If Trump gets the nomination ... LannyDeVaney Aug 2015 #26

I agrree. There is a lot of anger and desperation in this country. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #29

I caught a few minutes of it and did notice that the audience was kind of pale looking. 4lbs Aug 2015 #24

Santorum won in '12 in Alabama LannyDeVaney Aug 2015 #25

I saw one black person in the crowd behind him and maybe 2 who were Latino SummerSnow Aug 2015 #27

Locking thread. TexasTowelie Aug 2015 #33