Massive crowd ? Overhead shot tells a different story.That is the supposed massive crowd in the Bronx. It's reported many were protesters and the trumpf supporters were brought in.
Originally Posted by VitaMan
... There's nothing to defend - they (the media) KNOW there wereNYC has a population of 8.8 million people and Trump got about 700,000 votes there in 2020. And you're proud that maybe 10,000 people showed up to support him?
between 8 and 10 thousand people milling-about the park there
- and another 8 or 10 thousand trying to get there! ...
... CHEERING for TRUMP - in the blue state of New York! ...
#### Salty Originally Posted by Salty Again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-idio...800%2520people.
Team Trump is up to its old tricks again and falsely claiming a lackluster rally in the Bronx on Thursday drew a crowd of 25,000 supporters. This estimate comically contradicts on-the-ground reports, the NYPD, aerial views, and the laws of physics.
But reality is no match for the notoriously anti-factual Trump and his supporters, who have been obsessed with lying about his crowd size since the 2017 inauguration—and have become the living embodiment of the Nazi-era propaganda tactic of “Repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth.”
In reality, Trump requested an event permit for 3,500 people, according to The New York Times. On Thursday, 3,400 tickets had been issued for the rally, according to NYPD statements made to Raw Story. How many ticket holders showed up is unclear, but according to live aerial shots from ABC, Trump’s rally was confined to just one area of the palatial park: the amphitheater.
The photo referenced shows an estimated 800 people. Originally Posted by txdot-guy
And here is what some that attended had to say:Lets test your theory. This is what people at the rally were saying.
"Local Bronx residents who showed up to protest Trump, the first of which said of Trump, “First of all, he’s a big fat bigot and he just doesn’t have any love in his heart for anyone, anyone of color.....” A second protestor said of Trump “He’s a crook, a liar, and a cheat. And he tries to make money off people. And that’s what he’s doing right now.” Originally Posted by VitaMan