Posted on 02/04/2016 11:55:32 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
There's a reason why Donald Trump is taking his loss in Iowa so hard - it's been devastating to his national standing. His standing in the polls might already be falling like a rock, and now it appears that the rolling concert tour that was his national campaign might be coming to an end. Now comes pretty convincing evidence that his crowds are shrinking, and he's trying to hide it (poorly).
Trump was in Little Rock last night, and he tweeted a picture that seemed to show a typical Trump full house, and that specifically claimed that the crowd was a "record" and that it was "12K."
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
THANK YOU to everyone in Little Rock, Arkansas tonight! A record crowd of 12K. #Trump2016https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10156603612740725:0 .. 8:31 PM - 3 Feb 2016 Little Rock, AR, United States
The problem, as IJ Review notes, is that the total capacity for the arena where Trump held this event, including floor capacity, is 10,195. So in order for this count to be accurate, this would truly have been an absolutely astounding overflow crowd. The only problem is, it wasn't. Media was there at the event, and documented how, during Trump's speech, large sections of the seating were completely empty and the floor was at most half full.
Here is video that was taken during the event, you can clearly hear that Trump is speaking, and the arena looks at least half empty.
As the Daily Mail notes, Trump at one point claimed that the Fire Marshal said it was a record and they were turning people away. Trump asked the Fire Marshal to come up on stage and confirm it for the benefit of the media, and the "Fire Marshal" allegedly obliged. The only problem is that the man who came on stage was not the fire marshal, but rather the general manager of the state fair.
Of course, the bigger question might well be, what the heck is Donald Trump doing in Arkansas in the first place? Is he really so sure that he will win New Hampshire that he has no concern over New Hampshire's historically late break? Or the optics of being off across the rest of the country while the rest of the field is camped in state?
Cruz people are just as relevant as Trumpsters.....and by the way currently our guy remains still “the Winner”......and yours “The loser”.
I remember the Alabama speech with Sen. Jeff Sessions. It was a big event and the first live speech I watched. Trump rambled for an hour about himself. The crowd behind him kept changing because people left and others filled in. I even remember articles and post on FR about how many people left disappointed.
For whatever reason, NH has a yuge Mexican heroin problem and they want something done about the influx of illegals. We are ALL being displaced by illegals who have NO allegiance to our country! Trump is the only candidate pounding this issue HARD. Rubio CANNOT be trusted to do anything about it. Cruz most likely is but CAN HE BEAT HILLARY OR SANDERS IN A NATIONAL ELECTION?
I honestly think some of these people who post this crap every day must be paid staffers by either camp and by the establishment.
Either camp are not helping themselves and the establishment are laughing their head off while they stir the pot and divide and conquer.
Most threads now I can’t get past the 15th post without it descending into a school playground. It is always the same people who refuse to acknowledge the weakness or mistakes by their candidate and feel they have to attack the other.
You DO realize that even a snark post bumps the thread?
Cruz has a huge anti-Trump cabal here. Alas, it won’t make Cruz less unappealing.
I don’t know which is worse....Trump’s post-Iowa meltdown or this barrage of insane attacks on him from Red State.
Rubio is far from establishment.
Agreed
I can’t get past most threads by the 15th post anymore and all these duplicate articles!
Ya gotta love Red State. If they didn’t have hate for Trump, they wouldn’t have any hate at all.
5.56mm
Watch the video. It’s not filled by a long shot.
Read the numbers reported vs. the capacity of the place.
Shrinking crowds. Shrinking polls. The Incredible Shrinking Candidate.
How? Did he gas them? Somebody would have noticed them when a city went missing.
I see what you are doing there. I like it.
Effective.
More Slime from Holier-than-thou Cruzgirls. Slime all the way...
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Of course they did! After that Twitter meltdown, they were probably hoping for fireworks.
Just because people enjoy the circus doesn’t mean they will vote for a clown.
Both of them do.
Stop these attacks by both camps and focus on a bigger picture , i.e. the establishment.
I want to hear more about the VA, IRS, activist judges etc from both camps, not this childish crap put out by Red State and a couple on here.
This morning an articles was about Trump saying he was no billionaire. Good grief
Good grief, you people reach for anything. His crowds are record everywhere he goes and the people are behind Trump.
Get over it.
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