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Talitha

(6,580 posts)
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:10 PM Mar 2023

How many were actually at the Waco rally yesterday?

This morning, NPR said 15,000 so I looked it up.

An online search listed articles saying that 15,000 were expected but none (that I could see) gave an actual attendance number.

Thanks in advance!

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How many were actually at the Waco rally yesterday? (Original Post) Talitha Mar 2023 OP
My guess (only a guess) bluestarone Mar 2023 #1
Exactly. niyad Mar 2023 #3
From what images I saw, maybe a thousand. niyad Mar 2023 #2
That is the range that I thought from the photos. Chainfire Mar 2023 #18
Check out what jimbar2 did: Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #4
15K Waco WACKOHS. multigraincracker Mar 2023 #5
Believe many of his rally attendees are political "roadies." During the 2020 campaign an allegorical oracle Mar 2023 #11
Same people at most rallies. 2naSalit Mar 2023 #12
They were losers then PJMcK Mar 2023 #16
I just scanned news articles - they pretty much all say "thousands" NewHendoLib Mar 2023 #6
Exactly. If there had been 30 thousand it would have been in the headline. Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #23
I'm finding very interesting cilla4progress Mar 2023 #7
This photo might help. . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2023 #8
The fact that it's in such an amazingly shitty 'venue' Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #10
Exactly! 2naSalit Mar 2023 #13
That's embarrassing. grumpyduck Mar 2023 #14
Looks like about the size of our summer concert event at a local park on a bad year. brewens Mar 2023 #21
Kinda reminds me rsdsharp Mar 2023 #22
One reporter on scene said he estimated about 5000 Kaleva Mar 2023 #9
They all had to stand, that would cut attendance down considerably. Srkdqltr Mar 2023 #15
Did Sean Spicer make the estimate ? republianmushroom Mar 2023 #17
HIghly evolved humans beings? KPN Mar 2023 #19
About 1400 to 1700 Iwasthere Mar 2023 #20

Chainfire

(17,526 posts)
18. That is the range that I thought from the photos.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 01:00 PM
Mar 2023

Trump travels to Whacko to open old wounds to inspire his troops, and fails to draw a meaningful crowd. I would guess the next logical stop would be Oklahoma City, to dance on those graves.

multigraincracker

(32,658 posts)
5. 15K Waco WACKOHS.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:14 PM
Mar 2023

Bet most were not locals either.Try that in a big City. Be more like 20K counter protesters.

allegorical oracle

(2,357 posts)
11. Believe many of his rally attendees are political "roadies." During the 2020 campaign an
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:22 PM
Mar 2023

interview I watched with three of his devout followers revealed that they followed him from rally to rally. It was their amusement.

PJMcK

(22,025 posts)
16. They were losers then
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:52 PM
Mar 2023

They are losers now.

These losers need to get lives.

And brains. Trump doesn't care about them so they are deluded.

NewHendoLib

(60,013 posts)
6. I just scanned news articles - they pretty much all say "thousands"
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:14 PM
Mar 2023

intentional vagueness so as not to upset any of their right wing readers

countless capitulation of the truth to tfg and the cult.

This is a dark embarrassing spot on our country's history.

Midnight Writer

(21,738 posts)
23. Exactly. If there had been 30 thousand it would have been in the headline.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 01:42 PM
Mar 2023

But if it was a disappointing 2-3 thousand they won't report the numbers at all.

cilla4progress

(24,724 posts)
7. I'm finding very interesting
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:15 PM
Mar 2023

the dearth of news reports on the rally

Seems the media got the message. Quit amplifying him and his magat followers!

Nada on wapo main page. For example!

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
10. The fact that it's in such an amazingly shitty 'venue'
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:22 PM
Mar 2023

if you could even call it a venue ... shows both a) his contempt for his followers, and b) what a cheap bastard he is.

2naSalit

(86,512 posts)
13. Exactly!
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:30 PM
Mar 2023

But they are blinded by...

You know, I could never figure out just what it is that is so blinding about him that they should consider drinking that *rump water.

Maybe it's just the *rump water.

brewens

(13,564 posts)
21. Looks like about the size of our summer concert event at a local park on a bad year.
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 01:18 PM
Mar 2023

It was fun for a long time until the guy that put it on lost his ass in the tech stock crash 20 some years ago. Then they brought in jokes that only half filled the place.

republianmushroom

(13,569 posts)
17. Did Sean Spicer make the estimate ?
Sun Mar 26, 2023, 12:56 PM
Mar 2023

If so there may have been 1,500 and not 15,000.
Remember his inauguration estimate of 01/21/2017

This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period — both in person and around the globe.

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