Limp Cheers, Tiny Crowds: March Protesting Against Donald Trump Falls flat

Hot Air ^ | 20 Jan 2025 | Beege WQellborn

[Rummyfan]

!Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration eight years ago, half a million people headed onto the streets of Washington DC to protest the new president.

Now, as Mr Trump prepares for his return to office, an attempt to repeat the event and stir up mass resistance to the Republican fell flat. One unimpressed attendee described it as “disappointingly tiny”, while another said turnout was “unfortunate”.

For an event that billed itself as the “People’s March”, not a lot of people ended up marching.

Protesters lined the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to listen to speakers who branded Mr Trump a “Nazi”, condemned the evils of colonisation, and declared that anti-Semitism had been “weaponised”.

[Rummyfan]

LOL! Too cold for any of the nut jobs to attend.

[mewzilla]

It’s so hard to get good help these days.

Note to the rent-a-mobbers: What’s the matter, checks didn’t clear?

So much for principle.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Where is the 50,000 plus mob of insane shrieking crazies that was promised just yesterday?

[Track9]

I think it was just paid msm agitprop to cover for the deep state pardons. Like some kind of superficial balance on the TV.

[cgbg]

It looks like the leftists got frozen out by “global warming”.

:-)

[simpson96]

Heh...

[tennmountainman]

They are Insurectionist.

[BobL]

Soros need to INCREASE his compensation levels to get these people out to protest in that weather. Apparent he did not.

[No name given]

And must be treated as such.

[WKUHilltopper]

Buttercups don’t tolerate cold weather.

[Bernard]

Couldn't they just fund it from the surplus in Kamala's campaign fund?

Oh, wait.....

[bobbo666]

Any straying so much as a foot from approved route should be fire hosed. That’ll sting.

[Zathras]

If it falls flat in Portland and Seattle, this is a VERY good day!

[Big Red Badger]

Left Coast is a little Chilly Today.

[RedMonqey]

People’s March” in the Communist meaning, not the US constitutional meaning.

[jmacusa]

“Maybe we should raise our voices protest the crime/ but demonstrating is a drag besides we're much too high/ and I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody outside of a small circle of friends.''- Tom Leher.

[DouglasKC]

Hitler? Who cares it’s too cold to march for that lie.

[unlearner]

The hits keep on coming.

No. Not tired of winning.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Too cold for any of the nut jobs to attend.

Yep.

In the future they will say, that this was the day "global warming" ended. ;)

[Persevero]

A “People’s March?” Sounds species-ist. What about the furries?