No, but here's a shot of Hillary's inaugural crowd:
These people are vile liars and fake news spreaders. They fake polls then get surprised when they lose. They had their paid thugs out in DC causing violence that create two hour delays getting to the inauguration speech then they take pics before the ceremony started to spread propaganda to say nobody was there, when in reality once people got through the check points and the ceremony was started the crowd size was massive.
Any idea what the crowd count was for the day?
Huffpuff is pushing an article based off the sparse picture claiming few people were there.
Looks like the left has learned a new trick. Deflating crowd size photos. They’re so used to falsely inflating crowds on Hillary’s campaign photos that I’m surprised they could pull that off.
Was anyone able to tell what they’re showing? Original photo taken at first light or on an earlier day.
In the end the only number that counts is 306, the rest are just unneeded vanity and will fade away with time.
I have participated in prior marches on Washington and I was also at Woodstock . Believe Me there were more than one million good folks at Trumps Inauguration . The shameless media lives up to my given label of “ MEAN STREAK MEDIA” !!! . . .
I looked at the Newseum website's front pages of newspapers from all over the world. A paper called the Maryland Gazette featured an article about people who never did get in due to the blockading of entrances to the unticketed area. I could not find this newspaper to read the second part of the article. Does anyone here have firsthand knowledge about the blockades?
I went to both of Bush43's inaugurations and would have gone to Trump's if there had not been the threat of violence. I did go to the wonderful and peaceful welcome concert on Thursday.
The irony of the left's anti-Trump hate slogans is just amazing. Do they even realize it?
It’d be better to compare time stamped pics from the same perspective.
Because of the perspective difference, especially in terms of elevation, you can’t actually make out that much a difference in crowd size between the pics. The reality pics look more populated because they’re closer to the crowd.
Note the “from monument” high-elevation pic shows the capitol, about 5 white squares with people on it, then some two level structure. Note also, the 3 small white structures to the left of the mall.
For other pics, at much lower elevation, note the same 3 white structures, now on the right, show people, but those that would be in the high-elevation pic, between the last of those 3 and the two layer structure, cannot not be seen due to the low elevation perspective.
Plus, the people on the grassy area, under the trees, are harder to make out from the high-elevation pics.
Plus, if the pics are taken even a half hour apart, it’d make a diff.
I’m not a fan of the media, but touting this set of pics as evidence of some vast difference in crowd estimates doesn’t work for me.
One additional factor which I expect is significant is the number of Trump supporters who decided not to come due to the leftwing threats of violence (which turned out to be real and serious).
It’s one thing for a young/strong/adventurous person to risk getting caught in a violent protest, but far different for an older person or a middle-aged person with family responsibilities, or a person with physical limitations.
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I was at a trade show in Las Vegas. At inauguration time, the hall was completely empty of customers. They were all in their hotel rooms watching TV. Us vendors were all watching online. I had 15-20 vendors in my booth watching.
I spoke to a guy at the airport who was at another large show. Same thing there.
Yes, the lefties in the media and elsewhere are NOTORIOUS liars. I agree. Probably a bit of that going on here.
*But* does the factor of crowd size matter? Many of us DJT voters were and WORKING. Folks in Pennsylvania and Michigan and other swing states are dealing with a lot in their lives right now. Maybe we just couldn’t make it. I know I couldn’t, though I would love to have been there.
Another consideration:
Let us remember what the LEFT was saying all during the campaign. Trump had MASSIVE crowds at his events, Hitlery looked like she had to shove a bunch of sardines into a little can and then have the cameras shoot really tight so the audience appeared large.
When we who love liberty pointed out the crowds were larger at DJT events, the LEFT would retort, “Anecdotal. Irrelevant. Means nothing!”
*NOW*, all of a sudden, they want to use “crowd size” at an inaugural as an indicator that is relevant? In 2016, crowds meant NOTHING...but in 2017 crowds mean EVERYTHING.
Finally, let us remember that crowd size really shouldn’t matter for a President. I am betting (though I haven’t checked the history) Abe Lincoln’s inaugurals weren’t well attended. And Harry Truman’s was probably not the most popular event of its kind. But both were consequential men for their generation.
The left is grasping at straws, folks.
Don’t let them diminish our happiness that eight years of Hussein has ended and we are on the mend.
So technically the photos are from the actual starts... but trump crowds held back because of delay... the press is so disengenuos
A lot of people attended the inauguration the same way they are shopping now, from their home.
I/we watched the event from 10am until 11:45pm.
The first time ever that I have come even close to spending time watching anything other than a portion of the address.
Honestly, I couldn’t get enough.
Such a beautiful, wonderful family.
The only thing missing was FreeRepublic.com !!!
No, but here's a shot of Hillary's inaugural crowd:
Liars lie...that is what they do. Never trust the “media”.
Chris Wallace, the Democrat mouthpiece on Fox News, said this morning that Press Sec. Spicer should not have said anything about the inauguration numbers controversy. However, these photos were used by the Democrat media to discredit Pres. Trump and further the DNC theme that Pres. Trump is an illegitimate leader, voted in by the minority of Americans. The msm should be fought at every turn, or Pres. Trump will wind up as discredited as Pres. George W Bush, who did not confront them about their lies. They should be slapped down every time they slant the news.
When were these photos taken? It took Trump supporters hours to clear security and many actually missed the swearing in because of the security bottle necks caused by the slow checks and several of the 12 gates being blocked by Soros funded protests that kept Trump supporters out. Where were the stories about the protestors who deprived many families, who had driven hours to come, from witnessing the swearing in.
That picture was taken hours before the inauguration.
By 12 noon, the Mall was packed all the way to the Washington Monument.
Additionally, this year security required the entire Mall be fenced, with only a few understaffed access portals. Obama had free and open access in 2009, with no fences and security portals.
Also, no official entity makes crowd estimates on these kinds of events. They gave it up years ago because the estimates were inaccurate and used for political purposes.
The Park Police don’t; the Metropolitan Police don’t; the Capitol police don’t.
Here is an example of what a true analysis might reveal on Mall crowd estimates, done after the Tea Party rally in 2009: http://humanevents.com/2009/09/16/numbers-game-how-many-really-attended-the-sep-12-rally/