Posted on 04/28/2019 7:06:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump is already hard at work on his 2020 campaign for President. Today he hosted a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin in lieu of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
The rally began at 7 p.m., but doors opened at 4 p.m. Hundreds of people were lined up hours before the rally started. Read on to see crowd photos and learn more about how many people attended tonight.
Traditionally, Presidents attend and speak at the White House Correspondents Dinner, but Trump is rarely interested in traditions. Since he became President, he has eschewed the Correspondents dinner and held a rally instead.
The rally was held at the Resch Center in Green Bay. The Resch Center has a capacity of 9,877, Fox 6 reported. However, the Green Bay Press Gazette noted that the Resch Center has 10,000 seats depending on the layout.
(The record attendance at the Resch Center was 10,414 when Elton John was there in 2003, Green Bay Press Gazette shared. Rounding out the top five were 10,367 from Shania Twain in 2004, 9,974 from Metallica in 2004, 9,885 from Jason Aldean in 2012, and 9,765 from Elton John in 2010.)
The venue was packed, so it’s likely that close to 10,000 showed up for the rally. The Secret Service were only letting the first 10,000 inside and the rest would need to stay outside. So it’s likely that close to 10,000 people were inside, not counting the people left outside. We’ll update this story when a more official estimate is available.
People arrived in town on Friday night so they could attend, and many gathered for hours in the cold outside the stadium to get seats, WSAW reported. Some people told Green Bay Press Gazette that they had waited outside overnight.
During the rally, Trump talked about immigration and sending immigrants to sanctuary cities. He accused his opponents of advocating for open borders. “We’re sending many of them to sanctuary cities, thank you very much… They’re not happy about it. I’m proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea,” he said.
Lately, quite a few people in Congress and people running for President have spoken out against Saudi Arabia and conflicts in the Middle East. During his rally, Trump said that Saudi Arabia buys $450 billion from America. “You have people wanting to cut off Saudi Arabia… I don’t want to lose them,” he said. “…I called the king (of Saudi Arabia.) I like the king. I said, King! We’re losing our ass defending you, king, and you have a lot of money!”
Trump even spoke about Jussie Smollett, calling him “a disgrace to our nation.” The statement was met with cheers of approval.
He also spoke about withdrawing from the climate accords in 2017 and how that was the correct decision. He talked about the yellow vest protests in Paris, which are held in opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s tax hikes. Earlier today, a shooting happened at a synagogue in California, killing one person and injuring several others. Trump took a moment to speak about the tragedy.
“Our entire nation mourns the loss of life,” he said. Trump also spoke out against politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez when he repeated a line from his State of the Union speech, saying “America will never be a socialist country.”
Trump gave a long speech at his rally, shared Doug Schneider from the GB Press Gazette. The speech started at 7:21 and was ending at 8:47 p.m. And true to form, Trump left to the Rolling Stones’ song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” a Trump rally favorite.
I don’t blame the Prez for skipping the WH Correspondents event. I wouldn’t want to spend time with those POS jackals either. Going to a MAGA rally in a battleground state is a much wiser use of resources.
And who will stop them? Our courts? Congress? Cause President Trump already has his hands full.
The best way to win in 2020 is for the Pubbies to produce a super-massive voter turnout — so big, that it would overpower and swamp the (D) voter fraud you KNOW is gonna be gunning for bear, big-time!
The (D)ems need to suffer SUCH a total shellacking, that they are forced to self-examine and return to Reality — or disappear.
One-party rule is always a bad idea because of what it always turns into over time. We need a sane opposition party, but not a crazy one.
Democrats will have trouble running against Trump’s successes. Their radical policies are being exposed.
I think the Dems have set themselves up for failure.
If there IS voter fraud (and there will be) and it’s within a margin of error that shows it, as well as PDJT winning the Popular Vote, I’d expect him to contest it and expose as much fraud as he can on his way out the door.
However, I can’t see him losing; the Dems have NOTHING to run on except hate and force-fed Socialism. We Deplorables will be out voting in force. Possible landslide. MAGA! :)
Amen
There is no doubt that the President can fire up his base and get them to turn out for his rallies. He should be able to do that for the election as well. The wild card is Democrat base turnout and independents.
They will run against Trump, the man. We'll see how well that strategy works.
We must make certain Trump gets reelected. Our rotten Congress has done zip. Our immigration laws need immediate change to NO MORE PERIOD . Our military is a joke with fags, trannies, lezzies, etc. This AA, PC MC crap is BS that is killing us. Obama’s education czar was a NAMBLA type and he mandated that little boys be taught to be gay/future fags. This is NOT the America I fought for and was shot twice for.
Muslims do not belong in the USA period. Throw all of them out.
Yep - President Trump continues to pack them in like no other...
Keep sending illegals to the sanctuary cities, see if they keep voting for the DIMwits.
And he does it without celebrities and rock bands to draw the crowd for him
Hillary couldn’t fill HS gyms, even when the entire student body was forced to attend
Yep - he’s always the main attraction they go to see - instead of being second fiddle to those brought in to draw some spectators.
Biden makes his first campaign appearance tomorrow, I think. So according to the poll, his crowd must be 8% larger than Trump’s was last night.
I’d dearly love to go see him. He was within 40 miles of me Friday.
But I can’t walk long distances or stand for hours
One of the things that drew me to him was watching a few of his rallies in 2015 on YouTube (that the MSM wouldn’t show), and seeing how he connected with the people.
Everybody, especially Trump, has a good time
“Biden makes his first campaign appearance tomorrow”
you know, i can see how deluded youth flock to see the spittle-spewing, bomb-throwing Sanders, but i just don’t see Biden drawing excited crowds ...
Folks....the WHCD was a total flop....no one cared and no one watched...period. Trump has destroyed the “Fake News Machine”!!!
I agree. We need 2 healthy political parties. I’m waiting for the honorable Democrats to take their party back.
Even more fun: Trump had Sarah Sanders there with him.
Last year, the people at the Correspondents dinner were brutal to her.
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