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 think Drudge mentioned this. He did have a link to the Correspondents’ Dinner.
PDJT needs to remind his base at every single rally that Deep Staters hate them even more than himself, and they will be targeted with higher taxes, confiscation, and migrant invasions if he loses in 2020.
“It’s not me they’re after, it’s you. I’m just in the way.”
A liberal neighbor wagged her finger at me and said “that’s fearmongering and it’s divisive!!” (Pronounced `dih-VISS-ive’ by libs)
I replied that I have a right to an opinion and she growled, “we’ll see about that!”
Dozens, according to CNN...
Rumor has it that Trump will hold a massive political rally in NW Florida, on May 8, 2019. Stay tuned. For current info....”www.donaldjtrump.com”
The bad/indolent/stupid people as well as those who stand for nothing.
What could possibly go wrong?
I wish he could “pack out” more musloids.
Betcha every one of those press attendees spit in the salad that would have been served to Trump.
About 834 dozen!
You should have told her that if the CW2 comes then she’s going to the wall on the first night.
ROFLMAO! 35 for Beto? That many?
Man, 2020 should be a Cake Walk, BUT I won’t get too cocky until the last minute. ;)
I wonder how many people would be at Talledega if Trump spoke before a race...that would be more of a party...
I love how they felt compelled to report the capacity of the facility and what number of attendees other events have had there.
It’s like these folks are just desperate to ding him.
I didn’t care if he had the record there. At many of his events he has as many people outside watching big screens as he has inside.
Trump is an automaton. He put’s forty year olds to shame with the energy he exerts. Amazing.
He won’t attend a meeting where idiots get up and spew garbage to his face. Good!
I voted for a few Dems in the late 1970s/ early 1980s. I voted for Ella Grasso, Joe Lieberman, William O’Neil and a state representative. Those were conservative Dems.
35 people...about half of them looked bored...unlike at Green Bay...
“I’m concerned that in 2020 they’ll pull out all the stops to steal the election.”
Ya THINK?
No question about it. I hope James O’Keefe has hundreds of operatives undercover in various Rat campaigns, and at the DNC.
I might have to get there. I believe you’ll see a few Florida leaders there...
They're desperate and won't stop at anything, regardless how preposterous.
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