Posted on 02/13/2021 12:27:58 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Audience size has been an enduring fixation for now-former President Trump
Joe Biden's presidential inauguration proved more popular with viewers than Donald Trump's in 2017. Multiple outlets, including The New York Times and Variety, report that preliminary Nielsen ratings show close to 40 million people tuned in to watch Biden take the oath of office, as opposed to about 38.3 million for Trump— an audience increase of about 4 percent.
Ratings and crowd size have been an enduring fixation for now-former President Trump, who began his term in office insisting that he drew far more inaugural attendees than he did.
A White House spokesman likewise attacked the media soon after Trump was sworn in, claiming the size of his crowd was misrepresented. (It was not.)
In an inaugural address that blended hope and certainty — at the same place where, just two weeks previous, a mob of pro-Trump rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol in an attack that left five people dead in an attempt to stop the certification of his election victory over Trump — Biden declared, "This is America's day. This is democracy's day."
Trump did not attend the inauguration, as he confirmed in a tweet prior to the event. (Since the Capitol riots, the 45th president has been permanently suspended from Twitter.) Departing Vice President Mike Pence did attend, however.
While not naming Trump, during his speech Biden said to applause, "We must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured" — an apparent reference to Trump's voluminous false and misleading claims over the course of his administration.
That habit reached its apotheosis two weeks ago: Trump's repeated lying that he won November's election encouraged the deadly rioting by a throng of his supporters who broke into the Capitol and wreaked havoc inside.
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That took almost a month to calculate? Lol
The Left is telling lies on us. They are getting bolder and bolder in telling lies.
We must be prepared for this and figure out a way to contradict them. I guess have proof but also fight ie push back.
BS.
...yeah and this years Super Bowl was the most watched. And Jeep can’t keep inventory in stock thanks to Springstein commercial. And Biden won with the most votes! And the Senate has the highest positive ratings of all time....and other made up fantasys
Nielsen ratings show close to 40 million people tuned in to watch Biden take the oath of office, as opposed to about 38.3 million for Trump— an audience increase of about 4 percent.
When did Nielsen switch to mail in ballot ratings?
Media selling Mars rocks again get them while they last.
Still trying to legitimize their fraud and cheating by telling us record numbers watched.
It’s pure bs. The record numbers lie with those who did not watch because they didn’t vote for the fool, and they know the election was stolen.
BTW, anybody who believes the theft of votes was limited to the presidential election alone is terribly naïve.
They also made sure they took over the Senate and retained the House.
I call BS.
Thanks! Obviously Johnson(?) got it right - it’s already been 50+ years, with no end in sight. (Hey hurry up with my “stimulus” money!)
They have to - their consciences are seared
Bullshit
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