Posted on 01/14/2016 5:22:33 AM PST by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump took his front-running campaign for the Republican presidential nomination to Pensacola, Fla., on Wednesday night. And, holy cow, did people come out in droves to see him.
Here's a photo of the crowd taken by WaPo's own Jenna Johnson.
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Trump's campaign claimed it gave out 20,000 tickets; the arena holds 11,500 people. According to Jenna's reporting, there were "at least 11,000" in attendance and "several thousand more were turned away."
Large crowds are the rule, not the exception, at this point for Trump. He had 8,000 people in Lowell, Mass., earlier this month; more than 2,000 showed up in Burlington, Vt., -- not exactly a conservative enclave -- to hear Trump speak last week.
I've written a lot about crowd sizes this election and how they remain an uncertain indicator of actual support. But, Trump's ability to draw thousands and thousands of people to hear him speak this close to actual voting -- we are 19 days from the Iowa caucuses -- suggests to me that the enthusiasm and passion he has sparked among a certain segment of the GOP base isn't going anywhere any time soon.
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Hey, you brought it on, pwnd
No, I’ve been saying the same thing the whole time. I just think Trump should get this concern that he’s mentally ill behind him.
It sounds like you might have been the victim of a recent alien abduction.
You keep saying the same thing over and over again, but can't provide any evidence.
Does this look familiar.;-)
Thanks for your concernn trolling!
Have you noticed Cruz has a disturbing nervous reaction during certain stressful situations, for example, during his recent interview with Bret Baier.
Cruz should seek a psychistric evaluation. He and the GOP wouldn't want that hanging over his head.
Very clever, reminds me of Trump regarding Cruz eligibility issue. “Hey, its not me saying he is illegal (Cruz)/insane (Trump). Other people are saying it, and he should go to a judge (Cruz)/psychiatrist (Trump) and get certified as natural citizen (Cruz)/sane (Trump).”
Trump is really getting to you by attacking your man Cruz. You will soon be out of misery, when Trump wins Iowa.
America needs a leader not a lawyer.
Yeah, we’re all a little crazy right? That’s why this is so unfair to Trump, to say that he is mentally ill. If he could get this behind him it would really help him out.
I don’t see anything different from Trump than we’ve seen for years. He’s one part hyper-focused on successful results and one part media manipulator-extraordinaire. Nothing more.
Not including himself, I count two.
I think I see what you did there....
Mental health? Cruz forgot to mention a million in GS “loans.” Being that forgetful is a mental health concern and proves he may not be fit to serve.
I know. I copied and pasted the stuff Donald said about Cruz’s eligibility and the extraneous characters copied over. I just changed the names and made it about mental illness instead of eligibility.
It’s amazing how offended Donald fans get when his own way of speaking is used against him.
Hit and miss poster. It’s on FR for a day or two then off for a few days. Pay it no
mind and go onto other things. If it gets no attention it will have to talk to itself.
You are talking crazy. Maybe you should have yourself checked out.
Very clever, reminds me of Trump regarding Cruz eligibility issue. “Hey, its not me saying he is illegal (Cruz)/insane (Trump). Other people are saying it, and he should go to a judge (Cruz)/psychiatrist (Trump) and get certified as natural citizen (Cruz)/sane (Trump).”
Trump is really getting to you by attacking your man Cruz. You will soon be out of misery, when Trump wins Iowa.
America needs a leader not a lawyer.
^^ Spot on!! ^^
And I think Cruz needs to debate Laurence Tribe and expose the creep regarding natural-born-status.
Your claim will go nowhere. My concern is already an opportunity being exploited by the Establishment ‘G’ OP to exploit [just as I had warned earlier].
They would rather lose than let Cruz OR Trump win. And those hypocrites will sabotage either of them at the first opportunity.
BS Flag on the play...just from my five min for FReeping this morning, I’ve seen your post on three different threads. Tell Heidi good morning for us and to stop spamming us with “worried sick” emails.
He’s a troll.
That’s why it’s so awful that people are bringing this up. If he did a screening, that could just take care of it. We don’t want this to be an issue later.
It will be pretty easy to tell, if a wall gets built, trade deficits go down, America starts making things again and we stop importing people from places that hate us then he did what he said he would do.
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