This Donald Trump crowd shot from Florida will wow you

WaPo ^ | Chris Cillizza

[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.

[Jane Long]

The bell rang....it’s time for you to go to woodworking class. Mr Smith says to stay off of his computer.

[Jay Thomas]

Oh, I get what you’re saying;
You mean like Cruz should get the whole NBC thing behind him?

[mkjessup]

No, I like Donald. I think he’s great. He just needs to head this off early.

You are a liar and a snake. See my post #118.

[mongrel]

Trumps grown on me since those posts from earlier. I’ve learned to like him a lot. In fact, I’m trying to learn how to talk just like him.

[alstewartfan]

The courts and the bureaucracies are killing America every bit as much as the illegal onslaught and stupid trade policies. Thus, I’m for Cruz.

[proust]

Performance art. Got it.

[Vision Thing]

No, I like Donald. I think he's great. He just needs to head this off esrly

I know, isn't the picture of his rally crowd size significant? You should perhaps comment on it to show you are stable enough to understand the purpose of this thread. :)

[mkjessup]

Trumps grown on me since those posts from earlier. I've learned to like him a lot.

Pardon me while I call you a four flusher and (again) a liar.

In fact, I'm trying to learn how to talk just like him.

Ask the voices in your head to help you out with that.

[Alas Babylon!]

I don’t think they are the same issues at all.

First of all, I remember you making a big deal of Obama’s COLB and eligibility to be president back in 2008. You declared he was not legit. He had a non-citizen father and you said back then that disqualifies him. Many, many FReepers said the same. Hell, I was one also.

The problem with Cruz is he fits the same template. Explain to me why Obama wasn’t a legitimate natural born citizen and Cruz is? Trump is right that Cruz needs to deal with it. Don’t hate the messenger.

I really like Ted Cruz and think he would make a fine president if only he was born in the USA to an American father and mother. I do not and never thought Obama was a natural born citizen.

Above all, I hate hypocrisy. The Obama birthers on this forum need to deal with Cruz’s birth, too.

[mongrel]

That is a big crowd. Really big crowd. People look excited to be there. I sure hope it doesn’t come to bite us, if it turns out Trump is mentally ill. Now I don’t think he is, but he should get this behind him

[true believer forever]

mongrel is doing a riff on the things Trump has said about that other guy’s birther issue. I guess he thinks it’s funny.

[nclaurel]

Again Here I will demonstrate to you just how your own mental issues manifest by repeating them to you.

I fear that you have the mental disorder of palilalia and a severe case at that. I hope you seek psychiatric help before you totally break down and your life is ruined. Please get help!

[mongrel]

I will get help, thanks. I’m deep in the throes of palilalia. I wonder that’s what people think Donald has.

[sparklite2]

Does the term “Reagan Democrat” ring a bell?
Or are you too far down the TDS hole?

[Canedawg]

You are obviously OCD.
Seek treatment.

[mkjessup]

mongrel is doing a riff on the things Trump has said about that other guy's birther issue. I guess he thinks it's funny.

He should keep his day job as a trustee serving up Green Jello every Thursday at the asylum. I've seen funny. I've known funny. And that mutt is NOT funny.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

And there’s still one empty seat, and his wife had to fill the other! (She’s right there in front.)

[IC Ken]

GO TRUMP!

[sparklite2]

” I’m trying to help him out here”

Concern troll is very concerned.

[navymom1]

Thanks for the concern about Mr. Trump’s mental health. After all the discussion here, now is a perfect opportunity for you to contact his campaign personally. I’m sure they will appreciate your worries and address the situation promptly.