Posted on 02/04/2016 11:55:32 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
There's a reason why Donald Trump is taking his loss in Iowa so hard - it's been devastating to his national standing. His standing in the polls might already be falling like a rock, and now it appears that the rolling concert tour that was his national campaign might be coming to an end. Now comes pretty convincing evidence that his crowds are shrinking, and he's trying to hide it (poorly).
Trump was in Little Rock last night, and he tweeted a picture that seemed to show a typical Trump full house, and that specifically claimed that the crowd was a "record" and that it was "12K."
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
THANK YOU to everyone in Little Rock, Arkansas tonight! A record crowd of 12K. #Trump2016https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/posts/10156603612740725:0 .. 8:31 PM - 3 Feb 2016 Little Rock, AR, United States
The problem, as IJ Review notes, is that the total capacity for the arena where Trump held this event, including floor capacity, is 10,195. So in order for this count to be accurate, this would truly have been an absolutely astounding overflow crowd. The only problem is, it wasn't. Media was there at the event, and documented how, during Trump's speech, large sections of the seating were completely empty and the floor was at most half full.
Here is video that was taken during the event, you can clearly hear that Trump is speaking, and the arena looks at least half empty.
As the Daily Mail notes, Trump at one point claimed that the Fire Marshal said it was a record and they were turning people away. Trump asked the Fire Marshal to come up on stage and confirm it for the benefit of the media, and the "Fire Marshal" allegedly obliged. The only problem is that the man who came on stage was not the fire marshal, but rather the general manager of the state fair.
Of course, the bigger question might well be, what the heck is Donald Trump doing in Arkansas in the first place? Is he really so sure that he will win New Hampshire that he has no concern over New Hampshire's historically late break? Or the optics of being off across the rest of the country while the rest of the field is camped in state?
You keep saying that but I don’t agree as do many others.
Question is, has Jim Rob noticed and checked any bona fides? This is his club and we’re all just guests.
Point well taken. So is the fact that next week’s election is in New Hampshire followed shortly by South Carolina. Trump wasted valuable time heading to Arkansas to complain about losing Iowa. And the press coverage he got from doing so was a combination of emergency landings and sore loser griping. Trump is not the brilliant strategist that his sycophants on this forum would have us believe.
In addition the public expectation is that Trump has the geographically friendly state of NH easily wrapped up. If those expectations are not meant, and by that I mean even if he wins NH but by low single digit margin, the news headlines will be of the strength of the 2nd place candidate (which will likely be Rubio). Trump is incapable of managing the expectations game because his man child ego doesn’t permit it.
no life or campaign worker.
“Not a penny. While the lying Cruz loves him some Bernie”
You might want to actually read the article. It states that Cruz agrees with Bernie that Washington is corrupt and the problem. Cruz just disagrees that socialism will fix it.
So you’re saying that Trump does not agree with Bernie on these issues and that Trump thinks Washington is great? No wonder, Trump is the Establishment’s choice for a spoiler candidate to split the vote. Thanks for clearing up Trump’s big government credentials for us!!
I’m not ready for than final disappointment...
Still waiting for Cruz to fill more than an Iowa Pizza Ranch.
“However I thought it was generally accepted that Trump was travelling to Arkansas to receive Huckabee’s endorsement. I have seen no mention of an endorsement in the news.”
Very interesting.
I wondered why he was doing a gig in Arkansas.
Huck sees the writing on the wall. Dodged a bullet.
Actually, Kenny you can see several sections of empty bleachers in the photos you posted. Look at the top of the far right section of bleaches and then the two middle bleachers. There is a lot of empty space there.
When I posted that bogus media footage, I needed to post the real footage which is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvtbnAOLlUU#t=70.926958
Are you aware with how the Iowa caucus ended and what's coming next? Cruz supporters seem to have as little strategic vision as their candidate.
Baghdad who?
Carter agreed with you guys, Trump over Cruz.
LoL Trump had 12,000 last night in Barton Coliseum. Trump filled up this place.
A record for the site, the fire marshal said.
This beat a record held by ZZ Topp 20 years ago.
I already answered the question above. I get a snarky post the poster gets one right back.
Interesting. That makes sense. Someone said he was late to the rally.
It's easy to think that he ticked Huckabee off, or something...
Is it Redstate or Red Herring?
CARS LINED UP OUT OF TOWN as Hordes Attend Trump NH Rally; Fox, WaPo Journos Barred by Fire Marshal
Kristinn Taylor Feb 4th, 2016 11:10 am —477 Comments
Donald Trump is drawing a huge crowd for his campaign rally in Exeter, New Hampshire at noon Thursday.
The rally is being held at the historic Exeter Town Hall.
CBS News reporter Jacqueline Alemany posted a photo to Twitter showing a long line of parked cars of rally attendees on a street that extended out of town.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/02/cars-lined-up-out-of-town-as-hordes-attend-trump-rally-in-exeter-nh-fox-news-barred-by-fire-marshal/
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