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?
Scoreboard: Cruz 1 electoral 1st place finish. Trump 0 electoral 1st place finish. Perhaps pizza ranches (whatever the hell that is) are the secret to actually winning.
On one side there is Trump and his opponent that is willing to go through peoples garbage and facebook cat pictures to find out what you think...The other candidate says one thing to Americans and another to illegals. On the democrat side Hillary is a fascist and Sanders is a Marxist. Oy Vey....Help Mr. Wizard! Make it all go away...No more Broncobama!
DWIZZLE, DWAZZLE, DWITTLE DOOZ...TIME FOR THIS ONE TO GO HOME!
“Tweets”
Were are the pics?
“How many did Cruz have in Arkansas last night?”
Why was Trump in Arkansas?
Another poster pointed out the oddly-scheduled show was for Huckabee to endorse and join the Trump team.
But that didn’t happen.
Yes, and DJT was off to Arkansas yesterday, greeted by a half-empty stadium...the bubble has been pierced...the Donald has a huge ego, but he’s not stupid...he’ll cut his losses before his decline starts hurting his brand...there may still be a chance that he goes 3rd party if he loses NH...wasn’t treated fairly and all that...
Yes, and so is the author. Check the name in the by line.
“It was also reported that in Council Bluffs, Iowa Trump canceled a 15,000 seat venue and replaced it with a 500 seat Middle School gym that he didn’t quite fill.”
I see Trump supporters, people that look a lot like myself and family, lined up out the door, down the stairs and all the way down the street, below.
http://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article57601188.html
You guys have as much fun with the truth as your candidate.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/04/ted-cruz-voicemails-ben-carson-exclusive-audio/
Read this
... or half empty. So are Trump supporters half-full people or half-empty people?
I don’t know.
Got it!
Of course I am......I don’t expect a huge turnout for Cruz in NH...it’s fully liberal for the most part. Am looking to the South and otherwise.....which remains to be seen.
See you Cruzies in a few days when Cruz goes down in NH and he then gets his butt beat in South Carolina a week and half later by Trump.
He had the same type crowds in Iowa but those didn’t translate to winning on election day. Measuring crowd size as an indicator of electoral success is like saying the candidate with the most yard signs will win the election. The only crowd that matters is the one that shows up on election day. The only true metric for success is the number of votes a candidate receives on voting day.
Is this your first election?
It’s amazing the flat out lies in this thread. Apparently Ted’s followers have their marching orders from Jeff Roe. Lie, cheat, steal.
[Were are the pics?]
You need to shut up asking people for anything when you posted that bogus media of Trump rally, here it is...choke on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZDB1sYL-f8&sns=tw
You do know how camera angles work, right?
Wasn’t a full house, but it still appeared to be a goo size crowd.
But I do think Trump has peaked. It gets tiresome listening to his insults after a while.
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