The crowd thing is kind of petty.
Who cares?
He had a great turnout and they really should ignore this Hill of beans and move on with their agenda.
I disagree. Trump and his spokespeople should be punching back hard ever time the media lies. It’s not about the crowd size, it’s about the lying, fake news and lack of respect. They should never ever let up on the lying biased media.
Both Kellyanne and Sean were referring to the total crowd size including TV and internet. As far as physicial attendance, as lurkinandloomin indicated earlier on the thread, the wide angle shot showed more than Obama 2009. I think you needed tickets to get in the area between the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument.
The way I see it:
The crowd size isn't the central issue with Trump.
The media bias and manipulation is the issue.
He is just using the biased reporting of the crowd size and the lie about the MLK bust as an opportunity to draw a Red Line.
If (when) the media crosses the Red Line Trump won't run to them sniveling like Obama did.
No, it isn't.
Trump is stopping them at the dinner roll.
When you are trying to civilize a brat you do not let them get away with things because they are "petty" in the eyes of the ignorant. You firmly correct their behavior every time. Otherwise they become confused and think that lying is ok, throwing their toys is ok, hitting people on the head is ok, shooting people is ok and so on and so forth.
Good leaders know this, bad leaders end up wringing their hands and moaning, "Where did I go wrong?"
“The crowd thing is kind of petty. Who cares?”
Those who desire the Truth care. This particular lie emboldens the so called protestors. They will now use it as a motivativational device to further their agenda, and perhaps to increase attendance at future events by those who need the ‘safety in numbers’ or ‘groupthink’ mindset to become active.
I think the idea is to call them every time they do this.