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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe "all time record" Inauguration attendance Trump wants projected at 1/2 of Obama 2009
WASHINGTON In a tweet a week ago, Donald Trump urged his fans to head to Washington to see him get sworn in on Jan. 20.
"Let's set the all time record!" tweeted the president-elect.
But planners who are gearing up for the big day predict that Trump will fall way short of his goal: They're estimating a crowd of roughly 800,000, fewer than half the 1.8 million people who attended President Barack Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
"It's not even close to a record," said Jim Bendat, a California expert on presidential inauguration history, who wrote a book on the subject.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/donald-trump-wants-a-record-crowd-for-his-inauguration-but-he-may-be-disappointed/
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The "all time record" Inauguration attendance Trump wants projected at 1/2 of Obama 2009 (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Dec 2016
OP
The guy lost the election by 3M votes and claims he "won in a landslide" it won't
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#3
Oh - the very BEST to you Cha. I hope your holidays are filled with contentment
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#8
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)1. They'll probably add all the protesters to final count.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)2. If even that
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.......
Maru Kitteh
(28,341 posts)3. The guy lost the election by 3M votes and claims he "won in a landslide" it won't
matter if only 116 people show up; He'll count the entire population of DC as having attended and call it YUGE, the most ever.
Cha
(297,323 posts)7. you betcha!
Happy Christmas, Maru!
Maru Kitteh
(28,341 posts)8. Oh - the very BEST to you Cha. I hope your holidays are filled with contentment
and joy. Merry Christmas, my friend.
That's SUCH A BEAUTIFUL picture!
Cha
(297,323 posts)9. Backatcha, Maru.. all the gifts we could hope for..
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)4. I bet its less, and I will be down there with a big
fucking sign:
WHAT DOES U.S. JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND DONALD TRUMP HAVE IN COMMON?
THEY'RE BOTH RACISTS
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)5. They lie about numbers
Claiming now that he won the popular vote
(if you just don't count NY and CA)
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)6. He won't be there at the inauguration himself.
He won't be able to tear himself away from Twitter long enough.