The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.

The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.

When former President Donald J. Trump walked onto the stage at his rally in Atlanta on Saturday, fog machines shot white plumes of smoke into the air, heralding his arrival.

If you looked closely, you could almost imagine steam pouring out of his ears, too. All week long, something had been giving him the vapors.

“Crazy Kamala,” he fumed a minute into his speech. “She was here a week ago — lots of empty seats — but the crowd she got was because she had entertainers.”

Four days earlier, Vice President Kamala Harris had packed about the same number of people (10,000) into the arena, the Georgia State University Convocation Center. It was the first major rally of her newborn campaign, and she had two rappers (Quavo and Megan Thee Stallion) on hand to hype up her crowd.

Mr. Trump, who has been shunned by much of the entertainment industry, spun this as somehow cheating in the all-important competition over crowd size.

  • Blackout@kbin.run
    98·
    3 months ago

    The article seems to insinuate that he had just as large of a crowd in Atlanta but it was much smaller. They also state that his campaign rallies have been as big as ever but they too have been smaller.

    • noneya@lemmy.worldEnglish
      40·
      3 months ago

      I’d also like to see the media report on how many people at his rallies travel to every rally. If the same people are at every event, then isn’t it much less of a “crowd” and much more of a traveling circus?

    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
      17·
      3 months ago

      I think it’s important not to underestimate the enemy by convincing ourselves Cheetolini doesn’t have support.

      According to multiple reporters and the venue itself, both rallies had “at-capacity attendance,” meaning there were more people wanting to attend then were allowed into the venue. Apparently there were reserved areas at Trump’s rally that didn’t fill, but it’s unclear why they were reserved and why they weren’t filled.

      That being said, reports note people actually stayed for Harris’s rally, whereas people began leaving halfway through Trump’s 90+ minute rambling speech.

      • FelixCress@lemmy.world
        11·
        3 months ago

        people began leaving halfway through Trump’s 90+ minute rambling speech

        I am amazed that anyone who is not utterly deaf or utterly stupid can take more than a few minutes of his nonsense. Oh, hold on…

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    61·
    3 months ago

    first thought: is he fucking really walking out to his events like it’s a pro wrestling match with the smoke and the red walkway?

    second thought: of fucking course he is

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    16·
    3 months ago

    Don’t worry Mr. Orange, it’s normal for men of your age to have smaller crowd sizes. It’s perfectly natural and totally doesn’t reflect poorly on your masculinity.