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  1. #61
    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    Obama hero worship is amazing. After 8 years of constant killing, droning and war, they still love that fool.
    At least Obama made a decent deal with Iran. We have tried to take that country over for 60+ years. If Trump overturns that it will show he is absolutely in the neocons pocket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
    At least Obama made a decent deal with Iran. We have tried to take that country over for 60+ years. If Trump overturns that it will show he is absolutely in the neocons pocket.
    All they want is a seat at the table. Can we stop pretending they are the devil incarnate.

  4. #63
    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    All they want is a seat at the table. Can we stop pretending they are the devil incarnate.
    Iran? Yes, please!
    There is no spoon.

  5. #64
    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
    At least Obama made a decent deal with Iran. We have tried to take that country over for 60+ years. If Trump overturns that it will show he is absolutely in the neocons pocket.
    Sanctions on Cuba were a huge failure too. Making moves to end those was way overdue.



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  7. #65
    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Sanctions on Cuba were a huge failure too. Making moves to end those was way overdue.
    Can you stay on topic?

  8. #66
    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    Can you stay on topic?
    Thank you for your on-topic post.

  9. #67
    We went to the inauguration. We drove to the end of the Green Line and took the Green Line to L'enfant Plaza station which is on 7th Street. We got to L'enfant Plaza at about 10:00 am. This was our experience:

    • We walked up 7th Street to Independence Avenue. At that point there were thousands of people in line and the line wasn't moving. The security/TSA/metro Police seemed to have no idea if there were other entrances to the Mall (we asked several). And this wasn't a single line -- it was a mass of humanity going nowhere.
    • We began walking westward to see if we could find the end of this line (or another checkpoint where we could enter the Mall). A little passed 12th Street we noticed the end of the line trying to get into the checkpoint at 7th Street began turning around and a new line was forming to get into a checkpoint further west toward the Washington Monument.
    • Sure enough there were no other entrances to the Mall until we got to 15th Street where the Washington Monument is located. So we got into the huge line waiting to get into that checkpoint.
    • After going through the metal detectors and TSA scanners at the Washington Monument checkpoint on 15th Street, we thought that once we were on the Mall we could walk forward toward the Capitol. But no. TSA and/or Metro Police had barricaded off the rest of the Mall, so we couldn't go any farther forward on the Mall than 15th Street. You can hardly see the Capitol at that point.
    • West of the Washington Monument (toward the Potomac River) they had a large screen, and the throngs that had waited in line at the 15th Street checkpoint were gathered there looking at the screen that would show the swearing in.
    • We decided to exit the checked area on the north side and walk east on Constitution Avenue to see if there were any checkpoints to enter the Mall from the north side. Before we exited, however, we stopped and asked 2 security people if there were actually any checkpoints further east toward the Capitol off of Constitution Avenue: once again they had no idea and told us we should consider staying where we were, west of the Monument. We exited the checked area.
    • When we got to 12th Street there was a checkpoint off of Constitution Avenue. Again there was a line. So we waited and went through the TSA metal detectors etc. etc.
    • We figured once we got through the checkpoint, we would be able to freely walk on the Mall and get as close to the Capitol as possible. But no. We walked a little under a block and there was a baracade that didn't let us walk any further east toward the Capitol. Yet we could see areas closer toward the Capitol still had a little room for people. So the area where we were was jammed packed and we couldn't even get near the white grass coverings in the middle.


    imho TSA should have:

    • Had checkpoints at every road that enters the Mall from 3rd Street to 15th Street to efficiently handle the thousands of people. This should have occurred on both the north and south sides of the mall. Thousands of people were waiting in a line on Independence Avenue to get into the 7th Street checkpoint: because of this mass of humanity getting through one tiny checkpoint, most likely never even got into the Mall to see the swearing in.
    • All "security" should have known where these checkpoints were on both the north and south ends of the Mall: instead they were all clueless when we asked them questions.
    • The Mall should have been totally open: it shouldn't have been partitioned by baracades into 10 or 12 separate parts; this way it could have filled up from east to west depending upon arrival time.


    If Trump wants to blame anyone, he should blame the TSA and the idiotic security that went on that day.
    Last edited by charrob; 01-22-2017 at 02:33 PM.

  10. #68
    @charrob

    As I suspected your experience was not unique, thousands were slowed or stopped by both protesters and inadaqute security screening to help with the orderly flow of people. There were no reports of this for Obama's inauguration, but there have been many reports about this for Trump. Next time(2020) Trump will have more control over the process and he will make sure people aren't hindered to harm his optics of his special day.

  11. #69
    Quote Originally Posted by ProBlue33 View Post
    @charrob

    As I suspected your experience was not unique, thousands were slowed or stopped by both protesters and inadaqute security screening to help with the orderly flow of people. There were no reports of this for Obama's inauguration, but there have been many reports about this for Trump. Next time(2020) Trump will have more control over the process and he will make sure people aren't hindered to harm his optics of his special day.
    Our experience was not from protesters. In fact we walked almost the whole length of the mall on the south side (Independence Avenue), crossed the mall at the Washington Monument, then walked the north side of the mall on Constitution Avenue all the way to 12th street, and inside the mall from 12th street to about 11th street where there was a barricade to prevent us going any further forward toward the Capitol. Throughout this whole area on both the north and south sides of the mall the only protesters we saw were anti-abortion protesters with big crosses and megaphones talking about abortion.

    Our problem in particular was not protesters. It was complete and total chaos because of "security" that was totally inefficient and clueless.
    Last edited by charrob; 01-22-2017 at 02:47 PM.

  12. #70
    Thanks for sharing your personal experiences!

  13. #71
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    It would not surprise me in the least if Obama had many more people.

    Obama's main constituencies, blacks and government employees and people dependent on government spending, outnumber Trump's main constituency, working class whites, in the 100 mile radius around the District of Criminals, by a factor of about ten to one.
    Exactly this! I must spread rep apparently...

  14. #72
    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    I sorta agree with the numbers being down for Trump but I don't think Obama's numbers were high just because of blacks and govt works.
    How many of those Democrat blacks and govt wonks stayed home in protest? What percentage of Trump supporters had to make due with listening in at work? Living nearby and having subsidized transportation (and the day off since the new President is a certain race) would make quite a swing in audience... If you were a bitter DC Democrat bureaucrat with the day off, would you go see your perceived doom gain power?



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  16. #73
    Kellyanne Conway says Spicer gave "alternative facts." Then she threatened chuck Todd with "reconsidering" her relationship with him.

    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/22/kelly...ion-crowd.html


  17. #74
    I wonder if Trump should have picked Laura Ingraham?

  18. #75
    Quote Originally Posted by fedupinmo View Post
    How many of those Democrat blacks and govt wonks stayed home in protest? What percentage of Trump supporters had to make due with listening in at work? Living nearby and having subsidized transportation (and the day off since the new President is a certain race) would make quite a swing in audience... If you were a bitter DC Democrat bureaucrat with the day off, would you go see your perceived doom gain power?
    Sorry but not buying the whole Trump supporters are busy at work and couldn't make it line. Bush crowd was much bigger than his and that was with him supposedly stealing the elections from democrats and getting them all butt hurt about it. The truth is that in spite the fact that one person had to win the election, the election was contested between the two most unpopular presidential nominees ever. And it was going to be reflected in the inauguration attendance.

    Maybe Trump sold a record number of presidential memorabilia since his supporters are so hard working that the next best thing they could do to show their support would reflect in the sales numbers for Trump merchandise. I haven't seen any numbers yet but good money says Bush and Obama beat him in that tally too.

  19. #76
    “I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul

  20. #77
    Wait who cares? Are Trump people supposed to be concerned? Or communist parasites supposed to feel stronger?

    Also in my humble opinion critical mass was reached God emperor was greeted by his people.

    Also god don't it feel sweet to be hearing nagging about crowd size for president Trump instead of communist in chief?

  21. #78
    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Thank you for your on-topic post.

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  22. #79
    Contrary to what the fake news reports or distorts, it looks like a lot of people showed up.

    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

  23. #80
    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Sanctions on Cuba were a huge failure too. Making moves to end those was way overdue.
    Absolutely agree.
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    “I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul

  26. #82
    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
    Absolutely agree.
    Me too!

  27. #83
    “I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul

  28. #84
    One more post and I will no longer have to make an ass out of myself. #winning

  29. #85
    Backs up my initial assertion again: low turnout was based more on the fact that within 100 miles of DC, Hillary voters outnumbered Trump voters by a factor of 10 to 1, more than any other factor.

    Out in flyover country, the story is different.



    Trump inauguration ratings second biggest in 36 years

    http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/21/trump-inauguration-ratings/

    James Hibberd@JamesHibberd

    Updated January 22, 2017 at 10:57am EST

    Donald Trump’s inauguration ratings were the second-highest in 36 years, according to Nielsen.

    The swearing-in of the 45th president was seen by 30.6 million viewers across 12 networks.

    The only inauguration over the last three decades that tops Trump’s number in the linear ratings? Barack Obama’s first inauguration back in 2009, which had a record-setting 37.8 million viewers. So Trump was down from the last new president to take office.

    But before that, to get an Inauguration Day number this high, you’d have to go all the way back to Ronald Reagan in 1981, who was seen by 41.8 million viewers (Nielsen released tracking for inauguration ratings back to 1969).

    Trump’s numbers are all the more remarkable considering he’s entering into office with rather low approval ratings compared to past presidents and sparked protests worldwide along with vows to not watch his inauguration.

    And actually, Trump could have been seen by more viewers than either Obama or Reagan. Nielsen ratings do not account for online viewing, which has grown sharply in recent years and is far more commonplace than even four years ago. CNN.com, for example, clocked 16.9 million live streams, tying with its Election Day coverage for the site’s top event (live stream tallies are typically not apples-to-apples with Nielsen’s strict methodology of counting average viewers, but are still additive). Plus, portals like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter offered live streams as well.

    In terms of linear coverage, Fox News topped all networks, averaging 8.8 million viewers for the day and peaking with 11 million viewers from noon to 1 p.m. This was the highest-rated inauguration coverage in the network’s history. While on broadcast, NBC was top ranked with 5.8 million viewers for the day.

    Here’s a chart from Nielsen of Inauguration Day coverage ratings over the years. The column on the far right, “Persons 2+,” represents Total Viewers in millions, which is the most commonly used metric when measuring an event’s audience (in addition to the advertiser target demo of adults 18-49, which is not included here

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    Quote Originally Posted by CPUd View Post
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    I don't know what's funnier; the Press secretary going off about the inauguration size or the media going bananas about him lying about the crowd size.
    When did he lie about crowd size?
    here is the press conference, please note the time stamp when he lied, or admit your fake news sources are the ones lying about him lying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMUnnuqd4s&t

    And this is the kind of bull the media, and its troll army, has been pulling for years, if not decades. Just a bunch of nothing about nothing, gotcha questions, and nonsense. The whole election was about Trump saying things that had nothing to do with what he said the other 99% of the time, which was when he was talking policy, which is what is really important. Not whether he meant it when he said he would grab em by the kitty, or whether he would accept the results of the election or not.

    the media does not want to talk policy, nor does it want the people of the United States to have a discussion about policy, because if they did, they would figure out who is screwing them over and lying to them... ...and it isn't each other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UWDude View Post
    When did he lie about crowd size?
    here is the press conference, please note the time stamp when he lied, or admit your fake news sources are the ones lying about him lying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMUnnuqd4s&t
    3:45 - 3:53

    It was not the largest crowd to ever witness an inauguration in person.
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  32. #88
    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Shows Trump insecurities. He has to be Number One at everything. If he isn't, there is either cheating or lying. TV audience also down.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN15600S
    Also, the US population being smaller during those past Republican Inaugurations makes their comparative viewership numbers greater:
    1981 - 229.47 million
    1989 - 246.82 million
    2009 - 306.77 million
    2017 - 323.84 million
    http://www.multpl.com/united-states-population/table
    Last edited by robert68; 01-23-2017 at 09:35 AM.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
    At least Obama made a decent deal with Iran. We have tried to take that country over for 60+ years. If Trump overturns that it will show he is absolutely in the neocons pocket.
    The only decent deal with Iran would be to not give them any money and stop attempting to overthrow their government. Anything else is bull$#@! politics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleaner44 View Post
    The only decent deal with Iran would be to not give them any money and stop attempting to overthrow their government. Anything else is bull$#@! politics.
    We owe them around $1 Billion, as we took all their money that was in foreign banks- and we have not let them alone since at least 1953 when we helped the Brits overthrow their democratically elected PM and installed the evil and hated Shah.

    When they took their country back in 1979 we labeled THEM as the bad guys and have done so ever since. We want their oil- always have, always will.
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