Seriously, there should have been someone appointed to the job of making sure this didn't happen. A person who had the task of making sure each one of those seats had a person in it.

The transition team did not know what they were doing.

brooklynite

(94,489 posts)

4. Especially in the Trump Administration...he knows it's all about the image.

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:22 PM

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Wounded Bear

(58,634 posts)

22. They didn't fill the government...

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:10 PM

Jan 2017

why should we assume they could fill stands?

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)

5. Mass piss break?

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:26 PM

Jan 2017

rug

(82,333 posts)

10. I only see the two cops pissing on the flag.

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:31 PM

Jan 2017

DinahMoeHum

(21,783 posts)

15. . . .or turning their backs on the Trumps. . .

Reply to rug (Reply #10)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:56 PM

Jan 2017

n/t

madamesilverspurs

(15,800 posts)

6. Ha!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:26 PM

Jan 2017

Couldn't even pay people to be there?

SAD!

.

rgbecker

(4,826 posts)

7. That must have been the rehearsal, right?

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:27 PM

Jan 2017

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)

8. ***NOT FAKE NEWS***

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:28 PM

Jan 2017

BeyondGeography

(39,367 posts)

9. It's that strong Obama economy's fault

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:29 PM

Jan 2017

Too many people with jobs, apparently.

Squinch

(50,935 posts)

11. Wow! That kind of warms my heart.

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:33 PM

Jan 2017

DinahMoeHum

(21,783 posts)

14. More footage from the parade route. . .

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:54 PM

Jan 2017

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/822518057012756481

"Entire stands empty. Crowd thin."

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

18. I saw that

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 06:59 PM

Jan 2017

I wonder if by posting that little video, Katy Tur hasn't made herself persona non grata at the White House for the duration? If so, well played.

Wounded Bear

(58,634 posts)

23. Katy has good reason to hate Trump...

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #18)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:12 PM

Jan 2017

he singled her out many times on campaign, causing her to fear and need guards to leave the venues.

I could tell late in the election season, she was not liking Trump, even though I think she tried to be "non-partisan."

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

26. She should get combat pay

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #23)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:35 PM

Jan 2017

Dump DELIBERATELY singled her out and said nothing to discourage his deplorables to threaten her.

Rhiannon12866

(205,140 posts)

30. I thought so, too, but she was on with Seth Myers recently

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #23)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:43 PM

Jan 2017

And she was surprisingly positive about her experiences, seemed to describe it as more interesting than scary, not what I expected. But then she's also writing a book...

thecrow

(5,519 posts)

31. To be fair, it was posted just before the swearing in ceremonies

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #18)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:44 PM

Jan 2017

But I was getting a kick of how empty the mall was!

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)

33. Love some of the responses

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 08:26 PM

Jan 2017

"That footage was taken an hour before the parade even started" and the like. Literally lol'ing at that logic. Small towns I've lived....people have their spots staked out days in advance for town parades. To watch the local diary princesses and Shriner's guys in their little hats. Bigly, yugely parade to celebrate Trump? Crickets.