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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTiny Crowd Shows Up To Support Trump At Trial
Although a couple million Trump supporters live within an hour of his trial on Monday, only an estimated 50 showed up. Lawrence ODonnell shared:
Link to tweet
This tepid show of support isnt new for Trump during his legal battles, it started last year. Some of this might be attributed to the fact that as of January of 2024, approximately 749 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated and received sentences for their criminal activity on Jan. 6. Approximately 467 have been sentenced to periods of incarceration, according to the District of Columbia.
So it could be that Trumps supporters fear legal ramifications for any potential mob type activity they might get ensnared in, which would be an ironic result of Trump enablers conflating peaceful protests with what Trump and his supporters actually did on January 6th, which was described by Dir. Wray as a terrorist attack.
The other part of this is it could be more of what we witness on the ground in Trump country, which is a large drop in visible support even from his most ardent supporters. This could be due to Trump fatigue, which isnt the same thing as people who arent going to vote for their candidate again. But no political candidate would hope to go into an election sans enthusiasm from their biggest supporters.
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https://www.politicususa.com/2024/04/15/trump-hush-money-supporters.html
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Tiny Crowd Shows Up To Support Trump At Trial (Original Post)
Tom of Temecula
Apr 15
OP
When I see the word "tiny" and Hair Poopypants in the same sentence, I think of the Suoer Mario reference that Stormy
Comfortably_Numb
Apr 15
#6
So it could be that Trump's supporters fear legal ramifications for any potential mob type activity
LiberalFighter
Apr 15
#12
Boomerproud
(8,047 posts)1. I like the the protesters vs the "supporters" (cultists).
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FakeNoose
(33,438 posts)2. Lawrence says there were about 50 Chump supporters at the courthouse
Probably as many or more protesting too. These pix are from the Xweet above:
niyad
(115,029 posts)4. Thank you for sharing the images. They are making my night.
niyad
(115,029 posts)3. For some reason, the oxymoronic "tiny crowd" is cracking me up.
twodogsbarking
(10,334 posts)5. They had me with "tiny". Isn't that what Stormy called him?
Comfortably_Numb
(3,917 posts)6. When I see the word "tiny" and Hair Poopypants in the same sentence, I think of the Suoer Mario reference that Stormy
made. Im immature like that..
HandmaidsTaleUntold
(331 posts)7. Just The Paid Off Moron Brigade
Kaleva
(36,594 posts)8. Small crowd supporting small, mushroom shaped penis
PortTack
(32,949 posts)9. Rah rah! So impressive
Obvious85
(259 posts)10. They thought there were free hot-dogs
that's the only reason they were there
LuvLoogie
(7,157 posts)11. I wonder how many are DJT shareholders.
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LiberalFighter
(52,142 posts)12. So it could be that Trump's supporters fear legal ramifications for any potential mob type activity
I've been thinking this for a while.
A message Trump supporters need to hear is that Biden is likely to be re-elected. And that the Capitol Police will have reinforcement in January 2025.
ecstatic
(32,931 posts)13. Was empty g there?
They know better than to show up there. Lol.