Trump's courthouse clown show can't hide it: There's barely any MAGA support in the streets

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Trump's courthouse clown show can't hide it: There's barely any MAGA support in the streets
Don Jr. is getting so desperate he now claims people give him a "thumbs up hidden under their jacket"

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED MAY 22, 2024 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Donald Trump does not seem to feel his criminal case in Manhattan is going well for him. For the first few weeks, the defendant in this campaign finance fraud and election interference trial mostly stuck to the advice given to anyone facing a potential felony conviction: Sit still, be quiet, and let your attorneys do the talking. Concessions were made to Trump's narcissism, mainly in the form of letting him rant at reporters going in and out of trial. He played games with the gag orders until the threat of jail time shut him up. But by and large, Trump has kept a lid on the childish MAGA antics, even if that means his defense team lets him nap throughout the trial, much like one does with a toddler you're trying to keep from throwing a tantrum.

However, in the past week and a half — ever since adult film star Stormy Daniels offered her devastating testimony — Trump's need to turn every occasion into a clown show has taken over. Trump used to show up with no support besides his lawyers. Now he brings an increasingly obnoxious entourage of bootlickers with him every day. It started off with some of the more annoying Republican congressional members flocking to the courthouse to bark lies into the microphones. It's since devolved into bottom-feeders and actual gangsters like Chuck Zito of the Hell's Angels, convicted felon Bernie Kerik, and indicted co-conspirator Boris Epshteyn.

The purpose seems mostly to be disruptive, as these men talk loudly on their phones in court and wear matching outfits, trying to draw as much attention as possible. During breaks, the Trump surrogates rush to the microphones outside to bellyache more. The goal of the circus appears mostly to weave the illusion that Trump has a groundswell of support. But no matter how many Republican congressmen or identically dressed MAGA influencers march before the cameras, it has not resulted in what Trump clearly wishes for most of all: People in the streets to support him.

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These efforts to manifest supporters who aren't actually there come on the heels of new reporting from InsiderNJ that the crowd that attended the recent Trump rally in Wildwood, New Jersey was a small fraction of the size erroneously reported in the Associated Press. The apparently false number of 80,000-100,000 came from a Republican mayor, who admitted that he got it from the Trump campaign, which is known to lie about pretty much everything. Video footage from the actual rally, InsiderNJ notes, "reveals a crowd in the few thousands." ...................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/22/courthouse-clown-show-cant-hide-it-theres-barely-any-maga-support-in-the-streets/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Summertime thugs

see their peers from J6 in jail.

" ... size erroneously reported in the Associated Press."

Maybe make that 'Trump Associated Press.'

[SoFlaBro]

2. It is the same pack of MAGA shitbirds traveling around like piss-soaked groupies hoping to chuck their shitty panties.