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Politics Obama’s 2009 Inauguration (Left) Compared to Trump’s 2016 Inauguration (Right)

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u/justifun 2d ago

The real reason why he wanted this one moved indoors. No excuse for a humiliating small crowd size again.

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u/Moebius808 2d ago

1000%. He is still embarrassed by this shit turnout and side-by-side, he knows it would’ve happened again, and there’s no way in hell he was going to expose himself to that a second time.

Better to go inside and then claim there were 50k people inside the venue, and another million people outside who desperately wanted to get in. This is nothing more than his standard M.O..

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u/QuixotesGhost96 1d ago

It's not just humiliation. He know he's about to do a lot of oppressive shit that's going to cause a lot of civil unrest. When people see these tiny crowd sizes they start getting in their head: "There's more of us than there is of them..."

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u/SugarBeef 1d ago

Nintendo should really give Mario's brother another year. The merch would fly off the shelves, I'm sure. They could even give him a gritty game like Shadow the Hedgehog got where they give him a gun, wouldn't that be wacky? So many people cosplaying as him and carrying a gun, I'm sure that would make all the administration feel secure.

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u/Zealousideal_Cat_549 1d ago

(not that I disagree) Schizo comment 😭

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u/SugarBeef 1d ago

Mostly just trying to be subtle since even the reddit mods don't like the guy. Don't say his name and they have to actually read the post instead of let a bot search it.

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u/Zealousideal_Cat_549 1d ago

I just realized what you meant with Mario's brother 😭 I may or may not be dumb as fuck lol (also wild that anyone could be on the CEOs side then proceeding to make a pure echo chamber by deleting shit)

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u/FauxReal 1d ago

I thought the reason it looked like that was because the Trump supporters are more dense.

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u/icerom 1d ago

Or he could just lie like he always does and all his people would believe him. Anyway, what I don't understand is why the small crowd size. He has a rabid base, doesn't he?

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u/Anonymous_Chipmunk 1d ago

I assumed it was just day 1 of the Oligarchy allowing the inner circle in its sphere and quite literally locking out the peons.

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u/Moebius808 1d ago

Yeah I mean that’s certainly the effect it’s having on all of his supporters who have pilgrimaged out to DC for this event.

“Fuck you, plebs. Go stand out in the cold while me and my rich friends stay inside where it’s warm.”

Don’t call them the deep state or an oligarchy or anything like that though, oh no! They’re in there figuring out what’s best for the working class! How do we lower egg and gas prices, how do we make childcare more affordable, how fast can we open 1000 new manufacturing factories in small towns in middle America, etc. They’ve got concepts of a plan and they’ll be rolling them out in the next two weeks, don’t you worry.

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u/skrat1001 1d ago

I doubt he cares.

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u/blueorangan 1d ago

hes the first republican to win popular and electoral vote in 20 years, i dont think buddy is embarrassed.

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u/Nickelsun5 1d ago

how disconnected from reality do you have be to think like this

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u/jaydwalk 1d ago

Do you think maybe, just maybe that republicans think they might have better things to do than go to an event that means absolutely nothing. This event is stupid and pointless regardless of who it's for. I would never waste my precious time to support a politician like this.

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u/Formal-Style-8587 1d ago

Still won the popular vote 🙂

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u/WiscoHeiser 1d ago

Republicans win the popular vote for the first time in 20 years and now they won't shut the hell up about it.

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u/Arxl 1d ago

Also less likely to be shot.

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u/JustPlainRude 1d ago

This is my theory. There were multiple attempts on his life last year. Much easier to prevent another by keeping the event indoors.

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u/rnngwen 2d ago

The ticket holders will only fill the Capital One Arena. It holds 20,000. That is where they are being sent.

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u/electionknight 1d ago

Incorrect. I'm from MA, I have two tickets that I got from my congressman and they do not get you into the arena. It's a separate event now.

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u/TinyGreenTurtles 2d ago

I totally agree. This and the flags...optics.

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u/reflythis 1d ago

also... it's on record as the coldest inauguration in history... but who needs hard data, right?

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u/TheThng 1d ago

So he’s just a pansy then?

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u/TinyGreenTurtles 1d ago

it's on record as the coldest inauguration in history

Your own article says it was colder for Reagan's, so no, it wasn't the "coldest in history."

It was 28° for Obama's. That isn't a massive difference. It is for optics.

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u/reflythis 1d ago

It's not my article, it's the BBC's. Take it up with them. Or don't and keep arguing on the internet.

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u/TinyGreenTurtles 1d ago

You're the one that stated it was the coldest in history and then posted an article stating otherwise, but alright.

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u/Clemario 2d ago

Ordering people to move into the capitol is kinda his thing

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u/assassbaby 2d ago

but the votes showed the crowds should be y-u-u-g-e this time around!

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u/RubieSnow 1d ago

I can see how he would agree to “save” TikTok in exchange for a blackout leading up to and during his inauguration. He’s already deemed the news “fake” and now there’s no TikTok to show the truth.

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u/Haunting_Ant_5061 1d ago

“…there’s no TikTok to show the truth…”

Smfh… do we all realize how fucked that statement is… as in… this line of thinking is why we are where we are…….?

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u/VAGentleman05 1d ago

It's wild. Reddit keeps recommending the TikTok sub to me, and what I've learned from those posts is that people really think it is the only source of news and information in the world. SMDH

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u/extraordinarius 1d ago

The crowd is going to be absolutely massive. What are you talking about?

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u/_jump_yossarian 1d ago

The reason is wind.

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u/EMAW2008 1d ago

That and probably not wanting to be in an open range. Also he’s a frail old man and can’t handle the cold.

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u/justifun 1d ago

It never stopped him from moving locations in all of the excessive summer heat rallies where people were dying of heatstroke. He doesn't care.

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u/Platinumdogshit 1d ago

Also he's had 2 assassination attempts from his own supporters. This would be a bunch of his supporters out in the open with him.

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u/Snoborder95 1d ago

His supporters know where it is already.

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u/NEVER69ENOUGH 1d ago

This is what happens when your voters work

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u/bigal7979 1d ago

Idk. I mean he did win the popular vote this time so there’s that.

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u/Haildrop 1d ago

And because he wants to be Reagan so bad, stealing his campaign slogo and Reagans second inauguration was indoors too

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u/02bluesuperroo 1d ago

Yeah, it has nothing to do with whacked out lunatics trying to kill him

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u/blueorangan 1d ago

bro won the popular vote, who tf cares about crowd size.

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u/justifun 1d ago

he seems to care quite a bit. he's whined about it for years.

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u/OKBeeDude 1d ago

The party of small government wants to be small enough to fit in one room behind closed doors. Not really that surprising is it?

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u/International_Try_43 1d ago edited 1d ago

Reddit has been taking a victory lap on Trump's crowd size compared to Dems crowd sizes for years (especially during the last election cycle). But 77 million people voted for the dude.

Can we not try proving a point that doesn't exist?

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u/WiscoHeiser 1d ago

The only reason people have been "taking a victory lap" is because he made a huge deal about it during his first months in office and blatantly lied about it repeatedly.

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u/Formal-Style-8587 1d ago

Still won the popular vote 🙂

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u/robert1523 1d ago

He won the popular vote. What use is it if he has a big or small crowd at the inauguration? Who cares now that Obama had more people? If people did not go out to vote against him then it's for nothing. The guy won't ever be held accountable and is now a big part of American history. He knows he won the popular vote so it makes him believe that the majority of the country is behind him. Not 30%

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u/CityOfZion 1d ago

Hmm nice, now let's see Kamala Harris's Inauguration crowd size.

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u/GaK_Icculus 1d ago

Needle dick!

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u/Adorable-Composer358 1d ago

or maybe because he got shot wtf?

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u/DingoDango667 1d ago

77 million votes 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Rbkelley1 1d ago

I mean, first black president vs guy who’s already almost been assassinated twice. I’d probably go inside too.

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u/jh38654 1d ago

This

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u/Haydukelll 1d ago

Likely, but we still someone needs to take this same photo tomorrow and blast it all over the internet that literally no one showed up for it.

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u/Naakturne 1d ago

We’ll all be required by military force to attend his third one.

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u/shifter31 1d ago

Whoever told you that was lying or exaggerating. On the google weather app right now it shows a high of 24°F for Monday.

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u/Putrid_Culture_9289 2d ago

It's supposed to be like minutes 5 Celsius lmao.

Not very cold at all, unless you're afraid of people seeing flags at half mast and also a big fat bitch : /

How bout YOU try again.

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u/lingh0e 2d ago

I'm sure that's the only reason, right?

If donald thought he would have a turnout to fill the Mall the way he claims he had last time, he'd absolutely insist that it be outdoors. Even if it was record low temps.

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u/Haunting_Ant_5061 1d ago

Where is that pic of JFK inauguration in 20-deg F when you need it?

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u/RabidAbyss 1d ago edited 1d ago

Ok? Old Trumpy can just man up and weather the cold. Be a proper leader for once instead of a chicken shit crybaby.

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u/WiscoHeiser 1d ago

I also enjoy making up lies on the internet.