{"id":25963,"date":"2017-01-21T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T02:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25963"},"modified":"2017-01-22T03:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T11:51:57","slug":"saturday-sunday-smiles-smirks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/saturday-sunday-smiles-smirks\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday & Sunday Smiles & Smirks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given what we’ve been – and will be – subjected to courtesy of the Tweetler-in-Chief, we’ve earned a little Schadenfreude.  So, let’s enjoy another assault to his fragile ego via his teeny-tiny hands and compare sizes … of Inaugural crowds!<\/p>\n

It’s only been eight years, so we can all recall this joyous occasion on the first Inauguration of Pres. Obama<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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This was the turnout for Tweetler Trump’s <\/strong><\/em>inauguration on Friday:<\/p>\n

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To defuse all the whiny excuse-fueled temper tantrums from Trumpkins<\/em>, let me stipulate that BOTH<\/em><\/strong> photos were taken from the top of the Washington Monument, and BOTH<\/em><\/strong> were taken at noon.<\/p>\n

This site proves it, and has a fun scroll bar that has both photos, so you can move back and forth to compare:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/wtop.com\/inauguration\/2017\/01\/trumps-inauguration-crowds-compare-photos\/slide\/1\/<\/p>\n

But let’s get to the take-home message<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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True to form, the Mango Mussolini today tried <\/strong><\/em>to claim he drew a crowd of 1.5 MILLION.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/1\/21\/14347298\/trump-inauguration-crowd-size<\/p>\n

But it’s easy to see how he’s confused.  He thought that all that white from the protective Mall lawn panels were actually KKK Kluckers <\/strong><\/em>robed in their white sheets.  Donny's Delusion solved!  (Well, at least in the reality-based world.)<\/p>\n

But a little hard data courtesy of the Washington Metro Transit should <\/em>help him figure things out using actual numbers::<\/p>\n

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And if you’re confronted with a little Trumpkin trying to Trumpsplain<\/em> the pitifully paltry populous because “We were all working”<\/em> – I’ve found it helpful to counter with:<\/p>\n

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“Oh, you must mean because Pres. Obama, who inherited Dubya’s pitiful and plummeting unemployment rate of 7.9%, worked to turn it around to just the 4.8% that it is now.  You’re right – Thanks, Obama!<\/u><\/strong>”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And it wasn’t just the pitiful crowd numbers on the Mall.  Take a look at this video from Katy Tur of NBC News, filmed while traveling along the parade route: Empty bleachers!<\/p>\n

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Parade route from Capital to WH. Entire stands empty. Crowd thin. pic.twitter.com\/7AcpJkBO8O<\/a><\/p>\n

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n