Tiny Crowd Shows Up To Support Trump At Trial

Though a “couple million” Trump supporters reside inside an hour of his trial on Monday, solely an estimated 50 confirmed up.

Lawrence O’Donnell shared:

The revolution won’t be televised. As a result of they didn’t present up. Couple million Trump voters reside inside an hour of courthouse. Perhaps 50 confirmed up. pic.twitter.com/V0bEdjvbTV

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) April 15, 2024

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This tepid present of assist isn’t new for Trump throughout his authorized battles, it began final yr.

A few of this is likely to be attributed to the truth that as of January of 2024, roughly “749 federal defendants have had their circumstances adjudicated and acquired sentences for his or her felony exercise on Jan. 6. Roughly 467 have been sentenced to durations of incarceration,” based on the District of Columbia.

So it might be that Trump’s supporters concern authorized ramifications for any potential mob kind exercise they may get ensnared in, which might be an ironic results of Trump enablers conflating peaceable protests with what Trump and his supporters truly did on January sixth, which was described by Dir. Wray as a terrorist assault.

The opposite a part of that is it might be extra of what we witness on the bottom in Trump nation, which is a big drop in seen assist even from his most ardent supporters.

This might be because of Trump fatigue, which isn’t the identical factor as individuals who aren’t going to vote for his or her candidate once more. However no political candidate would hope to enter an election sans enthusiasm from their largest supporters.

Somebody replied that whereas Trump supporters didn’t present up in big numbers, Trump critics actually made an look:

We had been there although! pic.twitter.com/Fkou4sdaGd

— Paul Rabin (@LuapNibar) April 15, 2024

Donald Trump is being upheld as a viable political candidate by the celebration he’s taken over and by a craven media in search of the Trump bucks courtesy of his 2016 marketing campaign and his 4 chaotic years. Neither the Republican Occasion nor the media appear to understand that even Trump supporters are drained.

Everyone seems to be bored with Donald Trump. Together with himself, it appears, as he has reportedly been caught sleeping at his own trial.

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