An aerial photograph reveals the scale of the seashore house the place Trump held his rally and the scale of the gang earlier than the ex-president spoke, and it wasn’t 80,000 folks.
Right here is the photograph that in keeping with a New York Put up marketing campaign reporter was taken about an hour earlier than Trump spoke:
Aerial shot of Trump’s rally in Wildwood, NJ.
Trump marketing campaign says 80k in attendance, with Trump anticipated to take stage at 5:30-5:45.@nypost pic.twitter.com/XmmmFgqB4A
— Diana Glebova (@DianaGlebova) Could 11, 2024
In response to the Put up reporter, the photograph was taken about an hour earlier than Trump spoke.
Here’s what we all know after almost a decade of Trump rallies. Lots of Trump’s followers skip the audio system earlier than Trump, so counting on images taken earlier than Trump speaks will usually underestimate the gang measurement. That being mentioned, there is no such thing as a approach that 80,000-100,000 might match within the house the place the rally was held. It might be bodily unimaginable except folks have been laid down and stacked one on high of the opposite.
Here’s a video of a pan of the gang:
There may be additionally video of individuals leaving the rally early:
Any estimate on the precise crowd measurement can be a guess. Native officers anticipated tens of 1000’s of individuals, and if all of the folks within the venue space are included, they are able to match 10,000 folks in there, however a crowd of 80,000-100,000 can be bodily unimaginable.
That is going to return as a shock to nobody, however Donald Trump and his supporters lied concerning the crowd measurement, because the proof means that Trump will not be a nationwide juggernaut, however an oldies act performing the outdated hits on the seashore to declining attendance.
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