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[DrForester]

2009

2017

https://twitter.com/mviser/status/822480417727115268/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

It's raining in Washington today — or, at least, it's rainy. It's not cold, really, at 45 degrees, but there are certainly reasons one might rather stay inside than, say, head to the Mall to watch an hour-long outdoor event.

Perhaps that's one reason that the crowd in attendance at Donald Trump's inauguration seems a bit more sparse than in years past. Or perhaps it actually is more sparse — particularly in comparison to the first inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.

It can be tricky to evaluate attendance at events based solely on photos. Perspective matters, as does the time at which the photos were taken. Take the images below, from the inaugurations in 2009 and 2017.

It was 45 degrees with some light rain today in Washington DC.
It was 4 below zero in 2009.




So. How long before Trump claims to have had the biggest inauguration crowd in history?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Yet of course Trump is lying by saying it was unbelievable and beats all the other inauguration numbers.

He creates his own fucking reality.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

It was 45 degrees with some light rain today in Washington DC.
It was 4 below zero in 2009.

Nope, no climate change here

No way

That kind of change is totally natural





jfc

 

[dc89]

Both inaugurations are historic events but I would guess that to the American people Obama's was a truly historic event.

If you get my drift.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

There was one with a single image half 2009 half 2017, that's the best comparison image.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Ah, but this is fake news, OP.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I said it in the Inauguration thread but those images are a pretty good analogy for how many people in the country turned out to vote last November.

 

[DrForester]

Ah, but this is fake news, OP.

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

 

[tuxfool]

Actually from the OT thread somebody posted that they're spinning the weather as being the cause of the low turnout.

 

[AlfonzoPalutena]

Nope, no climate change here

No way

That kind of change is totally natural





jfc

That is horrible logic. It is the same logic that people who deny climate change use, but reversed. Climate change shows up in average temperatures across the whole year, not one day of difference.

It will be colder some days in 2017 vs. 2009 too, that doesn't mean anything

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Ah, but this is fake news, OP.

I got caught by fake news about fake news about fake news on this story.

I need to be careful. :/

 

[broncobuster]

Low energy Trump supporters.

 

[Giolon]

Nope, no climate change here

No way

That kind of change is totally natural





jfc

That....is not what climate change means.

 

[djplaeskool]

Both inaugurations are historic events but I would guess that to the American people Obama's was a truly historic event.

If you get my drift.

Yup.
I had family who never leave Alabama road trip to DC for it.
Most of them lived through the worst of Jim Crow and the segregated south, and never in their dreams thought they'd see a black president.

 

[WedgeX]

Actually from the OT thread somebody posted that they're spinning the weather as being the cause of the low turnout.

Is it too comfortable out here in DC to show up?

 

[FyreWulff]

Actually from the OT thread somebody posted that they're spinning the weather as being the cause of the low turnout.

which doesn't work since Obama's was at freezing and STILL had the turnout

 

[Ithil]

Actually from the OT thread somebody posted that they're spinning the weather as being the cause of the low turnout.

I believe it was much colder during the 2009 one, by the way.

 

[kittenbreath]

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

It's plausible!

 

[Phobophile]

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

And as I've told people at work, I thought people voted for Trump because there weren't any jobs.

 

[Wag]

Rigged photos!

 

[brandywine]

Nope, no climate change here

No way

That kind of change is totally natural





jfc

People who blame every warm period in winter on climate change are nearly as bad as those who deny it.

 

[TaterTots]

You'll never see the size of crowd Obama had until a woman is sworn in.

 

[funkystudent]

Isnt DC is a predominately liberal city? Who the hell travels cross country to be at a presidential inauguration.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Isnt DC is a predominately liberal city? Who the hell travels to be at a presidential inauguration.

Not so sure anymore after seeing what the police are doing there today.

 

[Fat4all]

Isnt DC is a predominately liberal city? Who the hell travels to be at a presidential inauguration.

if people care they will

 

[LegendofLex]

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

I mean, the obvious response to the second one is that if Trump supporters already have jobs (and thus they didn't vote for Trump because they need the jobs he says he'll be creating), why did they feel the need to vote for Trump?

 

[UberTag]

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

The fact that so many people will go out of their way to blatantly delude themselves over something as irrelevant as turnout for an inauguration doesn't bode well for the justifications they'll adopt for the truly heinous policy decisions of this new administration and their aftermath.

When did personal accountability and perspective become such foreign concepts to people?

 

[funkystudent]

Not so sure anymore after seeing what the police are doing there today.

I dunno. Seems American Big City police are shitty pretty much everywhere regardless of the political makeup of the city they are in.

 

[TheOrangeKid007]

Annoying Orange?

 

[TAJ]

I believe it was much colder during the 2009 one, by the way.

Yes.
28 degrees midday.
Lol at the OP mixing Fahrenheit and Celsius figures.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

You'll never see the size of crowd Obama had until a woman is sworn in.

I think if Biden were to become pres you would see a crowd like that.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

The blizzard that kept people from attending has been photoshopped out. (and the TV media was in on some shit too!)

 

[ahoyhoy]

Nope, no climate change here

No way

That kind of change is totally natural





jfc

4 below in DC in January had never been normal.

It is unseasonably warm right now though, but not by much.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Isnt DC is a predominately liberal city? Who the hell travels cross country to be at a presidential inauguration.

My crazy Trump supporters aunt, for one.

 

[Lowmelody]

Pathetic little ceremony for a pathetic little bitch.

 

[Linkura]

Record

Spoiler

low

crowds, indeed. Sad!

 

[SillyEskimo]

Trump did break the record for the most expensive inauguration in us history though.

 

[Joe]

https://mobile.twitter.com/dberrygannett/status/822562690988208131

 

[brandywine]

Not so sure anymore after seeing what the police are doing there today.

Wat. DC vote 94% for Hillary.

 

[jfkgoblue]

Isnt DC is a predominately liberal city? Who the hell travels cross country to be at a presidential inauguration.

Overwhelmingly liberal like have never voted for a Republican since it was given its electors in 1960(every state has voted Republican at least once since 1972, with only Minnesota not voting for Regan in 84). Voted 93% for Hillary in most recent election.

 

[Biske]

https://mobile.twitter.com/dberrygannett/status/822562690988208131

Brutal as hell.

 

[Wag]

Interesting to see if the Woman's March tomorrow has a bigger turnout than the inauguration.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

https://mobile.twitter.com/dberrygannett/status/822562690988208131

Virgil
Wrestling
Superstar

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Dat soft sensuality.

 

[Linkura]

Interesting to see if the Woman's March tomorrow has a bigger turnout than the inauguration.

Undoubtedly. Over 70k people are registered for it in my city. It's going to be a lot more than that in DC.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Interesting to see if the Woman's March tomorrow has a bigger turnout than the inauguration.

It will.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Trump did break the record for the most expensive inauguration in us history though.

It wasn't the most expensive inauguration. It was the least expensive (and first) coronation the US has ever had.

Trump just shattering records like glass on an anvil!

 

[xxracerxx]

Interesting to see if the Woman's March tomorrow has a bigger turnout than the inauguration.

It is going to be a massive turnout, it will dwarf the inauguration.

 

[ezrarh]

Should have listened to us Bernie bros if we're gonna go by crowd numbers. Imagine Bernie's inauguration if he had won.

 

[BoosterDuck]

I have seen two right-wing explanations so far.

That the pictures are fake.
That Trump supporters have jobs and couldn't attend.

Obama's Inauguration was on a Tuesday, it happened before the recession really kicked into gear and if Trumpers already have jobs then they couldn't have voted for him

right wingers have no excuse