TotalyMeow wrote:There were about 800,000 people at Trump's inauguration
This is an absolute lie and is not based in any factual evidence.. Trump's inauguration crowd was smaller than either of Bush's and much, much smaller than either of Obama's. It is being estimated that it was the smallest inaugural crowd since Nixon's second inaugural crowd.
Need proof? Here are the numbers. Although the Park Service (who's in charge of the National Mall) does not officially tally or release any numbers since the controversy and lawsuit over their deflated numbers of the million man march, other organizations and news outlets do estimate it and they are putting the number at between 250,000 and 400,000. But of course, these are estimates.
Here are cold hard numbers that prove it was the smallest in decades...
The absolute most exact measurement that can predict the size of the crowd compared to the others is the number of subway rides taken to the event. Before Obama's first inauguration 513,000 subway rides were recorded by 11am. His second 317,000. Bush's second had 197,000 subway rides to the inauguration by 11am. TRUMP ONLY HAD 193,000 SUBWAY RIDES TO HIS INAUGURATION BY THE SAME TIME, LESS THAN BUSH'S SECOND INAUGURAL EVENT. His numbers are smaller than all recorded subway inaugural rides including both of Bushes and Clinton's last inaugural, and not even close to either of Obama's.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/ ... rowd-size/
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/ ... attendance
...and before you say anything about buses or any other *****, read the second article. Obama had 800 bus permits last inaugural and huge lines for them, Trump had 200 bus permits and only used 100 buses. Pathetic. In fact the Women's march on Saturday has 1200 bus permits and is most definitely going to be larger than his crowd.
So stop trying to inflate his giant orange head even more Tmeow. It is a fact, he had the smallest inaugural crowd.
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As for his speech... It was garbage compared to either of Obama's and honestly was just bad writing. Apparently he did it himself with some help and it showed. Anyone who thinks it was inspiring is an idiot.
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His first EO was to eliminate mortgage help for the middle class by eliminating tax deductible mortgage write offs for first time home buyers.
His second EO was to eliminate all new regulations and the enforcement of all regulations within the ACA which eliminates the individual mandate of the ACA (Obamacare). This effectively guts it right then and there with absolutely no replacement in place as without the individual mandate the insurance companies will immediately raise rates or drop out of the ACA markets.
This is going to be ugly and every single uninformed person who voted for him is going to regret it eventually as 18-30 million lose their insurance and are only offered useless sky-high deductible insurance by the Republicans by next January. Mark my words.