Im shocked at how much clapping and cheering for Trump there was

[brettdale]

This was so so over the top. It was to the Faux news level.

Heck one thing for certain, Mueller has nothing on Trump, otherwise
the entire GOP and most the dems wouldnt have been on their hands
and knees like they were, worshiping their God Trump,


This was painful to watch.

[John Fante]

1. "Heck one thing for certain, Mueller has nothing on Trump"

Wishful thinking?

[Kirk Lover]

5. The OP must of meant to say "something" ....

[regnaD kciN]

7. No, OP's saying...

...that, if Mueller had anything on Trump, they wouldn't be cheering him as they did. Therefore, Mueller must have nothing, and everyone in D.C. knows it.

[blueinredohio]

32. That's what I'm saying Mueller has plenty on Trump, republicans don't want to admit it

[rickford66]

2. Each sentence was constructed as an applause line. No details.

He just read headlines or bullet points,

[Puzzledtraveller]

3. just formal pomp and ceremony

I understand that our party has to play along, and we respected the address far better than they did for President Obama. I know the high road is not popular but I get it.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Who controls the audio and video feeds

Certainly there were lots of unflattering shots of Trump and audience reaction but it did seem that the mics on the Republican side were jacked up. Then again, Democrats were mostly silent except for a few righteous boos

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. That is exactly what I thought last night - they someone amped up the sound from

the repuke side ! Thinking about the typical - it was more balanced - you could differentiate the fact that there was audience response from one side and not the other. You couldn't last night.

Very dictator-esque. Picture crowds filled with automatons...clapping in unison for a dictator

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. I was wondering about that.

Since the GOPers are in charge of everything it wouldn't have been hard for them to set up the audio so as to magnify the applause. I wouldn't put anything past those fuckers.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Almost 300 syncophants in attendance...

230 House + 50 Senate = 280

[Turbineguy]

8. His vassals were out in force tonight.

They should enjoy themselves.

While they still have time.

[riversedge]

9. yes, I dozed then turned the channel.

[doodsaq]

10. There is no chance in hell...

...that I would even watch 1 second of the orange baboon basking in the sound of clapping.

[leftynyc]

11. WTF are you babbling about?

Democrats didn't applaud at all from what the pundits are saying (I refused to watch that degenerate, he's diminished the office of the presidency for life).

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Not nice.

[leftynyc]

31. We're among grown ups

When someone outright LIES about something, they get called out and I don't have to be polite about it. Feel free to put me on ignore if you can't handle that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. No... I am crazy about you :)

[kentuck]

13. Republicans love their Leader.

They are willing to look almost everything...well, everything.

[NCTraveler]

15. Love a good JPR parody to start the day.

[grantcart]

33. lol

[unc70]

16. Trump clapped for himself

Trump clapped loud and long form himself. That was picked up by the podium mic and made the clapping sound strange, almost like the European style clapping in unison.

The mic also picked up on his labored breathing. He often sounded like a stalker on the telephone.

[Kingofalldems]

17. What the hell are you trying to say?

[oberliner]

18. Almost 90 percent of Republicans think Trump is doing a very good job

Last edited Wed Jan 31, 2018, 11:56 AM - Edit history (1)

Let's not forget that.

[Kingofalldems]

20. False.

[oberliner]

21. 87 percent approval rating from Republicans as of Jan 22-28

Donald Trump Job Approval by Party Identification, 2017

Republicans
2018 Jan 22-28 87%

http://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx

[Kingofalldems]

22. You said 90%.

[oberliner]

23. That's why I posted the correction

After you pointed out the error.

[Kingofalldems]

24. ....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10168593

[oberliner]

27. Added the word "almost"

Point being that the vast majority of Republicans are happy with Trump- which we sometimes forget (at least I do!).

[Odoreida]

19. Why be shocked? Didn't about 45% of the people vote for him? n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. He probably paid them. nt

[brewens]

26. It's more like with Stalin now probably. Everyone is afraid to be the first one to

stop clapping.

[zeusdogmom]

29. I was listening on radio

So I didn't have the visual distraction. I found the applause seemingly after every couple of sentences very distracting. Were the repugs applauding the thought or the fact the dufus actually spoke a complete sentence which contained one or more 2 syllable words? Yes applause is appropriate in these ceremonial "for show" occasions, but it was waaay over the top last night.

[samnsara]

30. during his rallys its the same thing.. rock star loud screaming and whistling...

....im not so sure its real or genuine...mostly staged for the press. Its so cultish its scary.