BREAKING: Crowd count for inauguration...250,000

[brooklynite]

Dan Gross ?@DanJGross

Crowd count is in:
Trump 2017: 250,000
Obama 2013: 1,000,000
Obama 2009: 1,800,000

(Dan Gross is Communications Director for Mayor De Blasio)

[Skinner]

1. Pitiful if true. (nt)

[emulatorloo]

4. So low energy! Sad (nt)

[dhill926]

18. almost JEB!-like....

[royable]

9. Incredibly pitiful. Should have been 2,500. n/t

[tenorly]

46. I bet it would've been were it not that of lot of those present were probably paid.

They did have $90 million to blow on this thing, and we all know how fond Trump is of paying people to be human clapping seals.

[center]

"Sheesh. $50 bucks a pop, and that's all the brio they can muster?"[/center]

[Brother Buzz]

10. If they didn't count the protesters in attendance...

I suspect the numbers would be closer to 125,000

[SunSeeker]

38. Yep. nt

[meadowlark5]

2. I'm surprised that even that many slobs showed up

[brettdale]

3. awesome

Although the media seems to be adding a zero to it, saying it was ten deep for the whole parade.

[csziggy]

15. On the traffic cams looked as though there were as many or more cops than spectators!

I checked several locations and most of the way that seemed true. Of course, I was getting static shots of limited areas, but I remember looking at traffic cams in 2009 and 2013 and the crowds filled the sidewalks.

[anneboleyn]

54. It was very sparse. There were huge empty spaces all along the parade route.

[dubyadiprecession]

5. As trump would say....

So sad, can't garner enough love or respect. Crowd are dismally small, very pathetic!

[Ms. Toad]

32. Except that he'll never admit they were small.

Just wait. He'll tweet tonight that the crowds were the biggest Washington has ever seen.

[redwitch]

65. Yeah but he'll know.

And that makes me smile.

[Phoenix61]

6. How many were there to protest Trump?

[oasis]

7. Deficit of Deplorables. What's a illegitimate clod to do?

[Bill USA]

8. wonder how many were paid to stand there?

[Solly Mack]

11. LMAO

[struggle4progress]

12. A bigly crowd of biglets! Marvelous!

[IcyPeas]

13. the bleachers are mostly empty...

at the viewing area right in front of the white house where the viewing stand is. it's pathetic.

[irisblue]

14. If he works for NYCs Mayor, why is he counting in WashingtonDC?

I want to know

[joshcryer]

16. It'll be rounded down.

Just barely breaking 200k.

[Doreen]

17. Can anyone find the inauguration counts for the last 5 presidents?

I have a feeling he has had less than any others in our time of efficient travel.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Here:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/20/inaugural-crowd-sizes-ranked/

Less than anyone since Reagan (who had intense cold and a move of venue issues)

[Doreen]

45. Thank You.

It said Clinton had the same amount as dictator his second inauguration.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. Not counting the protestors, it's probably about the same number of people...

who attend an Ohio State football game even when they play a crap team.



SAD!

[Linc13]

20. I am happy to show this as my first post.

I guess Trump will photoshop Obamas Inauguration crowds as his own.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Yeah, but the trees like him just as much ... (nt)

[politicat]

62. Okay, now someone needs to write some D.C. Ents fic.

I want Treebeard and his mates pulling back.

[Island Blue]

31. Wow, and look where the Trump installation photo is cropped

in comparison to the Obama inauguration. Trump's photo only shows about half of the area that the Obama photo does, and even at that the area is half empty.

[NastyRiffraff]

33. He (or his staff) didn't photoshop it

They simply used a photo from Obama's inauguration on Dump's new Twitter account (since removed)

[annabanana]

36. Welcome to DU!

We sure have our work cut out for us for the next 4 years..

[Linc13]

51. Thank you.

We have to be at the very least as rabid and tenacious as the tea party was with President Obama.

[renate]

44. welcome to DU!

Not only is the crowd super sparse, it looks bigger than it actually is at first. Look how far past that round building on the right the crowd was (and it was still packed) for Obama... the picture for Trump doesn't even go back that far because there was nobody there to include.

Thanks for the pictures!

[Linc13]

52. It was my pleasure.

After watching ESPN all day, this picture, the protests and watching Richard Spencer get clocked by a protester (Sorry, Trump and the GOP thinks there is too much political correctness, well today I agree), today was manageable.

[GoCubsGo]

23. That many?

Judging by the photos I have seen, I'd be surprised if it was even half of that.

[theglammistress]

29. That's what I was thinking

The mall was BARE and the parade stands were EMPTY according to the Twitter photos I saw. I refused to watch that shitgobblin.

[underpants]

56. Me too.

Lane Stadium at Va Tech holds 70-75K this crowd is maybe MAYBE twice that size. Our anti-war march in October 2002 was at least 200K and it was bigger than that. There was almost no staging for that march - much of the area today had open spaces for crowd control and emergency entrance/exit if needed.

[Elwood P Dowd]

24. I just heard the voice of Jed Clampett.....

Pitiful, just pitiful

[CajunBlazer]

25. K&R

[Blue Owl]

26. Sad.

n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

27. Check out the parade route. . .

. . .via Katy Tur from NBC:

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/822518057012756481

[still_one]

28. does that include the police and government workers?

[still_one]

30. it will be interesting how it compares to tomorrow

[elmac]

34. the official crowd counter was drunk

and seeing double

[anneboleyn]

47. Yeah, there is no way that crowd was 250,000. It was by FAR the most anemic crowd I've seen

for an inauguration. The 250,000 is very likely double the real number. None of the seating was full (as it was during Obama and Bush I and Bush II and Reagan), and there were huge stretches of the parade route which were lined with police but zero spectators. When there were spectators, they were in small patches of two to three deep at the most -- nothing like Obama (or even Bush in 2004)

[Purrfessor]

35. A truly historical event: the only presidential inauguration in history...

where the media was actually able to interview everyone in attendance.

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. Did they tally the food cour..um..Don's Johns?

[DallasNE]

39. And Panning The Crowd Showed It To Be At Least 99% White

So much for bringing the country together.

[mobeau69]

43. That's what the speech was for.

[Stellar]

40. And it was cold as hell that January 20, 2009...Jeebus!

[George II]

41. No big surprise. Bars in the metropolitan area were open and the Old Style was a flowin'.

Lots of things to do than see another old white guy be sworn in.

[Sunlei]

42. even the VIP bleachers had lots of empty chairs

[bhowle]

48. Already a failed president n/t

[phleshdef]

49. Not doubting him at all, but can we get a more official recognition of that number?

Like from the DC police or firefighters or whoever gives these kinds of estimates in an official capacity?

[herding cats]

50. Good! Trump is gonna be so mad...

It's a good thing he hates animals, because if he had a dog its life would be hell.

[HopeAgain]

53. The tweet will say:

"Lying press underestimating my huge crowd and lies! Would have been a million more if not for terrible protesters! So unfair!"

[TexasBushwhacker]

61. Or blame it on the weather n/t

[mdillen]

55. What did he expect?

He's not the real president and most of the country realizes that.

[underpants]

57. D. C. Metro tweeted that rides were at 193K at 11 am.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028500059

[MuseRider]

58. You know what they say...

little hands, little *, little crowds.

My excuse

[zentrum]

59. Since so many stayed home

....and didn't vote in the election, this is all really happening because of about 26% of Americans. That's only a quarter.The majority really, really aren't for him. Really.

But we must organize. Fight. Not create a void of normalization around him. Because that quarter of the country is highly energized.

Don't be distracted by scandals that titillate but cause us to take our eyes off the ball. Begin by opposing everything. Call your local reps and senators. That's what the tea party did and today they have their "candidate" and the congress in tow.

For a study of how the tea party did it, (beyond Koch money) see:

www.indivisibleguide.com

[cyclonefence]

60. But where's the Wall o'Meat????

I don't even see parked choppers.

[Yonnie3]

63. I was one of over 500,000 who went to D.C on November 15, 1969.

You've got squat Trump.

Edit to add:

This was done without the internet. Can this be done again? I'm thinking that the Women's March today is just the tip of the iceberg.

[w100jmi]

64. Looked like W had more people at his inauguration than Thump

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-inauguration-of-george-w-bush-as-the-nations-43rd-news-photo/97279008#the-inauguration-of-george-w-bush-as-the-nations-43rd-president-picture-id97279008