The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.

The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin.

When former President Donald J. Trump walked onto the stage at his rally in Atlanta on Saturday, fog machines shot white plumes of smoke into the air, heralding his arrival.

If you looked closely, you could almost imagine steam pouring out of his ears, too. All week long, something had been giving him the vapors.

“Crazy Kamala,” he fumed a minute into his speech. “She was here a week ago — lots of empty seats — but the crowd she got was because she had entertainers.”

Four days earlier, Vice President Kamala Harris had packed about the same number of people (10,000) into the arena, the Georgia State University Convocation Center. It was the first major rally of her newborn campaign, and she had two rappers (Quavo and Megan Thee Stallion) on hand to hype up her crowd.

Mr. Trump, who has been shunned by much of the entertainment industry, spun this as somehow cheating in the all-important competition over crowd size.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    66·
    3 months ago

    first thought: is he fucking really walking out to his events like it’s a pro wrestling match with the smoke and the red walkway?

    second thought: of fucking course he is

          • redhorsejacket@lemmy.world
            7·
            3 months ago

            I think you’re implying Andre aged the worst, considering his present situation, but, hell, out of the three I think he might have “aged” the best. In the foot notes of history, Andre will be remembered for being a pretty avuncular fella. Those other two? Not so much.