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JohnnyRingo

(20,113 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2025, 10:47 AM Jun 15

Some parade... No one throwing candy and they only had one clown. [View all]

No wonder attendance was light. Give him another day or so to post a picture of Obama's inauguration.

There was a bigger turnout at Trump's birthday celebration here in front of the GOP headquarters.
I counted, there were ten people waving flags at mall traffic. They even had a hotline in case 47 took their call. As if.
"Music, Food, and Fun" were promised on the invite. None of that happened.

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Some parade... No one throwing candy and they only had one clown. [View all] JohnnyRingo Jun 15 OP

And no band. Don't the Marines have a marching band? CrispyQ Jun 15 #1

That's a good point! JohnnyRingo Jun 15 #4

I googled it & all the armed forces have a band, some of them more than one. CrispyQ Jun 15 #6

Ah ha. Found some video feed & the West Point Band & some Army bands marched & performed. CrispyQ Jun 15 #7

The marine band was on alert to go to Los Angeles to drown out the sound of National Guard gunfire. generalbetrayus Jun 15 #2

Might this be the clown you were referring to? generalbetrayus Jun 15 #3

Since King Taco chose to co-opt the Army's day, Buns_of_Fire Jun 15 #5

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jun 17 #8