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riversedge

(76,800 posts) Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:04 PM Jun 15

ha ha ---Delusionsl WH calls 'No Kings' protests an "utter failure with minuscule attendance," claims 250k attended Trum [View all]

We knew this was coming!!
BTW--I recall the organizers saying they expected about 200,000.

Do these people live in reality????

White House calls ‘No Kings’ protests an “utter failure with minuscule attendance,” claims 250k attended Trump’s military parade.

Link to tweet

The DC Parks department estimates about 50K people attended Trump’s Soviet style birthday parade.

Meanwhile, 250K people attended the No Kings protest in San Diego and it’s projected that over 5M people attended No Kings events nationwide.

Link to tweet

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ha ha ---Delusionsl WH calls 'No Kings' protests an "utter failure with minuscule attendance," claims 250k attended Trum [View all] riversedge Jun 15 OP

OK corporate media, here's a chance to redeem yourselves BoRaGard Jun 15 #1

Pls don't hold your breath. SheltieLover Jun 15 #3

Can't I have even one wee sparkle of hope? BoRaGard Jun 15 #4

Sure, so long as you don't hold breath too long waiting for media to be honest. SheltieLover Jun 15 #5

BTW, why did Chris Hayes keep saying there were 10s of thousands showing up for No Kings protests? WTF? n/t AntiFascist Jun 15 #11

50k at parade? Pfffft. I've read 2k-5k, with protests over 12.5 mill, with numbers still being reported SheltieLover Jun 15 #2

Please stop repeating this fake news. Here is the bogus report you read. Has no evidence. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 15 #8

They are pathological liars. Irish_Dem Jun 15 #6

Trump was visibly upset that no one came Johonny Jun 15 #7

See Spicer is doing the WH crowd estimating again. chuckle, chuckle republianmushroom Jun 15 #9

Projection as usual. n/t AntiFascist Jun 15 #10