Trump keeps begging for a “rally behind MAGA” — but his supporters aren’t showing up to court: It’s not just that Fox News told them entering New York results in instant murder
https://www.salon.com/2024/04/24/keeps-begging-for-a-rally-behind-maga–but-his-supporters-arent-showing-up-to/
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Just a bit from the commentary:
>What’s especially funny about all this is Trump can’t quite admit that his people just aren’t showing up. So he keeps blaming the barricades and the police presence. His lies got to the level of childish make-believe on Tuesday afternoon, as he falsely claimed on Truth Social that “Thousands of people were turned away from the Courthouse” and denied he “was disappointed by the crowds.” Of course, by fantasizing about a massive caravan rallied to his defense, he proved he is not satisfied with reality: MAGA isn’t showing up.
Well, looks like Trump’s got a tougher crowd than he thought!
It’s like the whole mail-in voting thing all over again.
* Constantly shout about how mail-in voting is fraudulent.
* Urge your base not to participate.
* Shocked Pikachu face when the polls close and the mail-in votes start getting counted.
* Accuse the opposition of cheating.
Why would they show up?
Last time, a bunch of folks got arrested months after the fact and are in prison.
Those same people were called fakers, antifa, etc…so why deal with “deep state” fakers at a “Trump Rally” near a courthouse?
lol, they have tied themselves into too many knots and cannot get out
Just like at the inauguration. He constantly lied about that too.
We live near Chicago. My daughter will often go to the city for concerts, shopping, etc.., Her mother freaks out every time she goes bc she thinks Chicago is a war zone because of the Fox News/republican bs abt Chicago. I’ve been to Chicago more times than I can even count and never once felt unsafe.
This bit is certainly food for thought:
> while it is very cultish and Trump is their leader, MAGA is not actually a cult of personality. It is, fundamentally, a fascist movement, focused on restoring an imagined past based on white supremacy and male dominance. Trump is the vehicle for their grievances, not the other way around. Trump’s anger over losing the 2020 election resonated with them not because they pitied him, but because they pity themselves.
Because visiting NYC is expensive and by the looks of the typical MAGA they ain’t paying for a hotel in NYC. Let alone donating to the worthy “Let’s give DJT a free ride through life” fund. The economics don’t work.
The MAGAs aren’t showing up because they saw the Jan 6 treasoners get imprisoned AND they saw Donald Trump not lift a finger to help them.
Donald Trump only cares about Donald Trump.
The last time his supporters “RALLIED BEHIND MAGA” they ended up facing decades in prison.
The pied piper trick only works once or twice Donald, nobody else is throwing their life away for a celebrity politician that throws everyone that ever showed him kindness to the wolves.
Well his „come get arrested to distract from me getting arrested“ proposition is way less enticing now that most of the people who showed up last time are quite literally in prison. It’s just not that enticing of an offer.
His people can’t afford the tolls to enter the city because they’ve donated all their money to him or spent it on bad investments and merch.
His people that do make it into the city get stuck in traffic because public transit is a foreign concept to them.
His people that make it to the protest area are subdued because they only like to pick fights with smaller or outnumbered people.
It s because of the pornstar isn t it ?
MAGA is hilariously giving Trump the “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”
Maybe he should offer free housing in Trump Tower
Trumpism is done thank gad
His powerlessness is showing. Publicly defending a sleazy adulterer isn’t compelling, or worth the time off work, the gas, or NYC hotel fees.
Instead, he’s trying to make some argument that leftists are “allowed” to protest at Columbia and NYU, while his supporters are “turned away.” He can lie, but it doesn’t hide the bad optics. In fact, he just draws attention to the lack of support. And by “support” he believes the threat of a riot by his followers can intimidate the judge, jurors, and prosecution.
Maybe, just maybe he’s not all that popular. He never has been. He fucking “won” by losing the popular vote by millions. He has his weird cult, but they are a very small minority. They’re just loud and obnoxious so there appears to be more of them.
“You walk down the street, you get shot!”
So ronery….
His supporters aren’t showing up because they keep donating to Trump’s various PAC’s and they can’t afford to spend money on New York’s traffic congestion fee to enter the city /s
A man literally set himself on fire in front of the court…..was that like….not enough of a headline…?!
Why would anyone show up outside court after how Trump ignored his January 6 supporters who attempted to overthrow the government.
In real reality:
– For the MAGA crowd, showing up in NYC is just not a viable option. One would have to take time off work, drive their monster truck across country, find a place to stay nearby, find a place to park their monster truck, etc. Even setting aside the ridiculous fears of “inner city” murder, it would be really EXPENSIVE! There are only a very small finite number of people willing to do that. And I suspect they were mostly harvested in the J6 arrests.
The MAGA folks showing up at rallies are all (mostly) traveling locally, which is a much more manageable commitment of time and money.
People who watch Fox News regularly believe that everywhere except their town is dangerous.
We’ve been to Seattle, Portland, Washington DC, and Chicago in recent times and had ZERO issues in any of them.
The Civil War will take an afternoon
Would be nice if anti-Trump protesters showed up en masse to both prove that Trump is (once again) full of shit and give him a dose of reality (that he’s wildly unpopular).
“Millions travelled to see me but were unable to get here bc of a billion immigrants turning them away! Also, I’m not farting, it’s smells fantastic around me”
Shitbags can’t afford the trip because they have donated all their money or they are in jail already
He also wants free publicity and in essence a free rally because he can’t afford to campaign. It’s hard to spread lies when so few are showing up to listen.
My favorite part about this whole process is how silent the Conservative sub is.
Easier to close their eyes and ears and say how fake the trial is rather than face the facts.
Fox News was right though. I walked over the Pennsylvania/New York line and was subject to instant murder. Sort of like instant noodles, but with more Republican Hysteria.
Regarding the right wing propaganda about cities it’s not just New York. I live in Manchester, New Hampshire which sits in one of the safest states in the US and the rural republicans around here are convinced it’s a war zone because Fox told them all cities are like a dystopian 70’s movie
It’s CRAZY what Fox News viewers think of cities. I was just visiting with family and they kept trying to convince me moving back to an urban area would result in my likely death.
Nevermind the triple homicide that occurred less than a mile from the diner we had breakfast in that day while we were eating. Or the double homicide-suicide that occurred nearby weeks prior. When it’s white people its “a tragedy” but when it’s minorities, it’s somehow endemic of the community.
I don’t expect them to wrap their small minded brains around statistics. They never make an effort to see a broader picture of anything. They can’t see beyond their own careers, businesses, local interests, particular brand of Christianity, *perceived* patriotic Americanism..
Their world is very small and there isn’t room for you in it.
NYC is dangerous. I’ve been murdered five times this week alone!
My son lives in NYC, and he gets murdered almost every day. Not every day, because he lives in a safe neighborhood in Queens. He works in the city, though, and he gets murdered every time he goes to work. He tries not to get murdered on the way to work, so he isn’t late, and a lot of murderers are cooperative about that, as long as you promise them that they can murder you AFTER work. So after he gets off, he gets in the murder line, gets murdered, then goes home on the subway.
Don’t even get me started on the subway.
I knew a guy that mainlined FoxNews and he had to go to San Francisco and he was legitimately terrified to go because Fox told him it was a lawless wasteland. Anywho after he came back all he did was talk about how nice San Francisco was.
There might have been a few violent cultists with the willingness to protest, but after their Lil J6 kindergarten coup, a lot of them are “a little tied up” right now.
Suppose they planned a riot and nobody came.
His family isn’t showing up either.
The world will be a better place when that man isn’t alive anymore.
MAGAts have established that they can accept contrary claims from their cult leader, but their process bears no relationship to logic.
With the twin fictions that New York City is unimaginably violent and dangerous, with ineffective police unable to protect anyone AND the claim that those same police are somehow able to completely bar Trump fans from showing their support for him **without even building a WALL** they do have some explaining to do, though.
With others free to go to the park or the courthouse what specifically would they claim is blocking them?
I’m pretty sure the average Fox viewer is terrified of big cities so going to New York is about as scary as it gets for them.
Well the hyper conservative sites aren’t even mentioning that there’s a trial going on, so half these MAGAts probably don’t even know it’s happening.
Can confirm: been to New York City about 10 times. Got murdered each time. But the fine homeless organ farmers patch me up every time when I give them weed gummies laced with fent.
See also: Philadelphia.
Dude is losing his Luster. People are working. It is the end of the school year…Summer and vacations are beginning. And, a bunch of his Followers either suffer from Long-COVID or straight up died during the Pandemic. Good luck rustling up another insurrection moment. Dude is DONE.