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BumRushDaShow

(165,176 posts)
Thu May 1, 2025, 05:03 AM May 2025

Sanders mocks Trump's crowd size at 100th-day event in Michigan

Source: The Hill

04/30/25 6:38 PM ET


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday mocked President Trump over the crowd size at an event in Michigan celebrating his first 100 days in office the day prior.

“Congratulations to President Trump for drawing 4,000 people last night to a rally Warren, MI. Keep it up,” Sanders wrote in a post on the social platform X. “You brought out almost half as many people as we did in the same city last month!” “Americans are fighting back against authoritarianism and attacks on the working class.”

Sanders was criticizing the turnout at the rally Trump held Tuesday in Macomb County to celebrate his first 100 days back in office. Trump began his speech by mentioning Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) rallies across the country in opposition of his administration.

Ocasio-Cortez poked at Trump online after he claimed his crowd was bigger than that of the Democrats. “Tell me we’re in his head without telling me we’re in his head,” she wrote in a post online.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5276199-trump-sanders-michigan-rally/

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Sanders mocks Trump's crowd size at 100th-day event in Michigan (Original Post) BumRushDaShow May 2025 OP
So small BoRaGard May 2025 #1
I echo your statement ..... So small. Stormy Daniel also remarked... So small.. It is like a little mushroom !!!! Trueblue1968 May 2025 #10
oh man that gave me a laugh! samnsara May 2025 #11
U r welcome. That is the first thing that hit me when I read ..... So small. Lol, tiny, teenie weenie Trueblue1968 May 2025 #17
mushroom man orleans May 2025 #27
Did you go to Catholic school or something? calimary May 2025 #23
The site was half empty True Blue American May 2025 #2
Whitmer was not at Trump's Warren rally. What flattery are you referring to? SunSeeker May 2025 #14
She met with him in the Whitehouse... littlemissmartypants May 2025 #18
Yes, we all know about how Trump played her in the White House. SunSeeker May 2025 #20
So, you were being sarcastic? littlemissmartypants May 2025 #22
No sarcasm, I was asking what flattery True Blue American was referring to. SunSeeker May 2025 #28
Maybe you should check your facts before posting. True Blue American May 2025 #31
WTF? Maybe you should check your links before posting. SunSeeker May 2025 #32
How do you think she won that deal? She visited Trump at the WhiteHouse. True Blue American May 2025 #30
This OP is about the Warren rally, which she did NOT appear at. SunSeeker May 2025 #33
She greeted him at te Airport. True Blue American May 2025 #34
She didn't greet him at the Airport. SunSeeker May 2025 #36
I dont believe trump won Hornedfrog2000 May 2025 #3
At 83, Bernie is still sharp. AOC probably taught him it's called trolling. :-) (n/t) thesquanderer May 2025 #4
4,000? That many idiots went to see him? MIButterfly May 2025 #5
People nowforever May 2025 #8
Boy is THAT ever true. calimary May 2025 #24
My first thought exactly mdbl May 2025 #9
Post removed Post removed May 2025 #6
shrinkage talking-liberally May 2025 #7
among "other" things too! /nt sdfernando May 2025 #13
Welcome to DU, talking-liberally! calimary May 2025 #25
"You brought out almost half as many people"...and how many were paid shills.. That's what THEY do to get crowds..nt mitch96 May 2025 #12
Pretty bad that the MSM didn't point out that Trump's Warren crowd was half the size of Bernie's. SunSeeker May 2025 #15
You mean the "liberal media" didn't point that out? MIButterfly May 2025 #16
Good on Bernie Farmer-Rick May 2025 #19
euphamism, maybe? Jean Genie May 2025 #21
The stain hates being laughed at tonekat May 2025 #26
Short stop? True Blue American May 2025 #35
Size matters kkmarie May 2025 #29

Trueblue1968

(19,058 posts)
10. I echo your statement ..... So small. Stormy Daniel also remarked... So small.. It is like a little mushroom !!!!
Thu May 1, 2025, 08:47 AM
May 2025

Trueblue1968

(19,058 posts)
17. U r welcome. That is the first thing that hit me when I read ..... So small. Lol, tiny, teenie weenie
Thu May 1, 2025, 01:32 PM
May 2025


calimary

(88,861 posts)
23. Did you go to Catholic school or something?
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:27 PM
May 2025

The ABSOLUTE BEST dirty jokes I ever heard, I heard in Catholic school. All that pent-up energy has to go somewhere...

True Blue American

(18,579 posts)
2. The site was half empty
Thu May 1, 2025, 05:15 AM
May 2025

And I think the Governor cooked herself to get a one time deal b y flattering Trump.

littlemissmartypants

(31,442 posts)
18. She met with him in the Whitehouse...
Thu May 1, 2025, 02:17 PM
May 2025

Something about Lake Michigan invasive fish, iirc.

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NYT publishes photo of Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s appearance with Trump
13/04/2025 This article was posted by TLB Staff
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/nyt-publishes-photo-of-michigan-gov-whitmers-appearance-with-trump/


SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
20. Yes, we all know about how Trump played her in the White House.
Thu May 1, 2025, 02:53 PM
May 2025

But this poster was implying she appeared at the Warren rally and complimented him at that rally. Didn't happen.

littlemissmartypants

(31,442 posts)
22. So, you were being sarcastic?
Thu May 1, 2025, 03:24 PM
May 2025

Maybe use this



Next time.

That's not how I interpreted either post.

I was trying to help you. Thanks for your reply.

❤️

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
28. No sarcasm, I was asking what flattery True Blue American was referring to.
Thu May 1, 2025, 10:44 PM
May 2025

A false right wing talking point has been circulating that Whitmer appeared with Trump at his Warren rally and he praised her. But she never appeared at Trump’s rally. Now, True Blue American is suggesting Whitmer appeared at the rally and that SHE praised/flattered Trump, which is even worse than the original false right talking point.

I just have zero tolerance for false right wing talking points being repeated on DU, as True Blue American appears to have done here.

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
32. WTF? Maybe you should check your links before posting.
Sat May 3, 2025, 10:03 AM
May 2025

Your first link is broken.

Your second link appears to be some nonsense woo-woo video.

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
33. This OP is about the Warren rally, which she did NOT appear at.
Sat May 3, 2025, 10:10 AM
May 2025

Yes, she went to the White House. And the deal she got for the base was a bipartisan effort. It is not at all clear her disastrous White House visit clinched it, since Trump praised Republicans for the deal along with her efforts. There were plenty of posts about that WH visit. This is not one of them.

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
36. She didn't greet him at the Airport.
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:22 PM
May 2025

She met him at the base where he announced the granting of the jet deal she worked for.

It's not nickpicking. Facts matter.

And she was not there to "greet" him like some fawning MAGAt, which is what you are implying. She was there to take a victory lap for her deal.

 

Hornedfrog2000

(866 posts)
3. I dont believe trump won
Thu May 1, 2025, 05:30 AM
May 2025

Tiny crowds
Tiny poll numbers
Nobody seems to be support this guy, but we are supposed to believe he had this massive turn out?

MIButterfly

(1,889 posts)
5. 4,000? That many idiots went to see him?
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:16 AM
May 2025

It should have been four. In a more sane world, it would have been.

That that many people would go to see the likes of him boggles my little mind.

 

nowforever

(586 posts)
8. People
Thu May 1, 2025, 08:05 AM
May 2025

Have a hard time admitting they've been conned and it does take the stupid even longer.

calimary

(88,861 posts)
24. Boy is THAT ever true.
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:29 PM
May 2025

NOBODY wants to admit they've been had. Even when they'd willingly walked right into it.

mdbl

(8,020 posts)
9. My first thought exactly
Thu May 1, 2025, 08:25 AM
May 2025

of course, I get that thought so often now it's almost starting to feel rhetorical.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

calimary

(88,861 posts)
25. Welcome to DU, talking-liberally!
Thu May 1, 2025, 07:31 PM
May 2025

The only things that don't seem to be shrinking are his jowls.

mitch96

(15,597 posts)
12. "You brought out almost half as many people"...and how many were paid shills.. That's what THEY do to get crowds..nt
Thu May 1, 2025, 10:07 AM
May 2025

SunSeeker

(57,441 posts)
15. Pretty bad that the MSM didn't point out that Trump's Warren crowd was half the size of Bernie's.
Thu May 1, 2025, 12:05 PM
May 2025

MIButterfly

(1,889 posts)
16. You mean the "liberal media" didn't point that out?
Thu May 1, 2025, 01:00 PM
May 2025

Last edited Thu May 1, 2025, 03:50 PM - Edit history (1)

Color me shocked.

I once told my RW relatives that there's no such thing as liberal media and they laughed in my face, so what do I know?

Farmer-Rick

(12,408 posts)
19. Good on Bernie
Thu May 1, 2025, 02:25 PM
May 2025

I was looking for Trump's crowd size because the laughter and cheers over the people of color being abused sounded like weak sauce to me.

Remember the huge roars of the crowds in Kamala's rallies? Sounded nothing close to the very weak noises coming from Trump's 100 day rally. Even their jeers of insults were pathetically quiet.

kkmarie

(336 posts)
29. Size matters
Fri May 2, 2025, 04:04 AM
May 2025

Krasnov had 4000 at his "rally" but according to MLive there were more than 3000 outside protesting. My thought is based on + or - margins both crowds were likely equal in attendance. And the fact that in Macomb county the automotive industry employs 12,000, Krasnov should have had a much bigger audience.

More than 3,000 people protest President Donald J. Trump as he delivers a speech about the successes of his first 100 days in office on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Macomb Community College in Warren.Jake May | MLive.com


https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/watch-thousands-protest-president-trump-outside-michigan-rally.html
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