The liberal media was giddy Friday afternoon noting how many fewer people had packed into the National Mall in Washington, DC for President Trump’s inauguration compared to the 2009 inauguration of former President Obama.
The photos they shared on social media certainly showed far fewer attendees for Trump.
Compare the crowds: 2009 inauguration at left, 2017 inauguration at right.#Inauguration pic.twitter.com/y7RhIR2nfC
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) January 20, 2017
What they purposefully left our of their “reporting” was that violent anti-Trump protesters were preventing a huge number of Trump supporters from attending the inauguration.
The Washington Post, one of the few media outlets to report on the phenomenon, wrote:
At John Marshall Park’s checkpoint, Black Lives Matter protesters – chanting ‘Shut it down’ – did just that. Five men chained themselves together, preventing anyone from passing and forcing police officers to redirect attendees to other entrances.
“It feels great that we closed the checkpoint,” said 28-year-old Aaron Goggans, one of the organisers. “But we know this is just the beginning.”
At the 10th and E streets in downtown Washington, protesters blocked the entrance to another checkpoint.
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A group of women tied themselves together with purple yarn and sat on the ground to prevent people from passing through.
And those were just a sampling of the disruptions.
Liberals wanted to create the impression that very few Americans actually support Trump as president. And the liberal mainstream media ate it up.
But at the end of the day, you know what? He’s still our president. You can’t stop it.
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Still, Trump supporters trying to actually attend the inauguration were furious:
"Reject walls". Except the ones we're building to keep people from exercising their right to assemble. #DisruptJ20 pic.twitter.com/sHlKd5nmCG
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 20, 2017
An hour later we are still here blocking entrance to #inauguration #disruptj20 pic.twitter.com/XW5MyvsMlw
— Charlie Furman (@DigitalCharlie) January 20, 2017
The #Inauguration entrance I am at is completely shut down by protesters #j20resist #disruptj20 pic.twitter.com/6OVMTt9z1P
— Jeff Rae (@jeffrae) January 20, 2017
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