Trump Brings Up Crowd Size During Hurricane Speech

DONALD TRUMP DID VISIT TEXAS TODAY AS AN EFFORT TO SHOW HIS
SUPPORT FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE OF TEXAS FOLLOWING THE STORM,
HURRICANE HARVEY.
HE DID NOT GO TO HOUSTON, HE DECIDED TO GO TO
CORPUS CHRISTI, ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES --
HIS CAMP IS ALLEGING THAT HE MADE THAT DECISION BECAUSE
HE DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB THE RECOVERY EFFORTS IN HOUSTON,
THERE'S REALLY NO WAY OF CONFIRMING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S
THE REAL REASON HE DIDN'T GO TO HOUSTON, I KNOW THAT ANYTIME THE
PRESIDENT TRAVELS SOMEWHERE THERE IS A HUGE SECURITY DETAIL
THAT GOES AROUND WITH IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
ALSO THE PRESIDENT ISN'T GOING TO GO TO THE MIDDLE OF -- YOU
CAN'T GET EVERYONE WHO NEEDS TO GO TO THE MIDDLE OF HOUSTON
BECAUSE IT IS FLOODED.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SAP THEIR
RESOURCES IN HOUSTON TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT, WHOEVER THE
PRESIDENT IS, AT ANY TIME.
IT MAKES SENSE THAT HE WENT TO
CORPUS CHRISTI, THE STORM HAS PASSED A THERE, IT DID MAKE
LANDFALL, A LOT OF EFFECTIVE BUSINESSES ARE THERE TOO.
HE IS ABOUT FOUR HOURS AWAY FROM HOUSTON, THE NATION'S
FOURTH MOST POPULOUS CITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN VIDEOS CIRCULATING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN REGARD TO
HIS VISIT, AND HE GOT A LITTLE CRITICISM FOR SOME STATEMENTS HE
MADE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, I DON'T WANT TO
GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY, LET'S TOSS TO THE VIDEO.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY, WHAT A CROWD, WHAT A TURNOUT.
I WANT TO
THANK OUR GOVERNOR, YOUR GOVERNOR HAS DONE A FANTASTIC
JOB, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THIS IS HISTORIC, IT'S EPIC, IT
HAPPENED, BUT IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS, TEXAS CAN HANDLE
ANYTHING.
THANK YOU ALL, FOLKS.
THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CHRISTINA WILKE, AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, TWEETED
ABOUT HOW HE SEEMED AMAZED AT THE CROWD SIZE, WHICH IS A
STRANGE THING TO TALK ABOUT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH SUCH A TRAGIC SITUATION, AND HE'S
OBSESSED WITH CROWD SIZES, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
HE MENTIONS CROWD
SIZE ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN HISTORIC AND EPIC MAKES IT SOUND
LIKE SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENED, WHEN IN REALITY SOMETHING TRAGIC
HAPPENED.
HE'S NOT A CUNNING LINGUIST, HE'S NOT KNOWN FOR
SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS AT THE RIGHT TIME, I'M NOT GIVING HIM A
PASS, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM.
JUST THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT THE TURNOUT -- THE PRESIDENT IS
A DISASTER SCENE.
YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY BY THE WAY, THAT I ALSO
TELL YOU BY HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES WE WON?
WE HAD SURPRISES
IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA -- THAT'S WHAT IT
FELT LIKE.
IT FELT LIKE IT BECAME ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE
CROWD SIZE.
IT ALWAYS GOES TO THAT.
I'M NOT SAYING HE'S
INSENSITIVE, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYONE GOING THERE AND
BEING INSENSITIVE.
HE'S INCREDIBLY INSECURE ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WON THE
ELECTION.
ISN'T THAT STRANGE?
YOU WON, DUDE.
WE GET IT.
LET'S
MOVE ON.
HIS WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR ALSO POSTED A
VIDEO OF THE CROWD ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH MADE SOME PEOPLE
ROLL THEIR EYES, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
[CHANTING "USA!"]
IT'S JUXTAPOSED TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN HOUSTON HOURS AWAY,
PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY DYING, AND YOU SEE PEOPLE IN CORPUS
CHRISTI, USA, GOING CRAZY FOR THE PRESIDENT -- I FIND IT
BIZARRE.
THERE IS A SORT OF SOMBER THANKFULNESS YOU SHOW A
PRESIDENT, THAT THEY DID TO BUSH, TO OBAMA WHEN HE WAS
THERE, I REMEMBER BILL CLINTON WENT TO OKLAHOMA CITY AFTER THE
MURRAH BUILDING WAS BOMBED, HE WALKED INTO A COMA CITY, I THINK
IT WAS WHERE HIS PRESIDENCY TOOK A PIVOT, BUT HE WAS TREATED BY
THIS MOST REPUBLICAN STATE IN THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME, BY
THAT CROWD -- IT WAS JUST, HEY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
EVERYTHING SEEMS LIKE A RALLY WITH DONALD TRUMP.
MAYBE I'M TOO
PICKY ABOUT THAT NOW, BUT EVERYTHING SEEMS LIKE A RALLY.
THE NATURE OF THE VIDEO WAS THAT'S THE SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE WASN'T ON HIS RANDOM PAGE AND GOING
IT'S KIND OF AMAZING, THIS WAS -- THERE WAS A BASIS -- THERE
WAS A MESSAGE BEHIND THIS.
CHECK THIS OUT, I'M GOING TO SPAN THE
ENTIRE CROWD AND BACK AGAIN.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THIS, THE
ENTIRE CROWD AND BACK AGAIN.
THE POINT WAS TO SHOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE THERE.
THEY LOVE TURNOUT.
DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED, LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL LOVE OUR
PRESIDENT.
NOT DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED, LOOK HOW THE PRESIDENT
IS HERE TO SUPPORT AMERICANS.
IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND, BECOMING A PEOPLE SUPPORT ME.
THAT THE BEST WAY OF PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS A
MOMENT WHERE WE SHOULD SHOW EMPATHY AND CONCERN FOR THE
VICTIMS OF THE STORM, AND THIS DID TURN INTO WHAT APPEARED TO
BE A CELEBRATORY THING, A CELEBRATORY EVENT.
OPTICS
MATTER.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OPTICS IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK
GOOD, BUT THOSE ARE APPARENTLY TRUMP SUPPORTERS, THEY WERE
EXCITED HE WAS THERE, I DO COMMEND HIM FOR GOING TO TEXAS,
TO BE FAIR --
HE ALSO MADE A GOOD MOVE TO GO TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
INITIALLY HE
WAS GOING TO SAN ANTONIO, NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THIS
HAPPENED, JUST TO BE IN TEXAS, AND THEY THOUGHT BETTER OF THAT,
THAT THEY SHOULD GO TO A PLACE THAT WAS AFFECTED.
AND AS LONG AS THEY ARE ALLOCATING THE APPROPRIATE
RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THEY HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE STORM, THAT'S
REALLY ALL THAT MATTERS.
AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN, BASED
ON THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE, IT APPEARS THEY ARE TAKING IT
SERIOUSLY, THEY ARE ALLOCATING THE RESOURCES -- FAIR IS FAIR,
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
FAIR IS FAIR, BUT AGAIN, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE NOT RIGHT
ABOUT THAT, THE WORK BEGINS WHEN THE STORM ENDS.
THAT'S WHERE THE
RESOURCES WILL REALLY NEED TO BE SCRUTINIZED.
REBUILDING, GETTING
PEOPLE BACK INTO HOMES, PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE FOR INSURANCE,
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T BUY IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD
NEED IT WHERE THEY WERE LIVING, MAKE SURE THEY AREN'T SCREWED
OUT OF GETTING SOME KIND OF SUPPORT TO GET BACK INTO A HOME
OR ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
REBUILDING ALL THOSE
JOBS NEAR WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS.
THAT ALL HAS TO HAPPEN
AFTER THE STORM PASSES.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW, THINKING ON
THEIR FEET, HELPING FAMILIES, YOU LIKE TO HEAR THAT, BUT
HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE JUDGED AFTER THE STORM PASSES.
A PETTY THOUGHT ON THAT LAST POINT, HE'S PART OF THIS HUGE
GOVERNMENT WE WANT TO LIMIT AND REDUCE AND STOP FROM HELPING
PEOPLE, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TO HELP PEOPLE, BRAGGING
ABOUT HOW AWESOME AND UNPRECEDENTED THE STORM WAS AND
YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT, TAKE CARE OF IT WITH WHAT?
GOVERNMENT FUNDS THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS PAY TAXES FOR?
I SAW
THIS ON TWITTER, THERE IS A DON'T TREAD ON ME FLAG IN THAT
CROWD OF FANS.
THE POINT OF PEOPLE WHO CARRY THAT FLAG,
LIMITED GOVERNMENT, STOP STEPPING ON MY RIGHTS, WITH YOUR
GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE, YOU
NEED A LITTLE BIT OF BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE AND FUNDS TO
HELP YOU.
AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SHRINK GOVERNMENT TO THE
SIZE OF WHATEVER IT IS IN GROVER NORQUIST'S BATHTUB -- AND I
THINK TOO WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, AND I
KNOW WE HAVE TO MOVE ON, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT -- I SAW A
LIBERTARIAN YESTERDAY, AN AVOWED LIBERTARIAN, COMPLAINING THAT
THE GOVERNMENT, THE MAYOR, DIDN'T TELL US TO EVACUATE
ENOUGH.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HATE GOVERNMENT COMPLAINING
ABOUT GOVERNMENT.
YOU NEED GOVERNMENT, IT'S LIKE A
MALPRACTICE ATTORNEY, UNTIL YOU ARE A VICTIM OF MALPRACTICE YOU
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRACTICE ATTORNEYS.
YOU ARE RIGHT, WE WILL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN THE FUTURE IN
REGARD TO ALLOCATING THE RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST PROPERTY OR LOVE ONES AS A RESULT OF THE STORM -- IT'S
A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT IT REMINDS ME OF CAR INSURANCE,
WHICH WE HAVE TO MANDATORILY PURCHASE.
IT SUCKS, EVERY MONTH
YOU PAY THE CAR INSURANCE, YOU HATE IT, BUT ONCE YOU GET INTO
AN ACCIDENT, THANK GOD I HAVE CAR INSURANCE.
THIS IS COOL, THEY GOT ME A NEW CAR.
YES, IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO HAVE EMPATHY.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY
YOU WILL HEAR MEMBERS OF THE RIGHT, LIBERTARIANS, ARGUING
AGAINST GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT HELP THE POOR -- OH, THEY ARE
MOOCHERS, WHY SHOULD MY MONEY GO TO THEM, THERE IS NO EMPATHY
TOWARD THEM, BUT THE REALITY IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WILL
FALL ON HARD TIMES.
AND IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THE ROLE OF THE
GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT US, TO TAKE CARE OF US IN TIMES OF
NEED.
IT ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TO REGULATE WHO WE MARRY,
HOW WE HAVE SEX, WHERE WE HAVE SEX -- UNLESS IT'S PUBLIC
PLACES, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SEX IN PUBLIC SPACES --
IT'S THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFE AND
TAKEN CARE OF. AND IN THIS CASE IT APPEARS THE GOVERNMENT IS
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE, IT APPEARS THOSE ON THE RIGHT ARE
APPLAUDING THAT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU APPLAUD THAT WHEN THOSE IN
NEED IT IN THE FUTURE.
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