Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 1 month agoU.S. Inauguration Day in 2009 (Left) and 2017 (Right)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down11
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageU.S. Inauguration Day in 2009 (Left) and 2017 (Right)sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month ago2021 had very few people because of corona.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·1 month ago 2021 had very few people because of corona Just another day of Biden supporters repeating claims trump supporters used to make. Biden didn’t get elected because people wanted him to be president, he got elected because in the general he was the only option not named trump. Expecting him to draw a crowd like 08 Obama is just ridiculous
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThey actively discouraged people from coming because of corona. That’s why it isn’t comparable.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAlso it was weeks after January 6th, security was high and I’m sure everyone who was there was on edge imagining a crazy MAGA supporter with a gun or a bomb.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 month agoBut even without that stuff, Biden never had what Obama had in 08. People travelled from all over, it was a huge deal and people were literally celebrating in the streets nationwide. Some of that was because we getting rid of GW, but most of it was excitement about Obama. In 2020 there wasn’t excitement from anyone, just relief.
2021 had very few people because of corona.
Just another day of Biden supporters repeating claims trump supporters used to make.
Biden didn’t get elected because people wanted him to be president, he got elected because in the general he was the only option not named trump.
Expecting him to draw a crowd like 08 Obama is just ridiculous
They actively discouraged people from coming because of corona. That’s why it isn’t comparable.
Also it was weeks after January 6th, security was high and I’m sure everyone who was there was on edge imagining a crazy MAGA supporter with a gun or a bomb.
But even without that stuff, Biden never had what Obama had in 08.
People travelled from all over, it was a huge deal and people were literally celebrating in the streets nationwide.
Some of that was because we getting rid of GW, but most of it was excitement about Obama.
In 2020 there wasn’t excitement from anyone, just relief.