Empty seats at Trump inaugural parade. DATE: 2024-10-18 20:30:55
NBC’s Katy Tur noted around 1:40 p.m. Eastern that Pennsylvania Avenue was sparsely occupied ahead of the president’s traditional parade from the Capitol to the White House.
Parade route from Capital to WH. Entire stands empty. Crowd thin. pic.twitter.com/7AcpJkBO8O
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 20, 2017
Things weren’t quite that empty when the parade got started at about 4 p.m. … but they were still pretty dang empty. Some stands were full, but others—including those near the White House—were very much not.
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— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 20, 2017
These are not the kinds of visuals one probably hopes for on the day that’s typically the peak of an administration’s popularity.
I guess this is what a mandate looks like. pic.twitter.com/NdycUQLZln
— Scafe for America (@erinscafe) January 20, 2017
Those who did show up were not necessarily Trump supporters:
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.@WestPoint_USMA in the house here at the #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/C96Y8JgZ3h
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) January 20, 2017
Attendance at Trump’s swearing-in was also light. In probably related news, he takes office as the least popular incoming president since the dawn of polling.
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