Math For Simpletons

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Trump's boast about 75,000 fans at his South Carolina rally undercut by the Secret Service https://t.co/ER11pUlJEG

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 2, 2023

The town where Trump held his rally has a population of about 3,000 souls.

Trump claims 75,000 came to his rally. For comparison’s sake, Memorial Stadium at UT-Austin has a capacity of north of 100,000.

Yeah, it’s pretty damned big.  The enrollment at UT Austin is about 50,000, and few students get into the games because they can’t get tickets. Most tickets go to alumni and season ticket holders. Which means if the stadium is full, most of those people are from out of town.

Which you barely noticed, when I lived there. At the time Austin was about 500,000, so another 100,000 or so didn’t represent a 2500% increase in the city’s population.

Which brings me to my point. I don’t know many cities have a public arena built to handle 25 times the population of the burg. It just isn’t believable.

I appreciate the Secret Service providing a more reasonable estimate of 5,000 (still seems high, though; considering). But on the face of it, 75,000 is just impossible.  Not to mention, unbelievable.

I bring this up because:

Trump's long-time Elvis obsession continues as he brags he's drawing larger crowds than the rockerhttps://t.co/nQ4DNKeXrX

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 5, 2023

Yeah, he really has the most tenuous connections to reality. As if everything since 2016 hadn’t taught us that; or everything since November 2020 didn’t drive the point home with a 10 lb. sledgehammer.

WHERE IS ALL THE BIDEN MERCH? THE BIZARRE RALLIES? THE PEOPLE DESTROYING THIER LIVES FOR HIM?

— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 4, 2023

Yeah, but the Elvis obsession still wins the weirdness contest.