Sanders mocks Trump's crowd size at 100th-day event in Michigan

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/30/25 6:38 PM ET


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday mocked President Trump over the crowd size at an event in Michigan celebrating his first 100 days in office the day prior.

“Congratulations to President Trump for drawing 4,000 people last night to a rally Warren, MI. Keep it up,” Sanders wrote in a post on the social platform X. “You brought out almost half as many people as we did in the same city last month!” “Americans are fighting back against authoritarianism and attacks on the working class.”

Sanders was criticizing the turnout at the rally Trump held Tuesday in Macomb County to celebrate his first 100 days back in office. Trump began his speech by mentioning Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) rallies across the country in opposition of his administration.

Ocasio-Cortez poked at Trump online after he claimed his crowd was bigger than that of the Democrats. “Tell me we’re in his head without telling me we’re in his head,” she wrote in a post online.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5276199-trump-sanders-michigan-rally/

[BoRaGard]

1. So small

wee wee Krasnov (R-Felon)

[Trueblue1968]

10. I echo your statement ..... So small. Stormy Daniel also remarked... So small.. It is like a little mushroom !!!!

[samnsara]

11. oh man that gave me a laugh!

thanks!

[Trueblue1968]

17. U r welcome. That is the first thing that hit me when I read ..... So small. Lol, tiny, teenie weenie

[orleans]

27. mushroom man

there's a fungus among us

[calimary]

23. Did you go to Catholic school or something?

The ABSOLUTE BEST dirty jokes I ever heard, I heard in Catholic school. All that pent-up energy has to go somewhere...

[True Blue American]

2. The site was half empty

And I think the Governor cooked herself to get a one time deal b y flattering Trump.

[SunSeeker]

14. Whitmer was not at Trump's Warren rally. What flattery are you referring to?

[littlemissmartypants]

18. She met with him in the Whitehouse...

Something about Lake Michigan invasive fish, iirc.

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NYT publishes photo of Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s appearance with Trump
13/04/2025 This article was posted by TLB Staff
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/nyt-publishes-photo-of-michigan-gov-whitmers-appearance-with-trump/

[SunSeeker]

20. Yes, we all know about how Trump played her in the White House.

But this poster was implying she appeared at the Warren rally and complimented him at that rally. Didn't happen.

[littlemissmartypants]

22. So, you were being sarcastic?

Maybe use this



Next time.

That's not how I interpreted either post.

I was trying to help you. Thanks for your reply.

❤️

[SunSeeker]

28. No sarcasm, I was asking what flattery True Blue American was referring to.

A false right wing talking point has been circulating that Whitmer appeared with Trump at his Warren rally and he praised her. But she never appeared at Trump’s rally. Now, True Blue American is suggesting Whitmer appeared at the rally and that SHE praised/flattered Trump, which is even worse than the original false right talking point.

I just have zero tolerance for false right wing talking points being repeated on DU, as True Blue American appears to have done here.

[True Blue American]

31. Maybe you should check your facts before posting.

h

[SunSeeker]

32. WTF? Maybe you should check your links before posting.

Your first link is broken.

Your second link appears to be some nonsense woo-woo video.

[True Blue American]

30. How do you think she won that deal? She visited Trump at the WhiteHouse.

[SunSeeker]

33. This OP is about the Warren rally, which she did NOT appear at.

Yes, she went to the White House. And the deal she got for the base was a bipartisan effort. It is not at all clear her disastrous White House visit clinched it, since Trump praised Republicans for the deal along with her efforts. There were plenty of posts about that WH visit. This is not one of them.

[True Blue American]

34. She greeted him at te Airport.

If you want to nit pick, fine, I do not.
Have a nice day.

[SunSeeker]

36. She didn't greet him at the Airport.

She met him at the base where he announced the granting of the jet deal she worked for.

It's not nickpicking. Facts matter.

And she was not there to "greet" him like some fawning MAGAt, which is what you are implying. She was there to take a victory lap for her deal.

[Hornedfrog2000]

3. I dont believe trump won

Tiny crowds
Tiny poll numbers
Nobody seems to be support this guy, but we are supposed to believe he had this massive turn out?

[thesquanderer]

4. At 83, Bernie is still sharp. AOC probably taught him it's called trolling. :-) (n/t)

[MIButterfly]

5. 4,000? That many idiots went to see him?

It should have been four. In a more sane world, it would have been.

That that many people would go to see the likes of him boggles my little mind.

[nowforever]

8. People

Have a hard time admitting they've been conned and it does take the stupid even longer.

[calimary]

24. Boy is THAT ever true.

NOBODY wants to admit they've been had. Even when they'd willingly walked right into it.

[mdbl]

9. My first thought exactly

of course, I get that thought so often now it's almost starting to feel rhetorical.

[talking-liberally]

7. shrinkage

crowd size
approval rating
economy

[sdfernando]

13. among "other" things too! /nt

[calimary]

25. Welcome to DU, talking-liberally!

The only things that don't seem to be shrinking are his jowls.

[mitch96]

12. "You brought out almost half as many people"...and how many were paid shills.. That's what THEY do to get crowds..nt

[SunSeeker]

15. Pretty bad that the MSM didn't point out that Trump's Warren crowd was half the size of Bernie's.

[MIButterfly]

16. You mean the "liberal media" didn't point that out?

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Color me shocked.

I once told my RW relatives that there's no such thing as liberal media and they laughed in my face, so what do I know?

[Farmer-Rick]

19. Good on Bernie

I was looking for Trump's crowd size because the laughter and cheers over the people of color being abused sounded like weak sauce to me.

Remember the huge roars of the crowds in Kamala's rallies? Sounded nothing close to the very weak noises coming from Trump's 100 day rally. Even their jeers of insults were pathetically quiet.

[Jean Genie]

21. euphamism, maybe?

Any chance that "crowd size" is a cute new term to describe Trump's "wee-wee?"

[tonekat]

26. The stain hates being laughed at

The more insinuation that he's tiny, the better.

[True Blue American]

35. Short stop?

[kkmarie]

29. Size matters

Krasnov had 4000 at his "rally" but according to MLive there were more than 3000 outside protesting. My thought is based on + or - margins both crowds were likely equal in attendance. And the fact that in Macomb county the automotive industry employs 12,000, Krasnov should have had a much bigger audience.

More than 3,000 people protest President Donald J. Trump as he delivers a speech about the successes of his first 100 days in office on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at Macomb Community College in Warren.Jake May | MLive.com

https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/watch-thousands-protest-president-trump-outside-michigan-rally.html