Both President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden just held rallies at the same time in Nevada yesterday. Biden spoke at a union sponsored event in Las Vegas. Trump was in northern Nevada in Elko. It's worth noting that there are about 2.2 million people in metro Las Vegas and Elko has just over 20,000 people with the entire Elko county having just under 50,000. Biden's rally drew less than 200 people, while Trump's had over 4000.
There's no question that more people would normally rather see a sitting president than a former vice president, but these numbers are still striking. Biden is often touted as a major presidential candidate for 2020. If he can't even draw 200 people in a major metro area two weeks before the election, how could he ever succeed in 2020? The reality is that he can't.
One last note: I read three different accounts of the two rallies in the mainstream media. Each one pointed out that Trump mocked Biden. Two of the three said that Trump mocked the size of the crowd at the Biden event. None of the three articles, however, stated the actual size of the crowds. The mainstream media just couldn't accept that so many more people came to see the President in a small town in the middle of nowhere than went to see Biden in Vegas.
There's no question that more people would normally rather see a sitting president than a former vice president, but these numbers are still striking. Biden is often touted as a major presidential candidate for 2020. If he can't even draw 200 people in a major metro area two weeks before the election, how could he ever succeed in 2020? The reality is that he can't.
One last note: I read three different accounts of the two rallies in the mainstream media. Each one pointed out that Trump mocked Biden. Two of the three said that Trump mocked the size of the crowd at the Biden event. None of the three articles, however, stated the actual size of the crowds. The mainstream media just couldn't accept that so many more people came to see the President in a small town in the middle of nowhere than went to see Biden in Vegas.
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