Even Loomer Gives Up Protesting Outside Courthouse

The New York Times reports:

Donald J. Trump was evidently not happy with what he saw out the window of his chauffeured S.U.V. as he rode through Lower Manhattan on Monday morning for the beginning of opening arguments in his first criminal trial. The scene that confronted him as he approached the dingy courthouse was underwhelming. Across the street, at Collect Pond Park, only a handful of Trump supporters had gathered, and the number would not grow much throughout the morning.

Over the last week, demonstrators visibly identifying as supporting Mr. Trump — with red hats or clothing, or banners and flags — have never totaled more than a dozen. One of Mr. Trump’s most dedicated supporters, the right-wing activist Laura Loomer, flew to New York from Florida and protested outside the courthouse every day last week. She had to return to Florida this week to take care of her two dogs, she said in an interview.

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Only a handful of Donald Trump’s supporters on Monday gathered outside of the Manhattan courthouse where his criminal trial is being held. He sought to cast the poor turnout as more evidence of a plot against him. https://t.co/fmXHNCKx8V

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