Supporters wait to enter the venue ahead of a President-elect Trump rally, the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Lines to get in the door wrapped around city blocks and weaved through miles of 10-foot fencing designed to block off roads and bolster security. Wait times were upward of three hours, according to some attendees.
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Supporters of President-elect Trump attend a rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Breanne Deppisch/Fox News Digital)
Though the event itself was held inside, the lines were massive, stretching as far as the eye could see, and subjecting all but a few donors and VIPs to hours of winding lines in the bitter winter cold.
Not one of the supporters interviewed expressed any regrets about the cold they endured – even the people who had waited upward of nine hours to get in the door.
A Trump supporter gives a thumbs up at Capital One Arena, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (Breanne Deppisch/Fox News Digital)
But if crowd size is to be measured as a sign of success, as Trump so often appears to see it, then his second term is poised to be met with sweeping approval from his base.
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"I'd do it again," one Florida woman told Fox News Digital of the lines, crowds and stamina required for the duration of the hours-long rally. "I have no regrets."
Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the 2024 election and other national news.
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