Trump's CPAC speech beat Golden Globes as awards show saw 60% dip in viewership, say reports
Reports suggest that the people of the United States were more interested in former President Donald Trump's CPAC speech rather than watch the glitzy Golden Globes. The award show saw a 60% dip in viewership in comparison to last year.
Jim Hoft of The Gateway Pundit dished out some numbers to support the story by saying over 8,158,000 people watched Trump on YouTube deliver his speech at CPAC on Sunday, while only 5.4 million tuned in for the Globes. Showbuzz Daily, in its weekly reports, said: "There are no two ways about it — these GOLDEN GLOBES numbers were disastrous. The 1.2 preliminary rating is down about 68% from the 2020 early number, and even if the final rating rises to 1.6 or so, it will be similarly down compared to last year’s final 4.7."
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The numbers for '60 Minutes'. 'The Rookie' and 'American Idol' reportedly had more viewers in the early data, according to Hoft. According to The Daily Caller's report: "…In all seriousness, this is just the latest example that people don’t give a damn about award shows. There are college football games that regularly get better ratings than what the Golden Globes got Sunday night."
News channels such as Reuters (943K), ABC News (223K), The Hill (906K), Fox (148K), SKY News (222K), and The Independent (1M) have whopping numbers to show with people watching the speech live on these networks' YouTube channels.
During his speech, downplaying the 'unrest' that currently plagues the Republican Party, Trump pledged to remain a part of what he called “our beloved party" although he had flirted with the idea of starting his own party in the recent past. “I’m going to continue to fight right by your side. We’re not starting new parties,” he said. “We have the Republican Party. It’s going to be strong and united like never before.”
He did, however, call out by name the ten House Republicans and seven GOP senators who voted to impeach him for allegedly inciting the Capitol riots on January 6. Among them, he singled out Rep Liz Cheney, who has garnered immense flak and backlash in Wyoming for saying Trump should no longer play a role in the party or headline the event. Insisting that the division was merely a spat “between a handful of Washington, DC, establishment political hacks and everybody else, all over the country,” Trump swore that he would "get rid of all" the incumbents who had dared to cross him.
Trump also hinted at a possible run for the presidency in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden, and repeated that he indeed won the 2020 election in his first major public appearance since leaving the White House.
