 Organizers had expected over 5,000 people might show up, but attendance ended up being more like half that, possibly due to new safety concerns after the attempted assassination of former President Trump a couple days earlier. Nadine Seiler flew in from Waldorf, Maryland, determined to protest the former president throughout the entire four-day convention with an anti-Trump t-shirt and banner and bright blue eyelashes. I'm disappointed with its growth. Is it disappointing? Yes. Is it the end of the world? No.