Trump Compares Crowd Sizes
February 12, 2019 at 8:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard 13 Comments
When his rally in El Paso, TX got underway last night, President Trump claimed that “69,000 signed up to be here. The arena holds about 8,000,” the El Paso Times reports.
He then thanked the fire department for getting 10,000 people in the El Paso County Coliseum, while noting that “tens of thousands of people are watching the screens outside.”
However, a fire department spokesman said 6,500 people were inside the venue and denied any special accommodations were made.
Trump then mocked the crowd size at Beto O’Rourke’s rally held at the same time saying it was no more than 300 people. However, the Texas Tribune reports the O’Rourke rally drew at least 7,000 people.
First Read: “Trump sure did elevate O’Rourke – by 1) going to El Paso in the first place and 2) deliberately trying to understate his crowd.”
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https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/12/trump-compares-crowd-sizes/
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Btw, the Texas Tribune is contradicted by the El Paso PD's estimate of 10-15,000 at El Paso/Beto's anti-wall rally.
Apparently Trump did draw a few thousand supporters outside his arena. His crowd seems to have been smaller, but closer in size, not exactly 6500 versus 15,000.
