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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. Reporters failed to do research about venue capacity.
Trump lied about the size of the rally.
It was held at the Lincoln Avenue beach which has a capacity of 20,000. A photo of the event from the air shows maybe 11,000 to 12, 000.
No where the 82,500 crowds Bruce Springsteen's show.
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Trump rally in Wildwood, New Jersey. Reporters failed to do research about venue capacity. (Original Post)
LiberalFighter
May 2024
OP
Wouldn't surprise me. Reporters take the easy way out and uncritically report Trump campaign's numbers.
shrike3
May 2024
#1
The pics I saw before the show weren't that impressive. The line wasn't even to the end of the barricades they
brewens
May 2024
#2
When Trump compares his to some other guy's, you just gotta know he'll be lying.
SupportSanity
May 2024
#7
shrike3
(5,370 posts)1. Wouldn't surprise me. Reporters take the easy way out and uncritically report Trump campaign's numbers.
Lot of lazy people in the business.
brewens
(15,359 posts)2. The pics I saw before the show weren't that impressive. The line wasn't even to the end of the barricades they
had set up to rout people in. Unless I was seeing the very tail end of the crowd going in, it did not look huge. I've been to concerts at the same size venue with the same setup.
Melon
(1,456 posts)3. How is the capacity 20,000 if Springsteen had 80,000?
I cant find a full picture from the air. It looks like standing only no seats. Im not sure how they get a count.
His team is saying more than 100,000 but most articles look like 10s of thousands.
niyad
(131,743 posts)4. Springsteen's show was at a stadium.
Melon
(1,456 posts)5. Ok. I'm lost on the Springsteen comparison then.
niyad
(131,743 posts)6. Because the orange turd was saying he drew bigger crowds than
Springsteen. In New Jersey, no less. And that Springsteen voted for him.
SupportSanity
(1,579 posts)7. When Trump compares his to some other guy's, you just gotta know he'll be lying.