Trump disputes Palm Beach Post's story..
President-elect Donald J. Trump took issue Saturday with a story in Saturday’s editions of The Palm Beach Post that said “hundreds of cheering supporters” attended a rally Friday in Orlando.
Trump told supporters at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., that nearly 25,000 people attended the rally at the Central Florida Fair.
MORE ONLINE: Read The Post’s complete coverage of Palm Beach fixture Donald J. Trump’s election as president.
The Central Florida Fair event was staged at its Orlando Amphitheater, an outdoor venue with a capacity of 10,000 people, according to the fair’s website. Attempts to reach the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Orlando Police Department for an official estimate were not immediately successful.
Throughout his campaign, Trump has said the news media under-reported the number of supporters who attended his events. The part-time Palm Beach resident told the crowd The Post’s story was only the latest is not Walter Cronkite anymore, folks. This is not the great Walter Cronkite,” Trump told the crowd according to The Birmingham News website.example of that issue.
“This is not Walter Cronkite anymore, folks. This is not the great Walter Cronkite,” Trump told the crowd according to The Birmingham News website.
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