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February 12, 2019
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/11/1833991/--FatNixon-in-El-Paso-live-updates-including-counter-rally?utm_campaign=trending
From: El Paso!
:largehttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/11/1833991/--FatNixon-in-El-Paso-live-updates-including-counter-rally?utm_campaign=trending
February 12, 2019
Spokesman says coliseum holds 6,500 and that is how many were allowed in building.
FACT CHECK: El Paso Fire Department confirms @realDonaldTrump lied about his crowd size -- only 6,500 attended his embarrassing rally.
Meanwhile, estimates say up to 15,000 turned out for Beto.
https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/1095196669073870849
https://twitter.com/zahiratorres/status/1095151914365407232
FACT CHECK: El Paso Fire Department confirms - Donald Trump lied about his crowd size
El Paso Fire Department just told us that Trump's statement about them allowing 10,000 people inside is incorrect.Spokesman says coliseum holds 6,500 and that is how many were allowed in building.
FACT CHECK: El Paso Fire Department confirms @realDonaldTrump lied about his crowd size -- only 6,500 attended his embarrassing rally.
Meanwhile, estimates say up to 15,000 turned out for Beto.
How many people did Trump say attended?
When his rally got underway, the president said that 69,000 signed up to be here. The arena holds about 8,000."
Trump thanked the fire department for getting 10,000 people in the El Paso County Coliseum, before noting the crowd that gathered outside for his rally.
Tens of thousands of people are watching the screens outside, Trump said.
How many people did officials say attended?
However, a fire department spokesman said 6,500 people were inside the venue and denied any special accommodations were made.
MORE:
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/02/11/trump-el-paso-rally-how-many-attended-president-speech/2844138002/
https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/1095196669073870849
https://twitter.com/zahiratorres/status/1095151914365407232
February 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1095142987359797248
"Hon, Mueller's got this."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1095142987359797248
February 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1095061782295650306
Laurence Tribe doesn't mince words in his description of Trump:
Pathetic, porcine, stupid, sinister, obscene, obese, cruel, corrupt, deceitful, dictatorial, evasive, evil: who among us wouldve imagined that the person all those adjectives would simultaneously bring to mind for half the earths population would be the U.S. president?https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1095061782295650306
February 11, 2019
The 45th President
February 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/DearAuntCrabby/status/1094649851948736517
"We are all walking contradictions of what "normal" looks like"
https://twitter.com/DearAuntCrabby/status/1094649851948736517
February 10, 2019
Donald F__king Trump Doesn't Like Brown People
Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans. This would be a disaster for the U.S. We need the Wall now!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1094618230793097216
February 10, 2019
"The Lying King"
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