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Thu Oct 10, 2024, 07:31 PM Oct 10

Trump's Crowd Size Brag Debunked by Embarrassing Video

Source: newrepublic

Trump’s low turnout is significant for a candidate who has frequently attacked his political opponents for their inability to draw as many people as he’s historically attracted to his boisterous, sprawling campaign stops.

In 2016 and 2020, Trump relied on the visual logic of his loaded rallies—and, by extension, the relatively lackluster crowds attending his opponents’—as evidence of his titanic popularity among everyday Americans. But whether Trump is on a high or a low note with his supporters, he’s equally likely to stretch the numbers, even going so far in August as to claim that his January 6 crowd size was bigger than Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington (photographic evidence proves it wasn’t even close.)

Read more: https://newrepublic.com/post/187023/donald-trump-crowd-size-embarrassing-video-empty

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Trump's Crowd Size Brag Debunked by Embarrassing Video (Original Post) FightFight Oct 10 OP
How about some pics/videos of his 50,000 people who could not get into his rallies? keithbvadu2 Oct 10 #1
Latest breaking obnoxiousdrunk Oct 10 #2
Fox News??? lol FightFight Oct 10 #3
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