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On Wednesday morning Trump said on Twitter that the New York Times estimates about the size of the crowd inside Municipal Auditorium were wrong.
The newspaper reported the crowd to be about 1,000. The article was later updated to reflect the actual size of the crowd, which officials said contained 5,500 people.
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Despite officials' estimates, the Trump campaign double-down Wednesday afternoon saying there were 8,000 people at the rally.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/tn-elections/2018/05/30/trump-nashville-rally-crowd-size-above-arena-capacity-new-york-times-reports/655630002/
I'm to the point that if Trump told the truth about something, anything, I would be mightily surprised. He's one of those people who would rather lie when they would be better served by the truth.
Cyrano
(15,057 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)genxlib
(5,535 posts)His original complaint was about a report of 1000 people which he claimed to be several times that number. Later the report was updated to over 5000. So technically he was right. ( I think I threw up a little in my mouth)
He is often obsessed with these stupid crowd numbers but who really gives a shit. Any number of screaming idiots is too many.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)but trying would just get you tackled and/or shot.
They probably would let the press get a get pic of the real numbers anyway though.+
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,530 posts)0rganism
(23,970 posts)the second someone in the "Fake News" business admits fault, Trump is free to say whatever the fuck he wants about the topic. hell, he probably could have pushed it to 18000 without shaking his followers' suspension of disbelief.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Hundreds if not thousands of empty seats,
and the commentator said people got up and left during his speech ~
apparently having heard it all before.