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Number Of People at Rally (Original Post) bdamomma Feb 2017 OP
I heard 9,000 on Saturday so 7k might be right. Down from 15k last time he was in that hanger. n/t CincyDem Feb 2017 #1
News saying 9,000 and 20,000 outside yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #2
19 million people. The area that Trump was in Blue_true Feb 2017 #8
I thought it was a ticketed event? jmg257 Feb 2017 #12
Hmmm. Got a link on that, yeoman6987? Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #9
Who voted for him. jack69 Feb 2017 #10
What news yeoman6987? Here's a report saying a total of 9000: Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #13
A bigly number. A very bigly number. eom guillaumeb Feb 2017 #3
I don't know where they get these figures. yallerdawg Feb 2017 #4
One, one point five million. pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #5
Would be like Trump to insist that nearly all of Blue_true Feb 2017 #11
That was Trump's claim for his inauguration attendance pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #14
I heard ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #6
The protesters were lined up on the road outside BainsBane Feb 2017 #7
I'm spreading fake news ProudLib72 Feb 2017 #15

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. 19 million people. The area that Trump was in
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:27 PM
Feb 2017

Has around 6-7 million people. Given that the rally was on a Saturday afternoon, 7,000-9,000 people was NOT a good crowd since lots of people were free from work.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Would be like Trump to insist that nearly all of
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:31 PM
Feb 2017

the people that live in the metro area of his rally attended his rally, although that, to a sane person would be preposterous.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
14. That was Trump's claim for his inauguration attendance
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:43 PM
Feb 2017
“I turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field,” Trump said at a speech Saturday afternoon at the CIA. “I'm like, wait a minute. I made a speech. I looked out, the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people.”

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14347298/trump-inauguration-crowd-size


ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. I heard
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:19 PM
Feb 2017

most of them came because they thought it was an anti-tRump rally. They got there and were packed in with tRumpers and couldn't find an exit.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
15. I'm spreading fake news
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:59 PM
Feb 2017

I can't help myself. It's the American way now. Take my post as symptomatic of this administration.

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