Trump inaccurately claims size of rally day before election was 32,000 instead of 4,200

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY MAX GREENWOOD - 04/28/18 08:37 PM EDT

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President Trump appeared on Saturday to exaggerate the size of the crowd that gathered with him a day before election night in November 2016, asserting that 32,000 people showed up, when in fact, the venue only held 4,200.

"We couldn't even get near the arena, there were 32,000 people," Trump said at a rally in Washington, Michigan. "I finished speaking at 1-o-clock in the morning on election day -- 32,000 people"

In fact, the Detroit Free Press reported that night that DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., where Trump held the rally, has a capacity of 4,200, far less than the 32,000 that Trump claimed.

Trump has a penchant for exaggerating crowd sizes. The president sent former White House press secretary Sean Spicer out before reporters last year to argue that Trump's inauguration had "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385365-trump-inaccurately-claims-size-of-rally-before-election-was-32000

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Were there 27,800 people lined up outside? Or 27,800 protesters outside? Or nobody?

[Bradical79]

19. Probably a fair number of protesters and counter protestors

The venue itself only holds 4,200, but "We couldn't even get near the arena" implies a bunch of people outside the venue. I still call bullshit on "32,000" though, lol.

[George II]

2. "Trump has a penchant for exaggerating crowd sizes." He has the same penchant for hand sizes.

[dalton99a]

3. He makes up shit 24/7. Facts and data are meaningless to him.

[Larrybanal]

20. exactly

screw this penchant BS...he is a fucking liar

[SunSeeker]

4. It's like he has election Tourette's.

He can't stop blurting out shit about his election every time he opens his mouth.

[AJT]

5. Any numbers for the rally held tonight?

[llmart]

10. Just read an article in a local newspaper...

quoting some of the people that were there and what I found interesting was that none of the ones quoted were from Macomb County. They were from places up north. Coincidence that the reporter interviewed about 5 people and they weren't from Macomb?

No estimates on crowd size but one county sheriff who wouldn't give his identity claims it was bigger than a rock star gets. No wonder he didn't want to give his name. The picture with the article sure doesn't look like it was bigger than a rock concert.

[Scurrilous]

12. Perhaps the 'rock star' he's referring to was Ted Nugent.

[Liberalagogo]

6. It's called LYING.

Stop sugar coating it.

[dchill]

9. Yes. It's inaccurate to say he was inaccurate.

[keithbvadu2]

7. He personally counted them on his yuuuuuuuge hands.

[Iliyah]

8. t-rump lies so naturally

and his supporters believe every bit of them.

[yonder]

11. 293 pounds of goo in a navy blue suit

= 239 pounds of bullshit. by my math

[NBachers]

13. He didn't exaggerate. He lied.

[riversedge]

22. He is pathetic.

[RhodeIslandOne]

14. Does it matter?

62 million idiots voted for this slime. Most of them should be euthanized.

[Doodley]

15. Zoom in close on that picture and you can see what he has done with his hair.

[Roy Rolling]

16. No way!

Zoom at your own risk! LOL

[area51]

17. He reminds me of the Monty Python sketch on buying a bed, with one of the characters exaggerating.

http://www.montypython.net/scripts/buybed.php

[mountain grammy]

18. Exaggerate, great word for the lying sack of shit.

[LudwigPastorius]

21. He's always exaggerating the size of things.

Trump's birthday is coming up in June. Perhaps Melania can get him a shirt.

[Cha]

23. trump fucking LIES AGAIN.. fixed it.