Daily Show host destroys Trump’s claim his Jan 6 crowd rivaled MLK Jr’s March on Washington

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Daily Show host has destroyed Donald Trump’s wild claim that the crowd of supporters who flocked to see him speak on January 6 rivaled the crowd that turned out to hear Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I have a dream” speech during the March on Washington. open image in gallery Daily Show host destroys Trump’s claims about his crowd size MLK Jr’s iconic speech during the 1963 March on Washington drew in an estimated 250,000 people. On Thursday night’s The Daily Show, Michael Kosta pulled no punches saying that “Donald Trump hasn’t been having the best time lately”, quipping that Trump was “so mad” with the question, saying: “All right man, look, just tell us how big your crowds are and try not to be weird about it.” Kosta then tore into Trump’s wild claims about his crowd – but offered him something of a comparison he could make with MLK Jr. “No, no, no. “Just to sum up, Trump was asked about Kamala’s crowd size, and his answer ended up being, I’m better than MLK,” said Kosta.