Trump brags about Jan. 6 crowd size: 'I think it was the largest I've ever spoken before'
2 years, 11 months ago

Trump brags about Jan. 6 crowd size: 'I think it was the largest I've ever spoken before'

Raw Story  

Former president Donald Trump on Saturday complained that the "fake news" media never reports on the size of the crowd at his Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally prior to the Capitol insurrection. "Exactly how many of those present at the Capitol complex on Jan. 6 were FBI confidential informants, agents, or otherwise working directly or indirectly with an agency of the United States government?" "How about the one guy 'go in, go in, get in there everybody' — Epps — 'get in there, go, go, go,'" Trump said, referring to Jan. 6 protester Ray Epps. This week, the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection debunked the conspiracy theory about Epps, which has been pushed by others including Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Reporter grills Trump over 'false' crowd size claim: 'There's all kinds of video evidence'
4 months, 1 week ago

Reporter grills Trump over 'false' crowd size claim: 'There's all kinds of video evidence'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump continued to falsely claim this week that he had spoken to the largest crowds in history. One noted that Trump had recently claimed that crowds at Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' rallies had been manufactured by artificial intelligence. "And you said Harris' crowd sizes were AI and that there weren't people there," the correspondent explained. "There's …

Column: What Trump’s crowd obsession says about him — and the race for the White House
4 months, 1 week ago

Column: What Trump’s crowd obsession says about him — and the race for the White House

LA Times  

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz drew huge crowds on their initial campaign swing together, giving Donald Trump fits but in no way predicting the outcome of November’s election. “He’s a person who, when in trouble, grasps at things,” Arzt said, “and then words just come spilling out.” What is demonstrable — and the reason Trump has gone even more bonkers …

Daily Show host destroys Trump’s claim his Jan 6 crowd rivaled MLK Jr’s March on Washington
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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 …

'He's really losing it': Trump mocked for angry rant about Kamala Harris rally crowd sizes
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'He's really losing it': Trump mocked for angry rant about Kamala Harris rally crowd sizes

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is not happy to see media coverage of the big crowds that Vice President Kamala Harris is drawing at her campaign rallies. Writing on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump baselessly accused the media of inflating crowd sizes at Harris rallies, which have each drawn over 10,000 people this week in key swing states of …

Trump's boast about 75,000 fans at his South Carolina rally undercut by the Secret Service
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump's boast about 75,000 fans at his South Carolina rally undercut by the Secret Service

Raw Story  

During his rally in Pickens, South Carolina on Saturday, and on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Donald Trump boasted that 75,000 fans of his descended upon the tiny town to hear him talk but the Secret Service claimed otherwise — by a lot. On Saturday, the former president doubled down on the 75,000 claim by sharing an online post …

Jan. 6 takeaways: From Trump’s lies to the ‘unimaginable’
2 years ago

Jan. 6 takeaways: From Trump’s lies to the ‘unimaginable’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee released its final report Thursday on the “unimaginable” 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a mob assault by supporters of the defeated president, Donald Trump, that shook the nation and exposed the fragility of American democracy. “Prior to January 6th, it was unimaginable.” EIGHT CHAPTERS From the “Big Lie” of Trump’s November 2020 …

Jan 6 hearings: How Giuliani, Trump buffoonery helps case
2 years, 6 months ago

Jan 6 hearings: How Giuliani, Trump buffoonery helps case

LA Times  

Insurrection is no joke. What emerged was a picture of a Trump White House whose alternate reality makes “Veep’s” fictional Selena Meyer look like a policy wonk: There were “the suspicious black suitcase”; ballot mules; rigged voting machines; deep state operatives; armies of dead voters; a deceased Venezuelan communist conspiring to sink the incumbent. “Trump rejected the advice of his …

Trump says Jan. 6 was the 'greatest movement in the history of our Country' -- hours before House hearings begin
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump says Jan. 6 was the 'greatest movement in the history of our Country' -- hours before House hearings begin

Raw Story  

Hours before the House select committee investigation hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection, which saw hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol, the former president raged on Truth Social that the day of the riot "represented the greatest movement in the history of our Country." With the first of six nationally televised hearings that promise new videos …

'An avalanche of lies': Trump's Arizona speech slapped aside by CNN host
2 years, 11 months ago

'An avalanche of lies': Trump's Arizona speech slapped aside by CNN host

Raw Story  

The morning after Donald Trump rehashed all of his complaints about the 2020 presidential election that saw him lose to President Joe Biden and then attacked fellow Republicans, a CNN host dismissed his words as an "avalanche of lies." During the speech, the president also asserted that his "Stop the Steal" rally crowd was massive, telling the crowd, "They talk …

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