Il Trumpo once again went on Twitter to bypass the media and get his word out. This time he claimed 30,000 attended his yuge rally in Mobile, Alabama, but slammed Politico for estimating far less than his other other outlets’ numbers.
I had 15,000 people in Phoenix but @politico said "the rooms capacity is just over 2000." But said Bernie Sanders had 11,000 in same room.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2015
#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #TrumpRallyAL pic.twitter.com/UokCEy7e4N
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2015
Then the Trumpinator aimed his turrets at Politico:
.@politico covers me more inaccurately than any other media source, and that is saying something. They go out of their way to distort truth!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2015
I had 15,000 people in Phoenix but @politico said "the rooms capacity is just over 2000." But said Bernie Sanders had 11,000 in same room.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2015
Thank you to the @washingtonpost for the accurate and very discriptive story on my speech in Alabama last night. It was a great evening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2015
USAToday had it at 30k:
About 30,000 people came out to hear @realDonaldTrump speak in Mobile, Ala., Friday night. http://t.co/6dmWSW3jWo
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 22, 2015
Newsweek had 20K:
Donald Trump draws a crowd of roughly 20,000 supporters in Alabama http://t.co/5ovWcfuKCN pic.twitter.com/OIXYPUI7jh
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 22, 2015
NBC News said 30,000, quoting the Mobile police.
Mobile Police Dept. says 30,000 people attended Trump's rally yesterday, making it largest campaign event of 2016: pic.twitter.com/HvNsyS7TZO
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 22, 2015
And a local place had it very low:
Local TV estimates 18,000 people attended Trump rally last night http://t.co/bHC4CxhWnd
— Alex Pappas (@AlexPappas) August 22, 2015
Some were putting it at about 20,000 as the stadium held 40,000 and looked about half full, but the Trump campaign said there were about 35,000 tickets reserved. But regardless of the number, which is difficult to estimate, it clearly was just as large and most likely much greater than Socialist Bernie Sanders’ rally, which the media loved to tout so much.