Trump claims 'biggest crowds ever' — but just booked smallest available room for his next rally

Speaking with reporters in West Balm Beach, Florida Wednesday, former President Donald Trump continued to vocalize his obsession with crowd sizes.
During his Mar-a-Lago press conference last week, the ex-president claimed that the crowd at his January 6 insurrection rally was bigger the 1963 March On Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have A Dream" speech.
Speaking to Trump on Wednesday, one reporter noted that Trump has said Vice President Kamala "Harris’ crowds were AI and that there weren’t people there." The reporter emphasized, "There’s video evidence that proves that false."
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The former president replied: "I can’t say what was there, who was there. I can only tell you about ours. We have the biggest crowds ever in the history of politics."
In a post via X, USA Today columnist Rex Huppke countered the MAGA hopeful's claim, writing: "Trump's North Carolina rally will be at the smaller of two venues at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville. The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium has a 2,431-person capacity. That's where Trump will be. The http://ExploreAsheville.com Arena has 7,200-person capacity."
Huppke also noted a few of the upcoming events that will soon be held in the larger arena — "The one that Trump and his 'greatest political movement the world has ever known' opted not to use for its 'biggest crowds in the history of politics,'" the columnist emphasized.
The list of events Huppke published include:
Aug. 25: 103.3 Asheville FM's 5th Annual Record Fair
Aug. 30: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Sept. 17: Seether and Skillet
Oct. 9: Knocked Loose, with The Garden, Drain and Militarie Gun
Oct. 17 - 20: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
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Watch the video below or at this link.
Reporter: You said Harris’ crowds were AI and that there weren’t people there. There’s video evidence that proves that false
Trump: I can’t say what was there, who was there. I can only tell you about ours. We have the biggest crowds ever in the history of politics pic.twitter.com/DtpApSE8EI
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 14, 2024