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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump boasted that he drew larger crowds to his speeches than Martin Luther King Jr. did
did for the historic 'I Have A Dream' speechFormer President Donald Trump bragging on Friday that he has drawn in larger crowds to his speeches on at least two occasions than Martin Luther King Jr. did for his 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech.
Speaking to the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Nashville, Tennessee, the former president spent several minutes boasting about the crowd size for his speeches on the National Mall on July 4, 2020, and on January 6, 2021, near the White House.
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Photographs of King's speech show "massive, tremendous numbers of people," Trump said. "They said it was a million people."
Historians say that the number of people who attended King's iconic civil rights speech is closer to 250,000.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-boasted-drew-larger-crowds-103400917.html
The only thing of yours that's bigger is your ego, your gut and your ass.
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Trump boasted that he drew larger crowds to his speeches than Martin Luther King Jr. did (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jun 2022
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Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)1. It's likely that he drew larger crowds than Jesus.
And he's certainly no Martin Luther King.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)2. He likely drew more than Lincoln at Gettysburg.
And hes no Abraham Lincoln.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)3. One was speaking in support of civil rights..other is idiot