Trump Claims 40-50,000 People Attended New Hampshire Rally, Held at Venue With Maximum Capacity of 12,000

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Trump Claims 40-50,000 People Attended New Hampshire Rally, Held at Venue with Maximum Capacity of Just Under 12,000 (Newsweeklink): President Donald Trump claimed that his rally on Monday had been attended by "40 to 50,000" people, despite the venue holding fewer than 12,000 people. Trump made the remarks while addressing reporters at the White House Tuesday. Trump compared his rally audience to what he expects to encounter during a planned visit to India at the end of February, which he said IndianPrime Minister Narendra Modi believes would be attended by "millions."

"Last night we probably had 40 to 50,000 people, far more than anyone else," said Trump. "But when we have 50,000 people these days... I'm not going to feel so good. Because he [Modi] thinks we're going to have 5 to 7 million people just from the airport to the new stadium, and you know it's the largest stadium in the world."

Trump's rally in Manchester, New Hampshire was held at the SNHU arena, a venue with a capacity of up to 11,700. The crowd in an overflow area outside the venue was not large enough to make Trump's claim of at least 40,000 likely.

One of the most well-known disputed crowd figures happened after the president was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, an event he claimed was attended up to 1.5 million people. Pictures of the event showed a comparatively sparse and scattered crowd gathered along the National Mall.

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made the evidence-free claim that the inauguration had been attended by the "largest crowd ever." Estimates put the actual attendance total between 250,000 and 600,000, a crowd much smaller than at the inauguration of former President Barack Obama in 2009, which was the largest ever with an estimated audience of 1.8 million.

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