‘422,000 People!’ Trump Makes Wild Claim About Crowd Size at His July 4 Event 64.8%
Mediaite - By Jennifer Bowers Bahney - 7/5/2026, 8:10 PM
Appeal to Authority 23.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 20.4% - Negativity Bias 20.1%
On Sunday, President Donald Trump revised his initial claim that 375,000 people gathered for the America 250 celebration on the National Mall before the crowd was forced to evacuate due to weather. “We’re here, we’re here, we’re here. There’s no way we can be deterred. They estimated they had 375,000 people before everybody had to leave... more