Trump compares January 6 crowd to MLK's 'I Have A Dream' audience: 'We had more people'

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 15:46

Composite image of crowd of Jan. 6, 2021 rally and MLK Jr's crowd for his — "You look at the picture of his crowd, my friend, we actually had more people," Trump said of the crowd on January 6.
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Trump said he drew a bigger crowd on January 6 than Martin Luther King Jr. did in 1963.
"My friend, we actually had more people," he said at a press conference on Thursday.
Trump also claimed that people "never see the picture of the crowd" on the mall that day.

Former President Donald Trump is comparing himself to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. — at least when it comes to crowd size.

During a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-A-Lago resort on Thursday, Trump claimed he drew a bigger crowd on January 6, 2021, than King did for his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.