*Bernice King responded to former President Donald Trump’s comparison of the size of the crowd during his “Stop the Steal” speech to Martin Luther King Jr.’s during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington.
During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump asserted that no one had spoken to larger crowds than he had, comparing his audience size to that of Martin Luther King’s historic event, Vibe reports.
“Nobody has spoken to crowds bigger than me,” Trump said during a news conference at Mar-a-Largo.
He added, “If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people.”
Bernice King on X/Twitter, writing “Absolutely not true. I really wish that people would stop using my father to support fallacy.”
Absolutely not true. I really wish that people would stop using my father to support fallacy. https://t.co/yByOqt4JV2 pic.twitter.com/OWsSsppACv
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) August 8, 2024
The NAACP also responded via X saying, “Not only is that completely false, but here’s what is more important: MLK’s speech was about democracy. Trump’s was about tearing it down.”
Donald Trump just said that he had a bigger crowd on January 6 than Dr. Martin Luther King did when he delivered “I Have A Dream.”
…Not only is that completely false, but here’s what is more important: MLK’s speech was about democracy. Trump’s was about tearing it down. pic.twitter.com/cyjmztKy1Y
— NAACP (@NAACP) August 8, 2024
According to Business Insider, Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech attracted an estimated 250,000 people to Washington, D.C. Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally drew around 53,000 supporters, per USA Today.
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