Background — I graduated from William and Mary in Williamsburg, and spent a lot of time on Duke of Gloucester St, or “DOG street” as we called it, including evenings snuck into the beautiful gardens behind the Capitol building itself.
Mr. Pence spoke from within the front courtyard wall, and that courtyard really isn’t that big. There’s a large grassy park out front, but that speech seems to be from the front steps of the Capitol itself.
My point is that 650 people would be a packed crowd within that courtyard. It was a good crowd. Maybe folks were also just outside the front wall of the Capitol, but that wall is a tad tall for shorter people to see over.
Note well the sycophant with the “end racism now” sign who assuredly went the entire evening untouched, but certainly severely mauled by trigger words and other specious offenses. Turn the tables at a Hillary! rally and I doubt a sole skinny white guy with a Trump sign would be similarly tolerated.
Yep... 650 packs ‘em in pretty tightly. Pence did well getting that many.